Finally feeling better…at least mostly…and able to eat solid food again. Hooray!
Thanks to Oliver, I discovered KUOW ran a show with my poetry reading at Open Books yesterday. You can get to the podcast here…http://www.kuow.org/mp3high/podcast/beat20061120.mp3
The reading on Sunday went well, despite the sickliness – it was great hearing friend Ronda Broatch read, getting friend Jenifer Lawrence’s new book and just hanging out with the island-poet-crew. A lot of fun. I decided to read the more dark poems from Becoming the Villainess, rather than all the funny ones, and husband Glenn wants me to record them for this site. What can I say? He likes the dark side 🙂
I’m looking forward to getting a few days to read and rest and maybe even write some new poems. We’re not doing anything for Thanksgiving this year, just resting and trying to get all the way healthy. Maybe I’ll get some reviews written! I’ve got a stack of fantastic books to read. Despite the complaints year after year from the “poetry is dead” crowd, I find there is more good poetry that comes out than I have time to read.
Having a hard time holiday shopping? Think of Rebecca Loudon’s (newly Pulitzer-nominated) Radish King, or maybe a subscription to 32 Poems, 11th Muse, or American Poetry Journal. Of course, for those crazy comic-book or fairy tale fans on your list, there’s always this…