The two of us still aglow from the events of last night. I had a great time talking to any number of people—Frank Bidart, Joel Connaroe, A.M. Homes, Tony Hoagland, Marilynne Robinson, Ira Silverberg, Susan Wheeler, Marilyn Nelson, Robert Pinsky, Craig Morgan Teicher, Jayne Anne Phillips…. Any more and I would slug my own face for namedropping. Good spirit and love for books in the atmosphere.
And I got to shake Joan Didion’s hand!
And was offered a visiting position at an excellent graduate writing program, next fall, a very short commute away! Who would have expected that?
For those who care about such things, a picture of this blogger minutes before the car from HarperCollins came to pick us up last night.
And now back to that Swiffer.
4 comments:
Even better than I imagined.
Be still my heart…you and Mark had to have been the most handsome couple present. I’m all a-gog and scrambling for all the names you dropped; goodness me. I would have gone all gushing and embarrassed myself at meeting the two of you as much as I would meeting the other esteemed on your list. I’m just so pleased for Mark and for you.
Have you ever met Antonya Nelson? She’s from my neck of the woods, and chaired the awards some time ago. She came to Watermark Books (where I moonlight when I’m not teaching)to discuss the process; It’s quite a heady undertaking.
Big Congratulations.
i'm so glad that i ordered all those extra copies of mark's work while employed at borders. i knew it would pay off eventually.
Congratulations to Mark on this win. I saw the book Fire to Fire at the public library last month and meant to pick it up. Now I have to!
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