Some goodies! I love difficult literature.
Category: Writing
Proust
Me: This is how I've been for days. Just holed up in my apartment watching The L Word and drinking tea. Reminding myself to not overexert or I get exhausted and feverish.Donta: OK Proust.
Tower
When I wrote my poetry thesis, it felt like everyone else was writing about Greek mythology, getting drunk at house parties, and repressed childhood memories. Now I can't go anywhere without seeing a themed journal about magic and astrology. Or, perhaps stranger, at the Lucky Funeral reading in Asheville a few weeks back, JD Scott read Tarot poems… Continue reading Tower
Snow
It just started snowing. My iPhone weather app is such a liar.
Work
How do I apply for jobs in a city that I've never visited? I have to rely so heavily upon the internet and the integrity of the two-page document by which potential employers may gauge my abilities. I feel uneasy about leaving anything up to others, but are my resume and cover letter others? Or… Continue reading Work
Journal
A writing consultant just mentioned journaling. I admit that I have a terrible memory. I should journal, just like I should keep a dream diary and a biorhythmic chart. I know he's right. I would journal on the computer since I am on the internet all day long, but I always want to talk about… Continue reading Journal
Statements
Been consumed by my personal statement. Decided, almost whimsily, to apply to a graduate English program in Seattle. Thinking a lot about what I can and cannot plan for when we travel so far west. Saving money. Wondering where it will come from next. Trying to refresh my memory of the course I taught as an… Continue reading Statements
Candles Galore
Helping a friend sell candles downtown. The gentleman at the booth next to me sounds 100% like an android. Also, tourists don't know how to read parking meters! Good thing I brought my research bag: almonds, mate, legal pads, and 200 pages of postcolonial goodies.
What We’re Reading: October 2013 – Identity Theory
What We're Reading: October 2013 - Identity Theory. Lots of delicious literature y'all.
Blood Lotus: An Online Literary Journal: Best of the Net 2013 nominations
I've been nominated for inclusion in the Best of the Net anthology! And by one my favorite journals, no less. So honored! Blood Lotus: An Online Literary Journal: Best of the Net 2013 nominations. Give Blood Lotus some love, y'all.
Jesse Rice-Evans 