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2009 Spring Queens MFA faculty readings

14. May 2009

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Someone asked me the other day about my writing life this spring/early summer, and I summed it up by saying that I’ve been spending more time hearing the written word by attending literary events than actually with the written word (although, I did push through a few drafts last month that are turning out to be good [...]

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You know I’ll bust the doors down if I have to

1. May 2009

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While the country debated CIA torture memos, I was busy threatening Phil and Bruce at The Fool’s Brigade HQ to give me more information about tonight’s (May 1) benefit concert/swine flu party at The Neighborhood Theatre. The annual tribute concert includes a number of local Charlotte musicians butchering the catalog of The Rolling Stones, all in the name [...]

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Eau de Toilet

26. March 2009

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This is one of those blog entries bound to be found by a future employer, but I can’t hold back any longer. I’ve reached the end of my keep-your-mouth-shut rope. There is someone who uses the women’s bathroom at my workplace who sprays a vanilla/floral body mist each time she does a no. 2. I know [...]

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Weather Patterns

12. March 2009

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Let  me give you an idea of Charlotte weather this month: Today – high, 53 Yesterday – high, 81 Monday – high, 79 Two Mondays ago – high 29 MAKE UP YOUR DAMN MINDS, WEATHER GODS OF THE SOUTHEAST! I love snow and I also love spring but I can’t handle the back-and-forth! My laundry pile has doubled because it’s halfway [...]

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(to be published)

24. February 2009

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I haven’t sent in my publication agreement – will do so tonight – but I’m posting this anyway because it was good news in a sea of no news or waiting for news or unreported news: my poem “Man with a Beard of Bees” has been selected for publication in the 2009 Kakalak Anthology of [...]

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