Weekend Update
It's been a fairly busy weekend, more so than I wanted it to be. Yesterday (and continuing today) I worked on a final report for the last Poetry Atlanta grant. I put it off far too long, then got sidetracked by tonsillitis, and now I'm right up against the deadline, which is tomorrow. Sigh. Budgets, demographics, blah, blah, blah. Not how I wanted to spend my weekend.
Last night, I slipped over to Wordsmiths Books in Decatur for the launch of Megan Volpert's new poetry collection from BlazeVOX Books, the desense of nonfense. There was a good crowd and lots of familiar faces such as Cleo Creech, Rupert Fike, Dustin Brookshire, Jessica Hand, Chelsea Rathburn and Bridgitte Byrd. Laurel Snyder and JS van Buskirk gave excellent support as the "opening acts" for Megan's reading.
Before I went to bed last night, I watched the latest Coen Brothers film, Burn After Reading. Oooh, boy. Not that good. Glad I didn't pay full price at the cinema. It had a few moments of hilarity, but it seemed really slapdash and not very well thought out despite the stellar cast. Frances McDormand stole all her scenes, but that ain't saying much.
Last night, I slipped over to Wordsmiths Books in Decatur for the launch of Megan Volpert's new poetry collection from BlazeVOX Books, the desense of nonfense. There was a good crowd and lots of familiar faces such as Cleo Creech, Rupert Fike, Dustin Brookshire, Jessica Hand, Chelsea Rathburn and Bridgitte Byrd. Laurel Snyder and JS van Buskirk gave excellent support as the "opening acts" for Megan's reading.
Before I went to bed last night, I watched the latest Coen Brothers film, Burn After Reading. Oooh, boy. Not that good. Glad I didn't pay full price at the cinema. It had a few moments of hilarity, but it seemed really slapdash and not very well thought out despite the stellar cast. Frances McDormand stole all her scenes, but that ain't saying much.
I'll be reading Wednesday night at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in Atlanta as part of a tribute to the late poet, Dr. John Stone. It starts at 8:15 p.m. Come by if you can and celebrate the life of this remarkable man.
Comments
I started watching Burn After Reading, but George Clooney's character bugged the hell out of me, and I went to bed.
Good luck with the grant.
I wish I had gone to Megan's reading. I love her poem in the Java monkey collection.Plus I want to meet Dustin. I know of him from facebook.
GAV