Monday, October 24, 2005
Publishing's Not all Its Cracked Up To Be???
This mini-essay from the New York Times, Publish and Perish, addresses the pitfalls of publishing - and author's unrealistic expectations....
Monday, October 17, 2005
Article to Ponder
Check out this article from the Oct 17th online edition of the New York Times, where they talk about a poet who quit writing for much of his life and has now won an award for writers over fifty publishing their first book... there's some interesting stuff in there, I think, including a thesis about a made up Victorian poet.
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Anyone in California?
Got this from Deborah Meadows, a poet who read in Madrid this past summer. Thought if anyone out there was in the neighborhood you might wanna check it out...
Cal Poly Pomona
Poetry and Jazz
at the W. Keith and Janet Kellogg Art Gallery
Monday, October 17, 2005
5:00–6:30 p.m.
featuring
Ron Escheté Trio, a consummate master of the seven-string guitar as well as a CSULB Music department faculty will play with Todd Johnson on bass and Kendall Kay on drums.
Diane Ward, poet and author of numerous volumes of poetry including On Duke Ellington’s Birthday, Never Without One, and Portraits and Maps [with art by Michael C. McMillen] (Piacenza, Italy: ML&NLF).
Rodrigo Toscano, a poet whose books include To Leveling Swerve and Platform, works in The Labor Institute in NYC, and is a 2005 Fellow in Poetry from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Cal Poly Pomona
Poetry and Jazz
at the W. Keith and Janet Kellogg Art Gallery
Monday, October 17, 2005
5:00–6:30 p.m.
featuring
Ron Escheté Trio, a consummate master of the seven-string guitar as well as a CSULB Music department faculty will play with Todd Johnson on bass and Kendall Kay on drums.
Diane Ward, poet and author of numerous volumes of poetry including On Duke Ellington’s Birthday, Never Without One, and Portraits and Maps [with art by Michael C. McMillen] (Piacenza, Italy: ML&NLF).
Rodrigo Toscano, a poet whose books include To Leveling Swerve and Platform, works in The Labor Institute in NYC, and is a 2005 Fellow in Poetry from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
a conference on katrina
for those who enjoy such things:
| ----- Original Message ----- | |
| From | shahin kachwala |
| Date | Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:38:08 -0400 |
| To | WMST-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU |
| Subject | CFP - A Feminist Response to Hurricane Katrina: A Conference |
Please spread the word (see attached flyer).
A Feminist Response to Hurricane Katrina
A Conference
Hosted & Organized
by UAlbany Women's Studies Students
- A Call for Papers -
We especially invite undergraduate and graduate students and non-academics
to submit papers and media (such as film, video, photography, paintings,
etc.) that discuss any of the issues surrounding Hurricane Katrina.
Paper topics may include (but are not limited to) any of the following:
(dis)ability, (access to) technology, age, citizenship, classism,
disbursements of funds, education, environmental factors/issues, gender
violence and other kinds of violence, government policy, identity, media
depictions, migration (unplanned, forced), militarization and
criminalization, poverty, racism, residential segregation.
Abstract Submissions Due: October 28, 2005
Presentations on December 2, 2005
Abstracts must be 200 words and submitted to: wstudent@albany.edu or
jhobson@albany.edu
--
Shahin Kachwala
Department of Women's Studies
University at Albany - SUNY
1400 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY 12222
Monday, October 10, 2005
In need of a long nap
Why, you ask? Here's why:
http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/17635
http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/17664
And then, when the new Bankruptcy law takes effect this Monday and the middle class finds out what this law is about, let the George Bush-led fun really begin.
http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/17635
http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/17664
And then, when the new Bankruptcy law takes effect this Monday and the middle class finds out what this law is about, let the George Bush-led fun really begin.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Alexis's Best Of Piece...
Check out this piece from Alexis Wiggins, fiction student and expat writer living in Madrid, which was chosen by Fresh Yarn, and then picked for one of their Best Of editions... Its pretty damn good!
Sunday, October 02, 2005
News from Stan West...
This morning, (Sunday, Oct. 2, 6:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. Chicago time), I featured Prof. Peter Thompson, who taught UNO's translation course this summer, on my WNUA 95.5 FM Chicago radio show "City Voices," a weekly show streaming live that inquires into literature and cinema from the Third World. Today's show focused on the literary, cultural movement of "Negritude," and a the work by Veronique Tadjo, a poet from the Ivory Coast now living in Paris, whose book Thompson translated.
