Line tamer.
This is a bit delayed considering it’s been a week since AWP Chicago 2012 (a necessary designation since this is like the third AWP I’ve been to in Chicago now). I started with odd chest congestion a few days before the conference which, once in the Windy City, came on with a vengeance after dry Read More …
Hello, blog. Sorry I’ve been away for a while. I’m thinking in 2012 I might try to do a weekly post again like I used to do. In the meantime, here’s a summary of what I’ve been up to, what my work has been up to, what’s coming down the road: I continue to work Read More …
AWP D.C. was a bit of a whirlwind experience this year due to its unfortunate timing. I didn’t think I would be able to go due to commitments in NYC, but managed to get roughly two days of the scene covered. AWP organizers, I know you probably lock down dates based on cheapest rates, and Read More …
I think I’m in AWP-withdrawal, which I wasn’t expecting. Let’s hammer out the last day in Denver. Well, it started slow for just about everyone I know thanks to the drinking and altitude and lack of sleep. I think the altitude was blamed for a lot of behavior beyond the altitude sickness some people experienced…what Read More …
It’s Saturday morning as I type this and I have a pounding headache, so bear with me as I try to narrate the rest of Friday. I met Joe and Chenelle Milford at the Starbucks at their hotel (after visiting two other Starbucks in the same block vicinity–all these hotels seem to have Starbucks attached Read More …
So far at the conference I’ve overhead lots of talk about online vs. print, which seems to be a hot topic this year. The conversation has many parts: on the shuttle ride over it was about the fight at some journals just to get an online submission manager (fear being that it would increase submissions Read More …
Okay, I took some pics! This is the Denver Convention Center where the book fair, registration, and panels take place: And the entrance to Exhibit Hall A or whatever it’s called; the main hall. What’s nice is the entire book fair is in one hall this year, with carpeted aisles! Still a bit overwhelming, but Read More …
I wasn’t sure I was going to blog AWP this year, but hell, I have free wireless in my room, so why not make use of it. Alice Quinn was on my flight this morning in the row in front of me. I noticed her when we were queuing up to board; she was chatting Read More …
Yesterday was my day off from AWP-related events. Lori and Adam took me to the Museum of Contemporary Art since I had been to the Art Institute many times before and wanted to see something new. Of course it had to be kid day, or family day, and while I know these events are vital Read More …
Pleasant surprises yesterday as I braved some panels (panelists actually wrote papers!). There were quite a few queer-oriented panels this year, and I popped into “Who’s Yer Daddy: Gay Poets and the Inherited Present” as moderated by Jim Elledge. I missed Brian Teare’s presentation but arrived in the middle of David Groff’s which was all Read More …