December 2010
13 posts
The parts I loved about the book were similar the parts I hated about myself. I...
– Alizah Salario “Falling in Love with AHWOSG Ten Years Later”
http://therumpus.net/2010/12/on-literary-trysts-timing-and-karma/
Maybe, with the gift-giving season now upon us, publishers should consider...
– Jeff Gordinier
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There is nothing more exciting and fun to me, other than being with the wife and...
– Matthew Lippman
It is snowing outside and sometimes the wind blows through. I’ve spent the entire day in my room working on my poetry portfolio—& sending emails, gchatting, etc. Earlier this afternoon an ambulance pulled up to the house next door and carried away a man who was sitting on the front porch. I don’t think the man lives there. It was all much calmer than an emergency should be....
anne carson is my girl →
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we are all narcissists.
if i wrote a book, that may or may not be what i would call it.
i was working on a poem today, and it was giving me trouble, and i showed it to the ex-bf/itscomplicated and he was like, well what exactly do you want this poem to do? and i was like, “uh, well, it’s, like, dramatizing my neuroses.” and then i was like, jesus that is a fucking ridiculous reason to write a poem.
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Relationship Advice from 30 Rock
Liz: Jack, what makes a guy get bored in a dating situation?
Jack: That's an excellent question. The answer is, questions like that.
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things i learned last night
wearing sequins to a hipster bar = not conspicuous at all…
there are few things more satisfying than leaving lipstick stains on a wineglass after an afternoon of making a fool of yourself again
i. am. so. frustrated.
…with everything having to do with poetry right now.
like, jesus, i am so lucky to be in an mfa program. i am so lucky to have all this time to focus on writing. but last night he said to me, just do your work. he said, i am going to be great and if i’m not it’s because i didn’t work hard enough. he said, luck is about fucking getting yourself in the right place at the...