New reviews, AWP offsite info and trying to type
- At January 31, 2014
- By Jeannine Gailey
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Tuesday I see my orthopedist who will decide whether or not I will be in a big cast for AWP. My arm really hurts when I accidentally move it or when I sleep, so they’re thinking maybe I need more than the sling. Nothing for glamorous impressions like a cast/sling combo, right? Since I broke my arm I am wondering what good thing the universe will be sending me to balance it out, because this really sucks. Book prize? Golden treasure? Large grant? I feel like Mr. Glass these days (Unbreakable reference here.)
In other poetry-related news, found this nice short review of Unexplained Fevers here at Open Way Designs. Thanks!
And my own review of Natalie Diaz’ When My Brother Was An Aztec is up at the Poets At Work site. I like that name, don’t you? We are at work, sometimes painstaking work, like the last six days, writing longhand because it takes sooo long to type right now.
And I am (despite everything) so excited that our speculative poetry event is a Stranger staff pick for AWP Offsite events Thursday night. I was not happy with the lack of official AWP events for speculative poetry so I got together with others and we created our own event, and it’s got a fantastic lineup! Here’s the Facebook event page for it. And here’s the poster!
Well, off to prop my arm up on pillows and very slowly do everything I’m used to doing with two hands.