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I only have six full days left at MacDowell. Double sigh. I love MacDowell. Your art matters here. Correction: my art matters here.
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Have I bragged about my studio? Wait to you see the pictures. But let me try to paint a picture: heated slate floors, a loft, deep bathtub in my bedroom, gorgeous shower, amazing windows, huge fireplace and THREE writing desks.
I'm going to miss MacDowell. But enough sadness! I've picked up a lot of gossip. Most of it, of course, I can't talk about on my blog. Who wants to be sued? I don't! I'm such a tease.
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Okay, okay. I'll tell you one harmless tidbit. Ben Lerner is not a homo. Nope. Sorry to break the news, boys. Ben Lerner is a happy heterosexual. Doesn't that raised eyebrow just scream happy heterosexual?
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Every day for the past two weeks a small herd of deer have been grazing in front of my studio.
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New crush: Nick Laird. Sexy as hell. But he's married to Zadie Smith. Boo!
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I saw a woodchuck!
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I love making fires in my fireplace. I really like the scent of woodsmoke.
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The meadow in front of my studio (yes, I've got a meadow in front of my studio. don't you?) is so green right now.
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I need to update some of my links. I need to add this handsome man to my blogroll. Morgan, are you happy to see me, or is that a saguaro in your pants?
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Right now (1:39AM) I'm doing my laundry. My undies and shirts are in the dryer as I type.
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Justin Evans: thank you for the letters.
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About Me
- Eduardo C. Corral
- Eduardo C. Corral is a CantoMundo fellow. He holds degrees from ASU and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Beloit Poetry Journal, jubilat, New England Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, and Post Road. His work has been honored with a "Discovery"/The Nation award and residencies from The MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. He has served as the Olive B. O'Connor Fellow in Creative Writing at Colgate University and as the Philip Roth Resident in Creative Writing at Bucknell University. He's the interview editor for Boxcar Poetry Review. He won the 2011 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition.
5 comments:
I have a meadow too. The deer visit sometimes and it's nice. We don't have woodchucks but we do have cute little beavers and a stream. Glad to hear you've had an enriching experience.
Fireplaces & Deer. You can't ask 4 more.
Ohhhhh, I want the gossip! We'll all chip in & bail you out if you get thrown in the clinker for slander. ;)
Seriously, it sounds like you've had a wonderful time. Hooray!
Eduardo: so good to hear from you. Hope you wrote many new poems. Even some with deer in them.
I want to get the gossip!
Eduardo - also glad you are home! I'm with Peter - dish dish dish! I'm so jealous - it sounds like the residency was wonderful!
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