Primary Tourist

Primary Tourist chapters 38 and 39 recount the narrator's October 3, 2012 stroke, delayed emergency-room visit, hospitalization at Rhode Island Hospital, and transfer to Kent County Rehab.

Primary Tourist Chapters 36 and 37 jump from a New Hampshire Music Festival joint in Timmy's van to Barack Obama's 2004 convention moment.

John Edwards, Trayvon Martin, and the Florida stand-your-ground law drive the sharpest political section of Primary Tourist Chapter 34.

["Primary Tourist chapters 32 and 33 move from January 2012 ski runs through Tilton with Karina and Kara to a Rhode Island apartment with a hole in the bathroom window and an un-welded railing.", "A Providence snowstorm, a text that says 'Tilting,' and a walk through India Point Park keep pulling the narrator back toward New Hampshire, Cannon, and the mountain.", "The housing thread becomes a fight with a slumlord over a $150 balance, while radio mentions of Fred Karger, Mitt Romney, John Edwards, Ron Paul, and the 'not-Romneys' keep the 2012 campaign in view.", "The chapter closes on the May 24 Bob Dylan tribute at the Met, where Jenny from The Accelerators and a dance on the floor turn music and touch into the clearest emotional scene."]

Primary Tourist chapters 30 and 31 put Spike in New Hampshire on Primary Day 2012, where Mitt Romney's win, Obama's weak field, and the 'great white' he keeps trying to coax out frame the day.

The author reads Chapter 12 of his novel 'Primary Tourist,' reflecting on a difficult time in March 2008 when a friend was hospitalized and in pain.

The author reads a chapter from his novel 'Primary Tourist,' blending personal narrative with reflections on mythology and the New Hampshire Primary.

The author reads Chapter 6 of his novel 'Primary Tourist,' reflecting on the 2012 presidential race and the role of myth in politics.

The author reads from his novel about the New Hampshire primary, blending political analysis with personal narrative and mythology.