{"id":7288,"date":"2015-02-15T10:55:52","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T15:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=7288"},"modified":"2015-02-15T10:55:52","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T15:55:52","slug":"brooding-twilight-great-pie-and-a-southern-version-of-twin-peaks-savannah-through-the-eyes-of-patton-oswalt-anne-rice-and-other-savannah-book-festival-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2015\/02\/15\/brooding-twilight-great-pie-and-a-southern-version-of-twin-peaks-savannah-through-the-eyes-of-patton-oswalt-anne-rice-and-other-savannah-book-festival-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Brooding twilight,&#8221; &#8220;great pie,&#8221; and &#8220;a southern version of Twin Peaks&#8221;: Savannah through the eyes of Patton Oswalt, Anne Rice, and other Savannah Book Festival authors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Medium Rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8584504377\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t able to attend any of the Savannah Book Festival this year, but I&#8217;ve been following some of the action on Twitter and Facebook. (By the way, the SBF could be <em>a lot<\/em> more active on social media when the festival is taking place.)<\/p>\n<p>Patton Oswalt seems to have had exceptionally good time wandering downtown Savannah &#8212; and tweeting about it along the way. With over two million Twitter followers, Oswalt gets responses to tweets immediately, and in large numbers. You can click on through any of the embedded tweets below to see his profile, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Anne Rice relies heavily on Facebook &#8212; her tweets are automatically sent when she posts to her page, which you can also visit by clicking through the embedded media below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Savannah is the southern version of Twin Peaks. Beautiful. Good coffee. Great pie. But there&#39;s a brooding twilight underneath it all.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pattonoswalt\/status\/566743175029878784\">February 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SavannahBookFestival\/posts\/862021807194120:0\" data-width=\"466\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SavannahBookFestival\/posts\/862021807194120:0\">Post<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SavannahBookFestival\">Savannah Book Festival<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/annericefanpage\/posts\/10153147998365452\" data-width=\"466\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/annericefanpage\/posts\/10153147998365452\">Post<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/annericefanpage\">Anne Rice<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GregIlesAuthor\/posts\/788734471212248:0\" data-width=\"466\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GregIlesAuthor\/posts\/788734471212248:0\">Post<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GregIlesAuthor\">Greg Iles<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>OH at the bar here at Paccis: &quot;Savannah is Clean New Orleans.&quot; I, um&#8230;agree?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pattonoswalt\/status\/566405398719393792\">February 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Only <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pattonoswalt\">@pattonoswalt<\/a> could get by with a heroin &amp; a weed joke in a Lutheran Church in Savannah. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SavannahBookFestival?src=hash\">#SavannahBookFestival<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/LIf5tN9E4d\">pic.twitter.com\/LIf5tN9E4d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David (@RockNRollCPA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RockNRollCPA\/status\/566754678453858305\">February 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pattonoswalt\">@pattonoswalt<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/9nYPY9wOT6\">pic.twitter.com\/9nYPY9wOT6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; jenny hawkes (@jenny5537) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jenny5537\/status\/566667208492077056\">February 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Welcome to Savannah, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tavissmiley\">@tavissmiley<\/a>! Thank you for joining us at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Savannah?src=hash\">#Savannah<\/a> Book Festival today! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/4Och4ZksYp\">pic.twitter.com\/4Och4ZksYp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Visit Savannah (@VisitSavannah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VisitSavannah\/status\/566692447527260160\">February 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/annericefanpage\/posts\/10153145086210452\" data-width=\"466\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/annericefanpage\/posts\/10153145086210452\">Post<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/annericefanpage\">Anne Rice<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Loving <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SavBookFest\">@SavBookFest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Savannah?src=hash\">#Savannah<\/a>, my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Aretha?src=hash\">#Aretha<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Respect?src=hash\">#Respect<\/a> talk sandwiched between <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnWDean\">@JohnWDean<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pattonoswalt\">@pattonoswalt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Ritz (@davidritz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidritz\/status\/566679883623833601\">February 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GregIlesAuthor\/posts\/788885547863807:0\" data-width=\"466\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GregIlesAuthor\/posts\/788885547863807:0\">Post<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GregIlesAuthor\">Greg Iles<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>We are in Savannah\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.I&#39;ve already glimpsed magnificent old Southern homes, glorious oak trees and Spanish Moss!&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2BWqEmuvI2\">http:\/\/t.co\/2BWqEmuvI2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anne Rice (@AnneRiceAuthor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnneRiceAuthor\/status\/566089009664110592\">February 13, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Whoever suggested the Sentient Bean on Park? Thank you. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SavannahBookFestival?src=hash\">#SavannahBookFestival<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/NRvCji17dT\">pic.twitter.com\/NRvCji17dT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pattonoswalt\/status\/566324566516334592\">February 13, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Settled on Pacci. The Tuscan white bean soup is heavenly &amp; the wine list is solid. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SavannahBookFestival?src=hash\">#SavannahBookFestival<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/562I2GcSUb\">pic.twitter.com\/562I2GcSUb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pattonoswalt\/status\/566399417285373953\">February 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5595881567027133\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4374909701\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wasn&#8217;t able to attend any of the Savannah Book Festival this year, but I&#8217;ve been following some of the action on Twitter and Facebook. 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