I tend to get so far behind in blogging that I just don't feel like doing it because I know I'll never catch up. This is one of those times.
To briefly catch you up on the past couple of months:
The reading on the Southside was a great success!This is me, looking all hot, being the poetry goddess God made me. I normally don't say I look hot, but that night I did. This was only the third time I read to a group that was not largely fellow English majors/MFA students, but something about being a featured reader put the needed pressure on me. I walked out of there feeling amazingly confident in my performance. And, I got an A in the class! (Thanks, Jim!)
I spent two weeks in Trinidad with three of my classmates, soaking up the culture and writing about it. Can you believe it? Not only do I have classes that MAKE me write, but I have classs that makes me travel, too! I had such an unbelievable time that I didn't want to come back. We even got to meet Trinidadian writers Merle Hodge (below), who let us swim in her lagoon, and Earl Lovelace (!), who gave us rum and coconut water upon our arrival.
Us with Merle Hodge. Back: Carolyne, Sarah, me. Front: Carmen, Ms. Hodge.
My summer classes are finally (thankfully) winding down, and then I'll have two weeks to relax before they start up again. I'll also be starting AmeriCorps soon (more on that later) and spreading my love of words and books all over Pittsburgh.
And, in other news. Please check out Mark's new website: http://www.markcbradley.net/ and even consider buying his new book Writing Poems in the Rain. I'll love you forever if you do. :-)
Actually, I already love someone forever.
2 comments:
thank you for responding so promptly with a bloggy post. and a very detailed and informative one at that! your next mission, should you choose to accept it, is to post responses to some of my newest bloggy entries :-)
and it's almost september. we're due for another update and five comments on my bloggy :)
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