(I believe her new book with Prof. Thompson's translation will hit bookstores this month).
(I believe her new book with Prof. Thompson's translation will hit bookstores this month).
Saturday, October 01, 2005
PS - Susan's New Book
Check out Susan's new book! Its titled A Poetics of Impasse in Modern and Contemporary American Poetry. Let's support each other!
Good News from Susan Schultz
Just found something interesting on the Tinfish website -
a Tinfish poet, Barbara Jane Reyes, has just won the Academy of American Poets Prize... congrats to Ms. Reyes and Tinfish! Go to the website and read all about it...
a Tinfish poet, Barbara Jane Reyes, has just won the Academy of American Poets Prize... congrats to Ms. Reyes and Tinfish! Go to the website and read all about it...
Friday, September 30, 2005
Poet Envy
So, while looking up the other titles of friend to the program Michael Winter, I discovered that he has a blog, just chock full of interesting tidbits from his travels and life that are prose masquerading as poetry... I thought some of you might want to check it out at The Big Why -
and now I want to see more work out there from all of you!
and now I want to see more work out there from all of you!
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Letter to First Lady
Someone sent me the link to this article on Common Dreams... thought it might be worth talking about.
Published on Monday, September 20, 2005 by The Nation (October 10, 2005 Issue)
No Place for a Poet at a Banquet of Shame
by Sharon Olds
For reasons spelled out below, the poet Sharon Olds has declined to attend the National Book Festival in Washington, which, coincidentally or not, takes place September 24, the day of an antiwar mobilization in the capital. Olds, winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award and professor of creative writing at New York University, was invited along with a number of other writers by First Lady Laura Bush to read from their works. Three years ago artist Jules Feiffer declined to attend the festival's White House breakfast as a protest against the Iraq War ("Mr. Feiffer Regrets," November 11, 2002). We suggest that invitees to this year's event consider following their example.
--The Editors
Laura Bush
First Lady
The White House
Dear Mrs. Bush,
I am writing to let you know why I am not able to accept your kind invitation to give a presentation at the National Book Festival on September 24, or to attend your dinner at the Library of Congress or the breakfast at the White House.
In one way, it's a very appealing invitation. The idea of speaking at a festival attended by 85,000 people is inspiring! The possibility of finding new readers is exciting for a poet in personal terms, and in terms of the desire that poetry serve its constituents--all of us who need the pleasure, and the inner and outer news, it delivers.
And the concept of a community of readers and writers has long been dear to my heart. As a professor of creative writing in the graduate school of a major university, I have had the chance to be a part of some magnificent outreach writing workshops in which our students have become teachers. Over the years, they have taught in a variety of settings: a women's prison, several New York City public high schools, an oncology ward for children. Our initial program, at a 900-bed state hospital for the severely physically challenged, has been running now for twenty years, creating along the way lasting friendships between young MFA candidates and their students--long-term residents at the hospital who, in their humor, courage and wisdom, become our teachers.
When you have witnessed someone nonspeaking and almost nonmoving spell out, with a toe, on a big plastic alphabet chart, letter by letter, his new poem, you have experienced, close up, the passion and essentialness of writing. When you have held up a small cardboard alphabet card for a writer who is completely nonspeaking and nonmoving (except for the eyes), and pointed first to the A, then the B, then C, then D, until you get to the first letter of the first word of the first line of the poem she has been composing in her head all week, and she lifts her eyes when that letter is touched to say yes, you feel with a fresh immediacy the human drive for creation, self-expression, accuracy, honesty and wit--and the importance of writing, which celebrates the value of each person's unique story and song.
So the prospect of a festival of books seemed wonderful to me. I thought of the opportunity to talk about how to start up an outreach program. I thought of the chance to sell some books, sign some books and meet some of the citizens of Washington, DC. I thought that I could try to find a way, even as your guest, with respect, to speak about my deep feeling that we should not have invaded Iraq, and to declare my belief that the wish to invade another culture and another country--with the resultant loss of life and limb for our brave soldiers, and for the noncombatants in their home terrain--did not come out of our democracy but was instead a decision made "at the top" and forced on the people by distorted language, and by untruths. I hoped to express the fear that we have begun to live in the shadows of tyranny and religious chauvinism--the opposites of the liberty, tolerance and diversity our nation aspires to.
I tried to see my way clear to attend the festival in order to bear witness--as an American who loves her country and its principles and its writing--against this undeclared and devastating war.
But I could not face the idea of breaking bread with you. I knew that if I sat down to eat with you, it would feel to me as if I were condoning what I see to be the wild, highhanded actions of the Bush Administration.
