Come Here Often?Come Here Often?

A collection of appreciations of bars, some closed, some still in business, that have impacted the authors' lives.
Seriously, what the hell do you need to leave your house for anymore? The bar is one of the last bastions of genuine human interaction. Public houses they were once called; its a moniker that seems more and more deserving to be revived. . . . But with so many bars these days, how do you choose? What makes a bar so great that you want to go back night after night until ultimately youre bestowed with that most honorific designation of the regular?
A neighborhood bar can become as comfortable as a second home or a memory best avoideda wild evening half remembered and better forgotten. But what makes a particular bar special, better than the one just down the street? The answers vary considerably as writers share personal stories of drinking establishments both local and exotic. Come Here Often is an intoxicating world tour from Antarctica to New York City, Kiribati to Minnesota, to the places that have inspiredand distracted some of our favorite contemporary writers over many years and many more drinks.
Funny, smart, and poignant, this anthology is a rare opportunity to do some serious armchair drinking with Andrew W.K., Rosie Schaap, Jack Hitt, Jim Shepard, Alissa Nutting, Duff McKagan, Laura Lippman, Craig Finn, Darin Strauss, Elissa Schappell, and many more.