In a World weirdly controlled by the Blogosphere…
Today, a student of Mary Biddinger flew in from Ohio, went to the Elliot Bay Bookstore to look for a book by Peter Pereira, and by coincidence saw that I was doing my reading with Lynnell and came in to see some of the reading and say hi. Insert eerie music here…Dan dan dann…
(PS Lynnell was fantastic, funny and sharp. You would have liked her.)
Then later, my bookstore lusts not slaked by my Elliot Bay reading trip, I went into Open Books just as a stranger was buying Aimee Nez’ new book and I was able to say, hey, she’s a great writer and you’ll love the book!
Maybe it’s just all the best poets are all on my blogroll. And their fans are following me.
PS I also drove throught the Fremont naked bicycling solstice parade. Yup, you heard me.
Sara
Jeannine, that is my friend Mona you’re talking about. She told me she was going to stalk–err, look for you while she was in WA. If I’d have known about you a year ago, I would have looked too. I have a friend from high school who lives on Bainbridge Island!
cornshake
weird. was it a bald 30 something guy who was buying my book? if so, that’s an old college friend of D’s
jeannine
Dear Sara,
Yes, it was Mona! She seemed really cool. And what a weird coincidence!
Aimee – no, it was a non-bald 30-something woman. So this means, as I always get excited about, someone who doesn’t know you is buying your book! PS It was face-out on the Open Books shelves – always a good sign!
Mona Lisi
Hey Jeannine,
Just so you know, I am not stalking you. I may have made a joke about stalking Peter to get him to sign my book, but you already signed mine at AWP! heehee. But I am a big fan of the book, so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to hear you read from it again. And you are right, Lynnell was great. As far as moving goes, I heard the weather is crappy over on that side of the mountains right now, might want to think about the east side!
jeannine
Dear Mona,
No, I really enjoyed seeing you again – I’m glad you showed up! All cool people should feel free to show up randomly at my readings anytime and anywhere! And I’m glad you enjoyed Lynnell’s reading too.
Yes, we do have more rain on this side of the mountains, that is for sure. Do they have air conditioning over there? That’s one thing I miss in the Seattle area – no air conditioning anywhere, even on the ninenty++ weeks in summer.
Hey, and congrats on your new blog!