i'm at the library. so many ugly people reading books.
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24 poets name some of their favorite titles
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i'm killing my babies. tossed out some of the oldest poems in my mss this week. very painful. poems published in the nation, quarterly west, meridian gone. like i said: painful.
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going to hear lenoard cohen this sunday! can't wait.
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correction: there are no ugly people in the library. when you read a book you are beautiful.
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this library chair is uncomfortable. my ass is falling asleep.
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chickens!
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...Sarah Manguso, very generously offered to read my manuscript and give me feedback. I remember being shocked when she mailed back the manuscript with some nice comments, but also with the recommendation that I cut over one-third of its poems. It was a little like cold water in the face...
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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Eduardo, I want to teach a writing class called "Killing Your Babies." It would be just as you describe it: painful (but in that good way). I can't wait to read your book. I know it will be spectacular.
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