What kept coming to the fore of my mind was that I would be taking food from the hand of the First Lady who represents the Administration that unleashed this war and that wills its continuation, even to the extent of permitting "extraordinary rendition": flying people to other countries where they will be tortured for us.
So many Americans who had felt pride in our country now feel anguish and shame, for the current regime of blood, wounds and fire. I thought of the clean linens at your table, the shining knives and the flames of the candles, and I could not stomach it.
Sincerely,
Sharon Olds
Published on Monday, September 20, 2005 by The Nation (October 10, 2005 Issue)
No Place for a Poet at a Banquet of Shame
by Sharon Olds
For reasons spelled out below, the poet Sharon Olds has declined to attend the National Book Festival in Washington, which, coincidentally or not, takes place September 24, the day of an antiwar mobilization in the capital. Olds, winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award and professor of creative writing at New York University, was invited along with a number of other writers by First Lady Laura Bush to read from their works. Three years ago artist Jules Feiffer declined to attend the festival's White House breakfast as a protest against the Iraq War ("Mr. Feiffer Regrets," November 11, 2002). We suggest that invitees to this year's event consider following their example.
--The Editors
Laura Bush
First Lady
The White House
Dear Mrs. Bush,
I am writing to let you know why I am not able to accept your kind invitation to give a presentation at the National Book Festival on September 24, or to attend your dinner at the Library of Congress or the breakfast at the White House.
In one way, it's a very appealing invitation. The idea of speaking at a festival attended by 85,000 people is inspiring! The possibility of finding new readers is exciting for a poet in personal terms, and in terms of the desire that poetry serve its constituents--all of us who need the pleasure, and the inner and outer news, it delivers.
And the concept of a community of readers and writers has long been dear to my heart. As a professor of creative writing in the graduate school of a major university, I have had the chance to be a part of some magnificent outreach writing workshops in which our students have become teachers. Over the years, they have taught in a variety of settings: a women's prison, several New York City public high schools, an oncology ward for children. Our initial program, at a 900-bed state hospital for the severely physically challenged, has been running now for twenty years, creating along the way lasting friendships between young MFA candidates and their students--long-term residents at the hospital who, in their humor, courage and wisdom, become our teachers.
When you have witnessed someone nonspeaking and almost nonmoving spell out, with a toe, on a big plastic alphabet chart, letter by letter, his new poem, you have experienced, close up, the passion and essentialness of writing. When you have held up a small cardboard alphabet card for a writer who is completely nonspeaking and nonmoving (except for the eyes), and pointed first to the A, then the B, then C, then D, until you get to the first letter of the first word of the first line of the poem she has been composing in her head all week, and she lifts her eyes when that letter is touched to say yes, you feel with a fresh immediacy the human drive for creation, self-expression, accuracy, honesty and wit--and the importance of writing, which celebrates the value of each person's unique story and song.
So the prospect of a festival of books seemed wonderful to me. I thought of the opportunity to talk about how to start up an outreach program. I thought of the chance to sell some books, sign some books and meet some of the citizens of Washington, DC. I thought that I could try to find a way, even as your guest, with respect, to speak about my deep feeling that we should not have invaded Iraq, and to declare my belief that the wish to invade another culture and another country--with the resultant loss of life and limb for our brave soldiers, and for the noncombatants in their home terrain--did not come out of our democracy but was instead a decision made "at the top" and forced on the people by distorted language, and by untruths. I hoped to express the fear that we have begun to live in the shadows of tyranny and religious chauvinism--the opposites of the liberty, tolerance and diversity our nation aspires to.
I tried to see my way clear to attend the festival in order to bear witness--as an American who loves her country and its principles and its writing--against this undeclared and devastating war.
But I could not face the idea of breaking bread with you. I knew that if I sat down to eat with you, it would feel to me as if I were condoning what I see to be the wild, highhanded actions of the Bush Administration.
What kept coming to the fore of my mind was that I would be taking food from the hand of the First Lady who represents the Administration that unleashed this war and that wills its continuation, even to the extent of permitting "extraordinary rendition": flying people to other countries where they will be tortured for us.
So many Americans who had felt pride in our country now feel anguish and shame, for the current regime of blood, wounds and fire. I thought of the clean linens at your table, the shining knives and the flames of the candles, and I could not stomach it.
