Grumble: I just made my reservations at the Atlanta Hilton, which is great, but they go ahead and charge one night to your card. Thank God for the AWP rate.
The reservation lady was amused with my last name: "That's perfect for you to stay with us, isn't it?"
Yes, yes, it is.
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.
8 comments:
you organized AWP rate people kill me. I always barely struggle in, it's always some chaos. . .I need pointers.
Your lucky your last name isn't Hooker or Appleknocker, or Justin Timberlake...
As in TJ Hooker?
I have to admit, being TJ Hooker would be unspeakably awesome.
Sort of.
In theory.
Doesn't that deposit SUCK? I'll be a guest there too (hee hee).
Looking forward to meeting you, Paul!
The deposit totally sucks. Esp. when I used a debit card. They're taking real money! ;)
Looking forward to meeting you too!
well, it would be unspeakable, that's for sure.
Pardon if you've already suffered this, but I guess an Abbott & Costello style routine could be conjured from the exchange...
What's your first name, Sir?
Paul.
And last name?
Guest.
I'm not here to guess -- there are too many possibilities! If you want this reservation, Sir, you'll have to tell me your last name. You do want to stay here, don't you?
Guest.
Ha-ha-ha. Alright now, this is going a bit far, Sir. This is the Reservation Desk, not the Office of Speculation! . . .
[etc.]
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