- At March 26, 2005
- By Jeannine Gailey
- In Blog
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Getting ready for our trip up to Vancouver for AWP this year – which is much less rushed and last-minute-throw-everything-in-a-suitcase-and-buy-tickets than last year. I am especially looking forward to browsing Canadian books of poetry – which are very hard to find in America for some reason, because of publishing rights or something – for instance, individual books of poetry by Margaret Atwood are scarce here, except for Morning in the Burned House – and picking up some copies of Canadian literary journals. And maybe some British and Canadian fashion magazines. I have to say British Vogue, Elle, and Harper’s and Queen make for great reading, have intelligent articles on books and even occasionally on poetry books and poets – a far cry from the dumbed-down American sister magazines. I also love checking out Canadian pharmacies for their cheap but excellent British makeup brands (Rimmel makes a lipstick I am addicted to that costs something like $2.50 American that I plan to buy at least half a dozen of) and cool but inexpensive spa products. In between shopping sprees, I plan to attend at least a couple AWP panels and talks, LOL – truthfully, sitting through those panels where people talk down to you or just repeat the same old literary clichés or assume you’re a nineteen-year-old just starting out can get a little old after a couple of hours. The best part of last year’s AWP was the chance to catch up with old friends and scoping out the book fair, talking to people you’ve written or read but never seen in person, plus the chance to hang out in the kickass Chicago Art Institute.
Anyway if you’re going to be there and you want to say hi, I’ll be working at the Mountain Pacific Writer’s MFA Program at Pacific University (whew, that’s a mouthful) booth on Saturday afternoon. Statistics say I’ll probably be wearing pink.
Peter
Hi Jeannine: I’ll be there at AWP, reading on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, let’s make sure to touch bases.
jeannine
Hey Peter! I was already planning to go to your reading on Friday afternoon, so I’ll see you there for sure! Hopefully we can catch up over a snack sometime too.
Anonymous
Jeannine,
I’ll be looking for you. Isn’t your school hosting a reception, too?
I just got added as a last minute replacement to a panel called “Breaking the Routine:Nurturing Success through Alternative Workshops” which is happening at Fairmont Hotel, Thursday 3/31 from 9:00-10:15 AM.
Tom C. Hunley
Anonymous
Jeannine,
I’ll be looking for you. Isn’t your school hosting a reception, too?
I just got added, as a last minute replacement, to a panel called “Breaking the Routine:
Nurturing Success through Alternative Workshops.”
It’s happening on Thursday, March 31 from 9:00-10:15 AM at Fairmont Hotel.
Tom C. Hunley
jeannine
Dear Tom,
Loved your book! Yes, Pacific is having a reception Friday night (late, as I recall) at the Fairmont. Looking forward to meeting you in person.
early hours of sky
Ok how did I not know you were a mountain writer? Anyway say hello to dorrianne and joe for me I think they will both be there.
jeannine
Hey Teresa! Yes, that’s where I’m going – I’ll give Dorianne and Joe a shout-out if I run into them again – I just saw them briefly last night at our program reception – you’re right, they are both great! Brain-dead from poetry overload right now, but will blog more when I get back…
love from AWP, j9
Suzanne
Yes, please do blog more when you get back! Seriously, reading all these recaps I’m pretty postive I would have keeled over by now. 😉
jeannine
OK, suzanne, i promise to blog asap. We missed you!