Check it out: Front Porch 8 is up and live. Great poets in this issue: Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Adam Clay, Dorianne Laux, Eric Baus. And me. Some stellar audio, reviews, interviews, etc as well.
Busy busy the past 10 days. Dante research. Finalizing a contest-ready rendition of my manuscript. Teaching. Auden duty. Been awesome but exhausting.
Playing squash again tomorrow. Loving it. Absolutely loving it. Never thought I'd like it so much.
My dad is coming into town on Saturday to spend the weekend with us. Can't wait to show Auden off, enjoy some time with my pops. I miss him.
Been thinking a lot lately about honesty in poetry. How honest should I be? I don't mean about events or narrative situation. I mean how honest should I be about my fears, my emotional landscape. Sometimes I feel like I'm giving too much of myself to the page. Then I think that it's necessary for me to do so. Yes, it's necessary. I must do it. I love doing it.
Tired. To bed.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
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2 comments:
I think the honesty you write with is something that makes folks go back to your work. Meaning you, Gary, not the collective you.
Keep it rolling. You can always deal with the lack of honesty later in a project if you want to, right? Or a whole book dedicated to a blind beekeeper? Wait, Flynn already did that.
Enjoyed you Aubades. Good issue indeed...fun to find other poets on the web. Best wishes, Joseph.
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