Line tamer.
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 …
I flew in to Chicago, this year’s host city for AWP, yesterday morning. I was prepared for the worst–last time I was in Chicago in February there were huge snowbanks and the lake looked like liquid, rolling ice. But not today. As we flew in over the water there was one moment when, as we Read More …