- Went to the Observable Reading by Adrian Matejka and Francisco Aragon last night. Adrian is a cool guy and great reader, and it was nice to meet Francisco for the first time and hear him read in both English and Spanish. The audience turnout was very low because of the bad weather, but honestly the roads I was on weren't that bad. "Freezing rain" my ass!
- As they kicked us out of the bar at closing time (not as bad as it sounds--the restaurant closed at about 10:30), they turned up the lights and music to get the message across. The song was my favorite in the world, "Forty Six & 2" by Tool. A nice ending to the evening.
- I was looking at my stats, and December has historically been a very good month for me in terms of poetry acceptances. My acceptances at The Laurel Review, The American Poetry Journal, Bat City Review, Terminus, and 32 Poems have all come during December over the last several years. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that at least one good journal will keep the streak alive this year.
- Speaking of Terminus, anyone know if they're defunct? They've had that last issue as their "current issue" for over a year now, and I never heard back the last time I e-mailed them.
- Right after I do this, I'm going to add three new presses to the Open Reading Periods list. Say hello to Etruscan, BkMk, and Mayapple. And please, if you know of open reading periods or first book contests I'm missing, let me know either via comment or e-mail.
# posted by Steven D. Schroeder @ 2:28 PM
