Paul Guest is the author of four volumes of poetry and a memoir. His debut, The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World, was awarded the 2002 New Issues Poetry Prize. His second collection, Notes for My Body Double, was awarded the 2006 Prairie Schooner Book Prize. His third collection, My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge, was published by Ecco Press/HarperCollins in 2008. His fourth collection, Because Everything Is Terrible, was published by Diode Editions. His poems have appeared in Harper's, The Paris Review, Poetry, Tin House, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. His memoir, One More Theory About Happiness, was published by Ecco in May 2010 and selected for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program. The recipient of a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2007 Whiting Writers' Award, Guest lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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I was going to say:
Buck up, lil camper, blue skies are ahead!
Which is what a dear friend used to say to me when I was feeling down and out because she knew it irritated me.
Instead, I'll offer you this since I just read your Pinnochio poem last night:
When down in the mouth, remember Jonah. He came out alright.
Why are you discouraged?
No good reason. Not to say there isn't a reason, but it's not a good one.
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