Sincerely,
Sharon Olds
Friday, September 23, 2005
Monday, September 19, 2005
collage poem
Gates//
I’m tired/religion behind a wrought iron gate/the lord is good isn’t he/do you go to church/do you see what I see/is x-ray on the top floor/can I see a cell please/if there’s nothing left to do we’ve got to let her go/if there’s nothing left to say we’ve got to say it/get it over/can I please just leave/can I have some more money some more money please/in the offering plate there’s change/pass it on/ there’s no such thing /can I have you for dinner tonight please/and thank you for the flowers/I spent the last I had left of my personality here last time/they were lovely the only flowers I’ve gotten since my grandmother went to the pearly gates/still can’t get the image of rotting fingers and splitting skin out of my head/I knew all about it before it happened/the sacristy’s in the basement/the feather fell on the plane that day/she rescued me even from/can I please be cured from the anxiety of being lost or do I have to wait until I am no longer lost/the black Jesus and the black Virgin removed for…. Sake/edited by the Department of Homeland Security/and yes, we all sang hallelujah and prayed for that amazing grace because there’s power in the blood, in her blood, in/side my body, the blood.
I’m tired/religion behind a wrought iron gate/the lord is good isn’t he/do you go to church/do you see what I see/is x-ray on the top floor/can I see a cell please/if there’s nothing left to do we’ve got to let her go/if there’s nothing left to say we’ve got to say it/get it over/can I please just leave/can I have some more money some more money please/in the offering plate there’s change/pass it on/ there’s no such thing /can I have you for dinner tonight please/and thank you for the flowers/I spent the last I had left of my personality here last time/they were lovely the only flowers I’ve gotten since my grandmother went to the pearly gates/still can’t get the image of rotting fingers and splitting skin out of my head/I knew all about it before it happened/the sacristy’s in the basement/the feather fell on the plane that day/she rescued me even from/can I please be cured from the anxiety of being lost or do I have to wait until I am no longer lost/the black Jesus and the black Virgin removed for…. Sake/edited by the Department of Homeland Security/and yes, we all sang hallelujah and prayed for that amazing grace because there’s power in the blood, in her blood, in/side my body, the blood.
Sunday, September 18, 2005
I'm curious...
Has anybody been able to write about the New Orleans disaster yet? If you have, would you mind sharing some of it?
Friday, September 16, 2005
412 Non-Fiction Conference
I also thought you all might like to know about Lee Gutkind's 412 Conference, November 7-12, in Pittsburgh, PA. It will feature a number of writers, and info can be found on the website. I know several of us are planning to be there, and right now Joseph Boyden, at least, is also slated to be there.... If any of you are interested in going, let me know....
Some info from the website:
WHAT IS 412?
The Second Annual Pittsburgh Creative Nonfiction Literary Festival
412 is a celebration of Pittsburgh's literary community, bringing together readers, writers, teachers and editors for workshops, readings, panel discussions and parties.
412 expands the local audience and introduces new publishing projects that represent the future of Pittsburgh and creative nonfiction.
412 showcases Pittsburgh's great writers, independent publishers and venues.
412 is the place where students, teachers, authors and readers can converge in an atmosphere of creativity, optimism and celebration of Pittsburgh’s unique place in the literary world.
Creative nonfiction is shorthand for an exciting genre that encompasses the hard-hitting honesty of journalism and the dramatic techniques of fiction. Creative nonfiction is no oxymoron; it’s gripping stories that happen to be true.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Michael Ondaatje at the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series
Thursday, 8:30 pm | David Lawrence Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Natalie Goldberg
Friday | Carnegie Public Library Lecture Hall | Oakland
Mary Karr
Saturday | Carnegie Public Library Lecture Hall | Oakland
Some info from the website:
WHAT IS 412?
The Second Annual Pittsburgh Creative Nonfiction Literary Festival
412 is a celebration of Pittsburgh's literary community, bringing together readers, writers, teachers and editors for workshops, readings, panel discussions and parties.
412 expands the local audience and introduces new publishing projects that represent the future of Pittsburgh and creative nonfiction.
412 showcases Pittsburgh's great writers, independent publishers and venues.
412 is the place where students, teachers, authors and readers can converge in an atmosphere of creativity, optimism and celebration of Pittsburgh’s unique place in the literary world.
