Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Busy beaver bee
I have so much going on over the next few days. Need to give the ol' manuscript a good once-over to make sure it's as strong as I can make it right now, need to finish up a review of Susan Tichy's Bone Pagoda (good book), really close to finishing a draft, Aaron's book release reading party in Denver on Saturday, Steve Mueske in Denver a week from Friday, Aaron and Steve in Colorado Springs April 1. Outside writing, we have tax time coming up, plus a trip to St. Louis in April, plus upcoming notification of the last outstanding MFA application, plus a trip to the optometrist Friday (good thing, too, because my everyday-wear glasses [the beater pair, if you will] actually broke today, so I have to wear my good frames all this week and be very careful with them, until I get a new pair in a couple weeks, and these become the everyday pair). Never had a set of frames actually break before, as in snap right in the middle of the frame. Had screws fall out and lenses fall out, but never this. I really rode that pair hard. Oh yeah, and (getting back to the busy theme) work is a bitch this week because my boss was on vacation last week and had limited e-mail access, so she made up for it by dumping a ton of stuff on us on Sunday and Monday.
Thought of the day: is there any currently-in-vogue poetry form that overwhelms its content more than the double abecedarian? The verbal gymnastics are often impressive, but the poems always always leave me empty. Did you know that double abecedarians were selected for the Best American Poetry series in both 2006 and 2007?
Thought of the day: is there any currently-in-vogue poetry form that overwhelms its content more than the double abecedarian? The verbal gymnastics are often impressive, but the poems always always leave me empty. Did you know that double abecedarians were selected for the Best American Poetry series in both 2006 and 2007?
