Thanks to everyone who made it to The Dove for the book release! It was nice to see so many faces from different chapters of my life. Due to the weather and flight cancellations, the folk from Spire Press could not attend, but they sent along this nice note:
“Friends and Colleagues of Matthew, please accept Spire Press’s sincerest apologies for not being able to make tonight’s event. We regret not being able to say in person how proud we are to have published this small selection of Matthew’s work: ‘Pear Slip’ is focused fruit, both rare and ripened. We trust you will agree that these poems are excellent, juicy, plenty to ruminate — and join us in our anticipation of his work to come. Matthew also does a great ‘blue steel’ on the back cover. Congratulations, Matthew. We’ll catch up with you and your adoring fans at the AWP Conference, beginning this January 30th in New York — we hope to honor our authors and supporters at a special evening event downtown, so stay tuned and see you there!”
Here are some pics, courtesy of Aimee.
Aimee, Dean, Phyllis and Joseph:
Cory ponders a copy of the book:
Connie and Maeghan:
Robert and Phong:
Lori, Lisa and Lisa’s roomies:
Aimee, Justin and TLee:
Katy and Adam:
Matthew holding court:
Greg and Katy:
Eric waves:
Go Team Deception!
Aimee studies Cory’s cleavage:
Greg and Matthew up to mischief:
More pics from Maeghan to come!