Creative nonfiction is shorthand for an exciting genre that encompasses the hard-hitting honesty of journalism and the dramatic techniques of fiction. Creative nonfiction is no oxymoron; it’s gripping stories that happen to be true.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Michael Ondaatje at the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series
Thursday, 8:30 pm | David Lawrence Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Natalie Goldberg
Friday | Carnegie Public Library Lecture Hall | Oakland
Mary Karr
Saturday | Carnegie Public Library Lecture Hall | Oakland
Thursday, September 15, 2005
A brief, hopefully helpful lesson in Op-ed writing
To answer Jen's question about op-eds in the comments of my last post, I thought I'd do a full fledged post on it.
The op-ed thing is something I kind of stumbled into. I wrote a column for 4 years for a business magazine in Harrisburg, where my only limitation was to "write something about business, law or politics in PA." Which meant pretty much I could write about damn near anything. From there, I started submitting op-eds to various papers. I've had a bunch in the Philly Inquirer, as well as my hometown paper, the Lancaster New Era, and other papers in Central PA.
How I cast about for a topic is pretty much this: I try to find something that isn't being written to death. Or if it is being written to death, I try to find an angle that isn't being covered. Or if it is being written to death and the angle is being covered, and it happens to be something I can take a contrarian position on and mean it, I'll take the contrarian position. Or, if it meets none of those, I'll just write about something that's personal and I can do with passion. (Which is what I ended up doing on the piece Jen linked to.)
There's a certain formula for op-eds. Usually, they should be 700-800 words. They should take a position and argue it. It's not just analysis, but opinion. Controversy helps. If you write it and half the people think you are brilliant and half think you are a fucking idiot/crackhead/Al Qaeda apologist, you are probably on the right track.
Start strong. Say what the issue is right away. Then spend a paragraph giving history. Then a few giving argument. Take some time to give the other point of view, even if you're just going to knock it down (but be honest about the other point of view. Straw men suck.) Close with a punch.
Do it well, and you too can be Paul Krugman. Do it badly, and you too can be Ann Coulter.
And yes, lots of newspapers pay. It may not be much (the wealthy Knight-Ridder corporate coffers pay me just about enough to cover the costs of sushi for two) , but it's money. And it's a publishing credit. And you get to piss people off and get paid for it. How cool is that?
The op-ed thing is something I kind of stumbled into. I wrote a column for 4 years for a business magazine in Harrisburg, where my only limitation was to "write something about business, law or politics in PA." Which meant pretty much I could write about damn near anything. From there, I started submitting op-eds to various papers. I've had a bunch in the Philly Inquirer, as well as my hometown paper, the Lancaster New Era, and other papers in Central PA.
How I cast about for a topic is pretty much this: I try to find something that isn't being written to death. Or if it is being written to death, I try to find an angle that isn't being covered. Or if it is being written to death and the angle is being covered, and it happens to be something I can take a contrarian position on and mean it, I'll take the contrarian position. Or, if it meets none of those, I'll just write about something that's personal and I can do with passion. (Which is what I ended up doing on the piece Jen linked to.)
There's a certain formula for op-eds. Usually, they should be 700-800 words. They should take a position and argue it. It's not just analysis, but opinion. Controversy helps. If you write it and half the people think you are brilliant and half think you are a fucking idiot/crackhead/Al Qaeda apologist, you are probably on the right track.
Start strong. Say what the issue is right away. Then spend a paragraph giving history. Then a few giving argument. Take some time to give the other point of view, even if you're just going to knock it down (but be honest about the other point of view. Straw men suck.) Close with a punch.
Do it well, and you too can be Paul Krugman. Do it badly, and you too can be Ann Coulter.
And yes, lots of newspapers pay. It may not be much (the wealthy Knight-Ridder corporate coffers pay me just about enough to cover the costs of sushi for two) , but it's money. And it's a publishing credit. And you get to piss people off and get paid for it. How cool is that?
Publishing?
Anybody published anything recently? Submitting any place that sounds good? Got the in on a hot new editor looking for new work? Got a piece you'd like to send out but don't know where to send it? The process is painful - excruciating at times, and usually depressing at best, so let's use this thread to talk about how to make it easier on each other - so somebody, some success stories, please!
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
So....[tapping microphone]...is this thing on?
It's late. I'm tired. It's after 10 pm, Eastern Time, and I'm still at my office. Working. Sending emails to my office staff. Drafting letters and motions. It doesn't get much more non-MFA than that.
Hence, the need to procrastinate.
For those who remember me, I'm Mitch, and I was in Madrid '03, '04 and '05 and in the Low Res program (fiction) since Spring '03. I have basically one more semester to go to get my MFA, along with that pesky, minor business of, let's see, how shall I say it...finishing the actual novel.
No problem there, right? Piece o' cake. Move along, nothing to see here.
