I still can't fully reveal the details of yesterday's secret, for various reasons. Maybe by next week I'll be able to. I didn't mean to be coy, of course, though it was kind of fun to have my own little secret. A few of you know so keep in mind it's still hush-hush.
But I think it's probably ok to give you the broad, non-specific outline. I found out yesterday that Notes for My Body Double has been accepted by a pretty great press.
I'm really quite ecstatic. It's been arduous, to say the least, getting this book out into the world. So to everyone who put up with my whining, I say thank you for not shooting me.
In the face. With a bazooka.
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.
18 comments:
SuperSTAR!!!!!!!!
xoxoxox
You rock!
I am, currently, doing very extreme air guitar.
Well, not really.
Spiritually, I am.
When most people say that have a secret, then refuse to tell you exactly what the secret is until a certain amount of time has passed, the secret is usually the same.
You must be pregnant. Pregnant with what, I'm not sure. But pregnant all the same.
Congratulations!
That's great, Paul! I'm so excited to read it. :)
Yay! I'm so glad!
Congratulations. You're a fine poet.
Congrats!
tell me which press, so i can know officially i'm out of the running...dam you, dam you!
--your fan club's secretary of defense
How very exciting! I'm glad for you! Congrats!
Thanks, y'all!
Great news! Mucho congrats.
Well done, bub. I'll post a congrats on my blog when official word is released...though I can't promise it'll drive more traffic to you.
-cK
This is better than sex (news). Sort of. Well, you know what I mean. Congrats Paul.
I don't know about that, MM, but thanks!
Excellent! Looking forward to the non-sordid details. :)
Ah, another book I can recommend to everyone I know. I can't wait! (grin)
Go, you!
(congratulations, sir...)
lk
(whenever I see the word bazooka, which frankly, isn't all that often, I think of bubblegum)
Congratulations! I'm happy for you. And I'm happy for me to buy your book.
Cheers!
Kelli
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