Great Dates With Some Late Greats

Speed dating with Jane Austen and watching Marilyn Monroe fulfill her lifes dream of playing Hamlet on a New York stage while Babe Ruth plays sandlot baseball with a group of New Jersey teenagers are only a sample of the wonderful stories to be found in David Finkles new collection. Homer Machiavelli Harry Truman Mona Lisa and many more are brought to life in the 21st Century to bring their perspectives opinions and personalities to an unassuming narrator who can not believe his good fortune. After all wouldnt we all like to meet Elvis or Jesus for that matter? Told with Finkles signature wit and sharp eye for the ironic and absurd in life Great Dates With Some Late Greats will inspire readers imagination and leave them laughing for more.David Finkle is a writer and journalist focusing on the arts and politics. Based in Manhattan he is the author of People Tell Me Things a story collection The Man With the Overcoat a novel and Humpty Trumpty Hit a Brick Wall rhyming verses and illustrations about the Trump White House. Finkle is currently a theater critic for the New York Stage Review and he has contributed to many publications including The New York Times The New York Post The Village Voice The Nation The New Yorker New York Vogue Harpers Bazaar and American Theatre.