Winners of the April Giveaway, a new review of The Robot Scientist’s Daughter (plus lilacs, how old, and poetry parties!)
- At May 02, 2015
- By Jeannine Gailey
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Sorry I’ve been away from the blog on a short trip celebrating my birthday. There were lilacs and dogwood in bloom, as you can see – on April 30! And cherries for sale on the roadside on the way home – cherries?? Now?? Usually we don’t see them til June. Anyway, besides the strange spring bloomings, it was a much-needed break – and now I’m glad to be home.
Winners of April’s Big Poetry Giveaway according to a random generator set between 1 and 24 are: #3 Sarah O’Brien (who won The Robot Scientist’s Daughter) and #17 Jon Desjardins (who won Don Mee Choi’s The Morning News is Exciting.) I will be e-mailing them both to get their addresses and send them their respective books (and bonus literary magazines.) Thanks to everyone who participated! If you left a comment on my poetry giveaway page, and you still want a copy of The Robot Scientist’s Daughter, you can get a specially discounted copy from me if you e-mail me at jeannine dot gailey at live dot com!
Thank you to Suko’s Notebook for this birthday-timed review of The Robot Scientist’s Daughter. “Overall, The Robot Scientist’s Daughter is a startling, commanding, and beautiful collection of poetry. Her use of language is exquisite and extraordinary.” A nice birthday present!
As was the Microsoft robot that told me that, based on my pictures, I’m somewhere between 29 and 16, which is pretty reassuring when you’re celebrating your 42nd birthday! Here’s my Napa author’s photo, from four years ago (my most recent author photo is the one that somehow came out as 16?? So perhaps some more tweaking of its algorithms is needed.)
Don’t forget that today is also Independent Bookstore Day, so go visit your local indie bookstore and buy a book (or two!) My choice in Seattle is Open Books, the poetry-only bookstore that just celebrated its 20th anniversary. Here’s a pic of me posing a few days ago at their anniversary celebration with local poetry glitterati Kevin Craft and Kathleen Flenniken. See? I’ve been to too many parties lately! Time for some May downtime! Anyway, happy May!