Anyway, thanks, Jen, for doing your usual terrific job of organizing and giving us all a place to rant, vent, worry, whine, and procrastinate.
Later....
Hence, the need to procrastinate.
For those who remember me, I'm Mitch, and I was in Madrid '03, '04 and '05 and in the Low Res program (fiction) since Spring '03. I have basically one more semester to go to get my MFA, along with that pesky, minor business of, let's see, how shall I say it...finishing the actual novel.
No problem there, right? Piece o' cake. Move along, nothing to see here.
Anyway, thanks, Jen, for doing your usual terrific job of organizing and giving us all a place to rant, vent, worry, whine, and procrastinate.
Later....
What're you reading?
I thought it might be interesting if we could share some recommendations here, and maybe talk about some different reading/writing issues...
so, right now I'm actually reading Michael Winter's The Big Why. For anybody who doesn't know he's a regular visitor to the Madrid program, and friend of Joseph and Amanda Boyden... since I'm not a fiction student I hadn't read it before, but I bought it at AWP last March and have just settled into it, only to be blown away by it... I definitely recommend it, and would love to hear thoughts on it from some of the people who've read it already...and speaking of the Boyden's, anyone who hasn't read Joseph's Three day Road should do so immediately...
and on the poetry front, check out Susan Schultz's Tinfish Press
and one other, Hank Lazer, poetry instructor for Madrid's '03 program has just been nominated for a Pultizer for his latest book, The New Spirit
And always, Bill's While Sleeping and others are great...
So those are some program plugs, but also genuine recommendations, since I really like the work, and get no kickbacks ;).... But I'm always looking for some good recommendations....
so, right now I'm actually reading Michael Winter's The Big Why. For anybody who doesn't know he's a regular visitor to the Madrid program, and friend of Joseph and Amanda Boyden... since I'm not a fiction student I hadn't read it before, but I bought it at AWP last March and have just settled into it, only to be blown away by it... I definitely recommend it, and would love to hear thoughts on it from some of the people who've read it already...and speaking of the Boyden's, anyone who hasn't read Joseph's Three day Road should do so immediately...
and on the poetry front, check out Susan Schultz's Tinfish Press
and one other, Hank Lazer, poetry instructor for Madrid's '03 program has just been nominated for a Pultizer for his latest book, The New Spirit
And always, Bill's While Sleeping and others are great...
So those are some program plugs, but also genuine recommendations, since I really like the work, and get no kickbacks ;).... But I'm always looking for some good recommendations....
Introduce Yourself, Your Work
Michael just mentioned that it might be a good idea for us to talk about our interests, and he's right, since although most of us know each other, this is a multi-genre blog, and not everyone knows each other, or is as familiar as we'd like to be. So, let's use this thread for intros, and intro stuff only (as you know how weighty some of those Blackboard posts can get after awhile). Feel free to post freely on the board, but I thought it would probably be nice if there was one place we could refer to quickly as a who's who...
So -
My name is Jennifer Stewart and I currently live in southwest Virginia, in the mountains, right on the border with Tennessee. I was born and raised in Florida though. My genre is poetry, though I am increasingly interested in non-fiction. I've been in the program a while now, mainly because I've been having a lot of fun. I could've graduated a year ago, but another summer, or two, in europe sounded pretty nice... however, I will be graduating at next available opportunity, as I wish to do PhD work, hopefully next fall. My preferred email addresses are:
jenniferstewart@bvunet.net
jnstewart@mac.com
Oh, and I just turned 26. Still not happy about that though.... I attended the Madrid '03, Brunnenburg '04, and Madrid '05 programs, so if you have any questions about anything program, or travel related, feel free to ask. I believe strognly in the Low-Res program - it has changed my life.
So -
My name is Jennifer Stewart and I currently live in southwest Virginia, in the mountains, right on the border with Tennessee. I was born and raised in Florida though. My genre is poetry, though I am increasingly interested in non-fiction. I've been in the program a while now, mainly because I've been having a lot of fun. I could've graduated a year ago, but another summer, or two, in europe sounded pretty nice... however, I will be graduating at next available opportunity, as I wish to do PhD work, hopefully next fall. My preferred email addresses are:
jenniferstewart@bvunet.net
jnstewart@mac.com
Oh, and I just turned 26. Still not happy about that though.... I attended the Madrid '03, Brunnenburg '04, and Madrid '05 programs, so if you have any questions about anything program, or travel related, feel free to ask. I believe strognly in the Low-Res program - it has changed my life.
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