I'm at the public library. Trying out the new laptop. Man, this sucker is way faster than my desktop. But I still can't get a handle on using a tracking pad instead of a mouse. I might buy a wireless mouse.
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Congrats, BJR!
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Pet peeve: Poets who refer to themselves as "prize-winning poets" in their biographies. Gag! Any fool can win a prize. Look at me!
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The new X-Files film sucks. Big time. Space Chimps had a more believable plot.
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Pet peeve: Poets who mention they've been nominated for a Pushcart Prize in their bios. Who gives a fuck? If you actually win a Pushcart then I might care. Stop trumpeting a nomination! Each print/ online journal gets to nominate like 4 or 5 poets a year. I wonder how many poets get nominated each year? Hundreds? Thousands? You're not a "winner" if you get nominated. You're just part of the mob.
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Adam thinks he saw me riding a Harley. I was wearing "oddly low-cut boots." Yikes!
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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.
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Also bio notes telling me where your manuscript was a (semi-)finalist. Bleh.
Bitch, bitch, bitch.
Hey Eduardo, thanks for your congrats.
So re: listing Pushcart nominations in a poet's bio, sometimes that's exactly what propels an emerging poet to write more, to work for more publication, more reading/performance gigs, more CV worthy accolades. It's unkind to knock 'em.
Eduardo,
I was mortified when I saw that my book's bio lists my noms. Suffice it to say, sometimes authors don't construct or even see their bios.
X-Files faves: Scully turning to reattach heads and says "I've got work to do" (rolling up sleeves).
Later, googling stem cell research and performing brain surgery the next day, showing us yet again the power of google to accomplish anything.
What's next, world peace?
My thinking exactly--I hate those bios that say they've been nominated for pushcarts--nominations are literally a dime a dozen. It's ridiculous! Or even worse, poets that say they've been nominated X number of times. And the phrase "prize-winning" really does make poetry seem unpure, like winning a prize is all that matters in poetry. It sounds like visiting a county fair. Your post was not "unkind," just honest, my thoughts exactly.
Motivation is good, but that's different than putting it in your bio.
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