Thursday, September 24, 2009

Just got back from Ron Silliman & Rae Armantrout's reading at Fall for the Book. It was the first time I heard either read and I wasn't disappointed.

I was "recognized" by the young man sitting next to me.

He's a reader of this blog.

Yesterday I learned that two students put together a No Tell Motel Fan Page.

I will be wearing a disguise and calling myself Esmerelda at the publishing panel I'm participating in tomorrow.

Poet Paparazzi, stay back.

5 comments:

  1. Dear Reb,

    Did you happen to take notes, such that you might be able to post set lists of what Silliman and Armantrout read?

    Perhaps a highlight or two?

    Even a snippet of something about what you heard from the poets would be great.

    And thanks.

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  2. Steven, I never take notes at readings, so this is to the best of my memory a few days later . . . Ron read from three different texts: a essay from Grand Piano about his childhood and family, a piece from The Alphabet (I think it was called "force") and another section from The Age of Huts. I remember his essay the best, a sentence about being surprised that his grandfather had a friend stands out. Rae read from Versed and a new manuscript called Money Shot. She was funny. Sorry, I don't retain lines from memory very well.

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  3. ... and you're in Madam Mayo's BLOGS NOTED:
    http://madammayo.blogspot.com/2009/09/blogs-notedkevin-kelly-bricolage-reb.html

    Blog on!

    Your fan, C.M. Mayo

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  4. Woohoo! Too bad I haven't found much time to blog recently.

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