I was told this weekend that I'm the most wistful man alive. My impulse was to laugh; but then I thought that was sad. Which would seem to confirm the diagnosis.
Wistful: Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative. "That he who there at such an hour hath been, Will wistful linger on that hallowed spot." Byron.
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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Why does everyone kep bringing up my new author's photo?
I'm confused...
I'm kidding too. It's not me but Joey Buttafuocco, of course.
Wistful: Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative. "That he who there at such an hour hath been, Will wistful linger on that hallowed spot." Byron.
I can't believe my Lolita comment didn't give it away!
What does it say about me that I knew what he looks like...
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