I have been reading Annie Dillard’s ought-to-be-a-classic book For the Time Being very slowly. It’s a book that warrants the rereading of pages. There’s this one passage I’m totally stuck on. I’ve been reading it to everyone–in workshops, over the telephone. The passage calls me again and again. Here it is: There were no formerly…
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This is a post that’s for folks who were in the writing group this evening to post their writing to! We wrote in response to Brendan Constantine’s poem “The Needs of the Many” about these days. If you missed it, there are more! Here’s the link to the list. Oh my gosh you will love…
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*let’s get right into it, shall we? If you don’t yet know, CBAW’s workshops are all online for the foreseeable future, and open to everyone, regardless of military affiliation. Join us for workshops Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. So many great people are teaching for us. Here’s a link to the schedule, with dial-in info and…
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I am continually astounded by how this work has grown, the shape it has grown into, the opportunities that have presented themselves, and how they have changed my thinking.
Toward the end of last week I got sick with a 24 hour thing that left me pretty beat up and dehydrated and I am sort of getting back to myself (I didn’t drink coffee for TWO DAYS). My sister brought me all kinds of things to eat and drink and I got back into…
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Some stuff, since it’s been a while! Upcoming events at Brookdale Community College, Word Up NYC, and L’Etage Philadelphia. Happy/Sad in Philly is going to be so good, so double plug for that. I am over the moon that A Constellation of Half-Lives was selected by Beltway Poetry Quarterly as one of the top ten books of 2019.…
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I am teaching some classes online and it’s incredible and wonderful but I think it might have me a little blogged out. A couple of things coming–we’ll be holding a CBAW event in Dallas on October 14 to kick off some new programs (details TBA very very soon), I’m reading in St Paul, Minnesota (details…
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I’m moving between my laptop and the big pieces of paper tacked on the wall, and reading and doing things and stressing about not doing things. I’m having this reminiscent of grad school weight gain thing, which is not my favorite. But it’s all totally worth it because something really cool is happening. CBAW launched…
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Summer is ending and school is starting and there are things to do and while I’ll miss sitting by the pool (the five or six times I did it this summer), I’m ready. I have a busy fall of teaching and am really looking forward to the school supply trip, the focus and organizing and…
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