Strange Horizons, Surviving Poetry, Whiting Awards…

So, I escaped from the teen workshop without any major injuries, though I woke up this morning feeling flu-y again. Guess the cure is just…rest!

If you’re in the mood for science-based poetry, my poem “Tickling the Dragon” about the death of Louis Slotin – who inspired the creation of “Dr. Manhattan” of “The Watchmen” fame – was featured a day or so ago at Strange Horizons:
http://www.strangehorizons.com/2011/20111024/gailey-p.shtml

I think I have a psychic link of some sort with the mysterious group that hands the Whiting Awards, because all the writers I thought I’d discovered were then given the award – Ilya Kaminsky, Jericho Brown, Dana Levin, and now…Eduardo Corral. I liked them all before they were famous, as we protest about our favorite indy bands…