I figure some of you have by now begun to think it was all an elaborate prank, smoke and mirrors, just plain fiction, but at long last I can tell you all about my book.
Notes for My Body Double was awarded the Prairie Schooner Book Prize. That link isn't updated as I'm writing this; I'm told there's a delinquent bio note yet to come in.
But the point is I can go public with it now. The hold-up was due to extra tough competition over on the fiction side of the contest. That's resolved, however, and here we are.
Notes for My Body Double will likely appear in the fall of 2007, published by the University of Nebraska Press
I'm thrilled beyond belief.
Update: the page is up now, with info about the fiction winner and the runner-up's.
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.
45 comments:
Congrats, kid. And thanks for keeping your writing life in the public eye online. Your feverish approach is inspiring, as is your hunger for criticism. Write, and write well.
-cK
Thanks, man.
I can't wait to read it!
2007, MM.
Congratulations! We all knew it would work out well.
Fabulous news, Paul -- congratulations!
Danke!
Yay, Paul! Those guys picked a great book!
It's obviously a prize winner, as it's essentially won two contests. Congratulations!
Bravo, Paul! I can't wait to read it!
I'm not worthy....;)
Congratulations, Paul!
Thanks, Ginger....
Congrats!
How amazing! What a great prize -- much congrats!
exciting news---congratulations.
Yay, congrats! Looking forward to the book. And I hope you will be able to meet my friend Kathleen Flenniken, who won last year. She is amazing.
In an earlier post you mentioned the U of IL Press, of which I am a part. I'm also a friend o' Betsy's, and the cK. (And a former member of the Twin Cities Mafia, and a Saluki, but who's counting, really.) I've been lurking at your blog. I'm lame! But you rule. Congrats.
Wonderful wonderful wonderful news!!!!!
I'm so glad I checked blogs before taking off to West Virginia University to do a workshop with David Wojahn!!!
see ya after the 29th!
Congratulations, Paul! That's wonderful (and well-deserved) news . . . I love your first book, and will be really looking forward to Notes!
PAAAAAUUUUUULLLLLLLL!!!!!! Congratulations, baby! I saw the website and jumped up and down, clapped my hands and screeched! (Well, on the inside. I'm at a library & don't wish to be thrown out for my oversized childlike reaction to the great news.) I look forward to finally seeing this baby in print!
Metta/Lydia
PAAAAAUUUUUULLLLLLLL!!!!!! Congratulations, baby! I saw the website and jumped up and down, clapped my hands and screeched! (Well, on the inside. I'm at a library & don't wish to be thrown out for my oversized childlike reaction to the great news.) I look forward to finally seeing this baby in print!
Metta/Lydia
Congratulations Paul. That's great for you.
Wonderful news! You don't know me from anyone, but I think it's great.
Good going and great news! Much deserved.
A guy goes to bed and there's a zillion well-wishers! Thanks, all.
Peter: I emailed Kathleen last week. She seems really nice.
Lisa B: I got a nice note from Laurence Lieberman when I submitted Notes to UI Press back in February. I appreciated it.
Lydia: Library silence rules be damned!
Huzzah! Well done!
You beat me!! ;) Congratulations, Paul!
I saw that on Kinemapoetics and felt bad.
Congratulations! This is lovely--both in terms of the big score with Prairie Schooner, and in terms of the visible outpouring of love from the blogosphere. Leaves me feeling good about the state of poetry...and I, too, got a kind note from Laurence Lieberman not too long ago (as if he doesn't have better things to do)...I'm going to take that as a good omen.
Paul, congratulations! What a great home for your book. Look forward to reading it next year...
--Matt
Congratulations, Paul!
Yay Paul! Congratulations!
Holy Shit, man! That's awesome news! So happy for you.
Bravissimo! Well done!
Not too Shabby, Mr. Guest. Not too shabby at all....
I can't wait to buy my copy. I love it when great people get great things.
Maybe I'll be the last to say...Congrats, Paul. Can't wait to read it.
Again, my thanks!
Awesome news, Paul. Congrats.
As a reward, I still have the sixth season of the Sopranos (what's shown so far) as a reward, if you would like it.
-- bp
Sign me up, man...
told ya so!
-ab
And again, congrats.
Thanks, Jake!
Congratulations, Paul! You deserve it. David
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