Palestine, DC is drafted, and I've just now — at last — found some time to sit down and really work on editing it. I'd hoped to have it done by now, but the last stages of publishing, then marketing, touring, promoting, and working freelance jobs to make ends meet have taken more out of me than I expected.
Keep checking back here, or sign up for my blog, where I will update readers about the status of the project. I really hope I can have it done by this summer. (Then I can get to work on my next book, The Bracelet: A Novel of Freedom — my first foray into fiction.)
Meanwhile here is a list of chapter titles:
One: Hamas Wins Two: The Siege Three: The Halls of Power Four: Assault on Lebanon Five: Censored, Maligned, Denied Six: Return to Palestine... and to Myself
The lessons I learned in Washington — about human psychology, institutional inertia, and how frighteningly little most so-called 'experts' know about the Middle East — are some of the most important and actionable things I've ever learned. I look forward to passing them on to you.
The book ends in late 2007, which I suppose means my next Palestine book will have to get people caught up to the present. So much happens, and nobody strings it all together into a compelling and readable narrative. Most journalism, when it's not outright disinformation, offers only disconnected bits and pieces. The whole thing has a rhythm and narrative to it that gets lost.