IN ORDER

the dead you
wrote about
in order to
forget about
so you could
write about
the living are
still living where
you aren’t

–Bill Knott

Packet #5 is in, and I have officially completed all of the graduate work I have to turn in for three of four semesters. Packet #6 is totally optional.

Of course, I’m going to do it– one doesn’t get many semesters with Heather McHugh in his life. Plus, it’s hella expensive to go to grad school so I would be ridiculous not to get as much feedback as I possibly can. (Is that what I was thinking when I volunteered to do an annotation after completing my essay? Yeah, that was it.)

In addition to turning in my packet today, one of my favorite people from my time in the program e-mailed me today (and joined Catster… Kirk is totally going to join Catster). It’s the first I’ve heard in over a year. Happy!