Bits

Congrats, Jehanne Dubrow!
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Francisco has a listing of AWP panels/ readings featuring Latino/a writers.
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safe sucks. programs like iowa, houston and columbia are injecting this industry with writers that are very polished technically, and most of the time, don't have one ounce of soul, originality, rebellion or ambition to save their lives. for every tc boyle there are a million ethan canins, most of them, far more boring and safe than he is.
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Congrats, James Shea! He's the winner of the 2008 Fence Modern Poets Series for Star in the Eye. I went to grad school with James. He has a hairy chest.
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diode

The latest installment of diode is up.

Some faves:
ANNE HEIDE
ÉIREANN LORSUNG
PAUL GUEST
RIGOBERTO GONZÁLEZ

Mexico City starts grope-free buses for women

...women have long complained of abuse from men taking advantage of overcrowding to sneak in an inappropriate grab.

I can't tell you how many times I've been pinched and groped on Mexican buses! Mexican men have busy hands.

Did I enjoy it? I'm not telling.

Nin Andrews Sez

Scientists are really weird. I was reading about Isaac Newton,
for example. How once he inserted a bodkin into his eye socket,
just to see what would happen. Another time he stared at the sun.

Now, okay, that's pretty strange. I was thinking
how poets don't do stuff like that.

But then I thought about AWP . . .
Suddenly a bodkin didn't sound so bad.

Bits

Well, I'm back in Hamilton, NY. It's freaking cold! I'm so observant.
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AWP! I'm really looking forward to attending it this year. Granted, I will be a badgeless outcast, but who cares!
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Will you be at AWP? I hope so! I hear this writer will be there to give a "hush hush" reading! Tony, you can finally get your copy of T.D.C signed!
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The latest installment of Boxcar Poetry Review is up. It features a conversation between Ivy Alvarez and Lee Herrick. Part two of the conversation will appear in the next issue.
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I hope those with badges at AWP won't point at the badgeless and scream "Unclean!"
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Have I mentioned how much I love my office?
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Mitt Romney is sexy.
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C. Dale will be wearing other people's badges as he walks around AWP! Must be nice to have more than one AWP badge! I should've gone to med school.
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Did you make the list? Of course not! I did.
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And no: Dan Brown won't be at AWP. I made that up.
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You know that Mark Yakich book of poems, Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross? The title has been occurring to me at different moments lately. Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Piss. Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting for their Dogs to Piss.
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Luna reviews Gonzalez.

I'm Screwed Bits

Sorry for the lack of posts. I don't have Internet access here.
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AWP is sold out. Am I registered? No. Sigh.
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Click here to read about off-site readings/ events.
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Congrats, Neil!
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Call me LobbyLoca.