Your name in print

Dec 3, 2005

After reading Josh’s entry about Google book search I wondered if the name Matt Midboe was ever used in a book. I was surprised to see a book personally mention me in the acknowledgments.

It turns out I had corresponded via email with the books author/editor, Victoria Brooks, about Paul Bowles and to my surprise this warranted a mention. She had been a delight to correspond with and her enthusiasm about the project really came through. The book is called Literary Trips and is about great authors and the places they lived or found inspiration in. After Paul Bowles death in 1999 she published a shortened version about her trip to Tangier to meet Paul Bowles.

I never made the trek to see my literary/cultural hero Paul Bowles. It was nice to be a small part of the trip of someone who did.