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Scene @ Girlbomb Paperback Release Party

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Janice Erlbaum reunites with “Sebastian,” the “man of my dreams…[and] dazzling criminal club kid” who played a central role in the events depicted in her debut memoir, Girlbomb. This party at the Bowery Poetry Club to celebrate the book’s release in paperback from Villard, Erlbaum told me, was the first time she had seen her former boyfriend since then. She also told me about the DIY trailer she and some friends had created for the book, which summarizes her story a lot better than I can right now (although its safe-for-work-ness is borderline):

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