Sturgeon's Law

Congratulations to Alison Stine for winning this year's Vassar Miller prize. Ohio Violence is a great name for a book, too. Other familiar names among the finalists and semifinalists include Hillary Gravendyk, whom I published in The Eleventh Muse, Dora Malech, definitely one of those "needs to have a book soon" poets, basketball buddy Adrian Matejka (if his manuscript is the one I've read, it's fine indeed), and Seth Abramson, who no longer needs it. Edited to add: this is Seth's second manuscript, not his first, recently accepted by Ghost Road Press, so it is not a residual semifinalist as I thought it was...

I realized this past week that I haven't played pool or darts in months. This may be part of why I've been a little sad too: more favorite activities being lost in the past.