"There are a number of poet-bloggers whose entries I read everyday. Occasionally, I'm not sure why I subject myself to some of these personalities: the-oh-so-bitchiest-in-the-world poet, the me-me-me-and-did-I-mention-me poet, the-I'm-a-failure-although-I-did-just-get-5-acceptances poet, and on and on and on."
I'm going to try to guess which poet bloggers the talented Jehanne Dubrow is talking about. Fun!
1. The bitchiest poet is easy. It's Reb.
2. Hmm. The me-me-me-me poet could be a lot of folks. Aaron Smith. Anne Haines. Amanda Auchter. All lovely but self-centred poets. But my money is on this handsome but woe-is-me blogger.
3. Another easy one: Paul Guest.
Wasn't that fun? Why don't you play along?
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.
15 comments:
for no. 2 i vote for c dale young
i saw c. dale young as all of them (except the clause that reads im a failure)
(Oops, work account.)
Again: Hahahaha. Perfect.
I don't think C. Dale Young's blog fits that description any more than any other blogger, and certainly less than others at times--what's the dealio?
--and hey, isn't writing about one's life a little bit of what blogs can be about?
Hmm. Someone has some beef with C. Dale, one of my favorite bloggers.
Bug off, Anonymous!
Hey, have I mentioned me lately?
:)
Eduardo, I'll never tell!!! Although I can be bought (two words: Stuart Weitzman).
Having been to school with Amanda, I am extremely amused to see her as #2. As in, "oh, so I'm not the only one" amused.
Enough about me, what do you think about me???
I guess I belong in the "me, me, me" stack with Anne and Aaron. Good company to be in. It really is all about us. ;-)
I see c dale young's blog as all of the above except for the 5 acceptances part. I mean, he barely writes 4 poems a year. And he is definitely a failure. A total failure! Hahahahahahaha. Anonymous folks can eat me.
I easily qualify for 1 and 2. Most poetry bloggers qualify for 2. Anonymous trolls bore the shit out of me worse than poetry blogs though.
Heh, definitely a ME blogger. Unabashed. Speaking of which, did you ever get that postcard I sent? I didn't see my name in lights and thought, "Wait a minute, did I remember to sign it?" And now I can't recall.
Thanks, by the way, for the link to the Miguel Murphy interview. It was an excellent read. For ME, that is. ;-)
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