Comments for Emily A. Benton http://emilyabenton.com poet - writer - journalist - naysayer Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:03:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on 2009 Spring Queens MFA faculty readings by Denis http://emilyabenton.com/?p=367&cpage=1#comment-497 Denis Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:03:52 +0000 http://emilyabenton.com/?p=367#comment-497 Damnit, I love Robert Polito. I am so jealous. Damnit, I love Robert Polito. I am so jealous.

]]> Comment on 2009 Spring Queens MFA faculty readings by Emily A. Benton http://emilyabenton.com/?p=367&cpage=1#comment-495 Emily A. Benton Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:59:21 +0000 http://emilyabenton.com/?p=367#comment-495 John - thank you for stopping by and complimenting my poetry! Kristin - I've heard Elissa read and yes, she is amazing. My friend Tim keeps trying to set up a beer date for us, so I hope I get to meet her one day. Rachel - I'm glad I got to take you out! Jeanine - Rachel was commenting on my Twitter feed, a website that asks you to answer the question "What Are You Doing?" in 140 characters or less. That's simply what I was doing at the time, and it's where I wanted to be. It's not a negative comment on lesbians by any means, and Rachel - who was there - understood that. If anything, the humor is that I was standing and not dancing with them. John – thank you for stopping by and complimenting my poetry!

Kristin – I’ve heard Elissa read and yes, she is amazing. My friend Tim keeps trying to set up a beer date for us, so I hope I get to meet her one day.

Rachel – I’m glad I got to take you out!

Jeanine – Rachel was commenting on my Twitter feed, a website that asks you to answer the question “What Are You Doing?” in 140 characters or less. That’s simply what I was doing at the time, and it’s where I wanted to be. It’s not a negative comment on lesbians by any means, and Rachel – who was there – understood that. If anything, the humor is that I was standing and not dancing with them.

]]> Comment on 2009 Spring Queens MFA faculty readings by Jeanine http://emilyabenton.com/?p=367&cpage=1#comment-494 Jeanine Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:32:46 +0000 http://emilyabenton.com/?p=367#comment-494 What is so funny about dancing lesbian groupies? Could you comment on that further? What is so funny about dancing lesbian groupies? Could you comment on that further?

]]> Comment on 2009 Spring Queens MFA faculty readings by Rachel Mallino http://emilyabenton.com/?p=367&cpage=1#comment-493 Rachel Mallino Mon, 25 May 2009 21:30:12 +0000 http://emilyabenton.com/?p=367#comment-493 I just read your twitter updates from last night: hysterical! dancing lesbian groupies. HA! Thanks for toting me around last night. =) I just read your twitter updates from last night: hysterical! dancing lesbian groupies. HA!

Thanks for toting me around last night. =)

]]> Comment on 2009 Spring Queens MFA faculty readings by Kristin http://emilyabenton.com/?p=367&cpage=1#comment-492 Kristin Wed, 20 May 2009 13:34:58 +0000 http://emilyabenton.com/?p=367#comment-492 I just learned the other day that Elissa Schappel is on faculty. I was at a Tin House writers' conference a few years' back where I got to meet her. Then I found out that she lived in my neighborhood in Brooklyn...and that her son is best friends with my niece. Last week I told my brother to tell Elissa that I was heading to UNCG and he says, "you know, I think she teaches somewhere in NC..." Lo and behold! Has she done any readings that you've been to? And I think she lived in Delaware for awhile too...? Like I said, every Delawarean knows each other somehow. I just learned the other day that Elissa Schappel is on faculty. I was at a Tin House writers’ conference a few years’ back where I got to meet her. Then I found out that she lived in my neighborhood in Brooklyn…and that her son is best friends with my niece. Last week I told my brother to tell Elissa that I was heading to UNCG and he says, “you know, I think she teaches somewhere in NC…” Lo and behold!

Has she done any readings that you’ve been to?

And I think she lived in Delaware for awhile too…? Like I said, every Delawarean knows each other somehow.

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