So I applied to this very froufy writers' conference called Bread Loaf, because my adviser told me I should. I put the application in the mail on the scholarship postmark deadline (because that's how I roll). My poetry manuscript (I applied in both fiction and poetry) was made up of about half poems from this project I'd been working on for about... Read More
Yeah, my whole "law school work ethic" is starting to backfire on me already. Instead of being more focused on my studies, I am already starting to burn out, and I am only 3 weeks into the semester! I think I should probably start partying more. Although that is a pretty relative term these days.
Over a month and no update. Not as though my life has been uneventful; the opposite, I guess.
I just came back from Chicago and am leaving for a four-day camping trip/service project at Yosemite on Sunday.
A few weeks ago I read on a panel about Bi and Trans inclusion in the LGBTetc community. My piece was about being riding my scooter in the... Read More
thanks a LOT Esme. I always feel like a bit of a bastard soliciting criticism, but I was dead sure i'd get something valuable out of you, and I wasn't wrong. It's funny that you mention the importance of reading poetry aloud - the other day I was trying to think of one thing I'd tell a reader if I could, and all I could come up with was "read it out loud".
so thanks. I definitely know what you mean about the breaking up of words; it can be fairly gimmicky, and I've been warned off of it before.
I really appreciate your thoughts, Esme.
Tomorrow, peeps:
me
Page McBee
Michelle Tea
7:30
888 Valencia
I think that's all you need to know.
PHOTOBLOG! (all things painting) (I just installed my fancy schmancy student version of AdobeCS...so pre-apologies if these things are sized all funny) (okay, they're normal sized now)
* I painted my 1974 Vespa Primavera this spring through a class at CCSF. It used to be matte military... Read More
I'm reading with Michelle Tea and Page McBee at Modern Times (888 Valencia) on Thursday, June 14th at 7:30. Please come. kthx.
FAQ (just the one): I will most likely read from a short story about a lawyer...I keep saying he's neurotic but as I think about it he might actually be manic. Then again, isn't neurosis just a blanket term for any mental instability... Read More
i'm sorry ive been so "away" lately. the salon i started working at last time i saw you worked really well, so i left the other salon, DRAMA! we are also putting on another play... blah blah blah, busy busy. what are you reading? i would love to come!