So I make with the jokes about the complete disaster that is my life these days, but in truth it isn't particularly amusing. I've been unemployed for nearly a year and I'm broke. So if anyone out there knows of any teaching positions that might be open or opening, I'd appreciate hearing from you. I'm not even talking about tenure track; if lecturer positions are available, I'm interested.
And, yes, I'm pathetic.
About Me
- Paul
- 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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Likewise, I've been hunting adjunct to no avail. Adjunct!!!
I'm being deported to Canada as soon as graduation is over in June. No job. No place to stay. And all my family are in the process of moving, but they don't know where either.
Almost, I'm persuaded to be a mime.
The Chronicle of Higher Education Careers
http://chronicle.com/jobs/100/500/2000
Whatever you do, do not teach at a two year school (like me). Even though I'm paid millions and millions of dollars-- unemployment, crazy atoms, graft, scabies, all, all are better. Having a soul is better. We do not have souls in the first place. But if we did. imho.
Paul -- have you ever considered taking on private students? You could critique manuscripts via email, charge several hundred dollars, and be doing a good deed at the same time. I don't think you have to be super famous to do that these days -- and you seem to have many people who really love your work and would value your opinion. Just a suggestion. Good luck -- hope things look up for you soon.
...p.s. pleeeeease take that awful joey b. picture off of your blog. I think it's contributing to your bad luck lately.
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