Well, my darlings, one post before I’m off to my residency until the 17th. I’ve been in a flurry – trying to recover from a nasty case of bronchitis, get some work done before I leave (grant application, interview, essay, and review) and get packed.
In good news, Turner Classic Movies is running a Miyazaki marathon in January:
Jan. 5 Spirited Away (2001) 8 p.m. Princess Mononoke (1997) 10:15 p.m.
Jan. 12 Nausicaa of the Valley (1984)) 8 p.m. Castle in the Sky (1986) 10 p.m.
Jan. 19 My Neighbor Totoro (1988) 8 p.m. Porco Rosso (1992) 9:30 p.m. Whisper of the Heart (1995) 11:15 p.m
Jan. 26 Only Yesterday (1991) 8 p.m. Pom Poko (1994) 10:15 p.m.
If you do not watch Nausicaa, or record it, you are missing out. One of Miyazaki’s first and best efforts, this eco-drama is beautiful and moving. With a kick-ass female heroine, I might point out.
And, Futurama may be geting new episodes!
So my geek heart is happy.
And, my poem “After Ten Years Together, We Sneak Off to Make Out in a Friend’s Closet,” is living in sin with a bunch of other poems in Rebecca Livington’s anthology, The Bedside Guide to the No Tell Motel.
The new issue of Diner contains wonderful poems by poet pals Kelli Agodon, Ronda Broatch, and Rebecca Loudon, as well as my review of Kate Gale’s Mating Season.
Also, congrats to Jenifer Lawrence, whose poetry book will be published by Blue Begonia Press, and Steve Schroeder, who just won the Laureate Prize from National Poetry Review.
Now, it’s off to rainy Seaside, Oregon, where I’ve heard the waves are 20 feet high, for ten-days of all-literary-all-the-time crazy time.