I'd like to say the blank post was in reaction to this: Eric McHenry reviews my book in the New York Times. Holy crap. I had no idea. Wow. Thanks to Alex Lemon for tipping me off.
Wow! I just read the review, which caught me too, by surprise. Happy Sunday to kick off a year of similar amazements. As you might recall, (I hope you do) I predicted all of this of your poems. Thanks for the nod in your new book, by the way. I was surprised by that, too. Wishing you more of all these riches.
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.
12 comments:
Congratulations! Big deal to be reviewed in the Times.
Congrats sweetie! That's something to celebrate. 2008 will be the year of Guest! Paul Guest!
Great review!
Congratulations, Paul. It is a great review!
When summoned by the king, the jester should always smile, elsewise the joke may be on him. The king, it seems, is pleased.
So am I.
yes! i just came from reading it, and wanted to congratulate you.
yikes, paul - a wonderful review!
Wow! I just read the review, which caught me too, by surprise. Happy Sunday to kick off a year of similar amazements. As you might recall, (I hope you do) I predicted all of this of your poems. Thanks for the nod in your new book, by the way. I was surprised by that, too. Wishing you more of all these riches.
Sophia
Whatever. I won two dollars in scratch-offs this week.
Where ya gonna spend that review, huh?
Congrats. More importantly, Santa gave me your book for Christmas. Holy cow! Holy cow! The poems rock. One after another.
Deborah
http://blog.32poems.com
Way to go! Congrats and Happy New Year!
It could not happen to a nicer person Paul. I wish you well in 2008.
Belated, congrats!
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