Saturday morning rejection: Virginia Quarterly Review. Drat.
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I'm beginning to intently miss the lack of a readily available (to me) movie theater. Starting to jones. There's a new theater here but it's out by the freeway. Or somewhere. That vague, ill-defined area outside the few blocks of Carrollton I ever see.
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When I bashed my face in last week, I sent the picture over to the department chair and to the dean. They had been pushing the university to address the matter of the buses that run off campus having no lifts. Meetings and meetings. I thought the gore might light a fire. Sure, enough, by Wednesday a new van had been purchased, drivers trained, picking me up in the morning and when I'm done teaching. Which has been great.
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Yesterday: the ladies at Alterations Unlimited wouldn't let me pay for my new dress shirt they had taken in. You sure are sweet and bless your heart and you're a blessing.
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Monday, I'm being interviewed by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Yikes.
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.
6 comments:
All great news, Paul.
Ruth Ann
A picture is worth a thousand pleas?
I'm sorry about the rejection, Paul. The good news is that you heard back in just about exactly a month, so at least it didn't take long. We're working hard to reduce our average turn-around time from our current 72 days (for poetry).
Good luck with the interview tomorrow. I know those can be nerve-wracking. :)
No need to apologize!
Man, you do get blessed a lot. What is up with that? Is it connected with the raisin bread?
Don't forget to bring my souvenir napkin or whatever from the festivities. We real proud of you, son.
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