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I was kicking myself for not taking photos on our evening, but how much of my life needs to be content?
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A bit of old news, but Underlife was a finalist for the 2010 Paterson Poetry Prize. Sherman Alexie won the award for his book, Face. Here’s the full list of award recipients. And congrats to Nin Andrews, also a finalist, for her collection Southern Comfort.
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Congrats to Martha Silano, whose third book The Little Office of the Immaculate Conception, was chosen by Campbell McGrath as the winner of the 2010 Saturnalia Book Prize. Very cool.
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Also, congrats to Thomas Sayers Ellis for his interview in Publishers Weekly, and on his highly anticipated release of his second collection Skin Inc: Identity Repair Poems.
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Sending good thoughts to FW today.
5 comments:
That darn Sherman Alexie!! He won the National Book Award for young people's literature a year or so ago for THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART TIME INDIAN, and now this!
Sheesh.
UNDERLIFE wins in my book!
A good book you might be interested to read (while it is not poetry) along the lines of downsizing one's life and getting rid of stuff (and therefore a lot of time and personal energy used to think about, take care of, and clutter one's life unncessarily) is entitled: "Throw 50 Things Away". This little book is on my personal to-read list.
Hi January,
Ladies Night potluck with kids running around in the night: the best!!
Congrats on being a finalist for the Paterson!! And thanks for the nod to my good news ;-)
What I am really excited about is getting to meet you at AWP, cuz now I am definitely going (whereas before I was way on the fence).
That's pretty awesome that you were a finalist! Have fun in new York :) still hoping to read there someday but I might have a chance at LA next year. Yay for poetry
You're in some pretty illustrious company there! Congratulations!
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