On to the Next Thing
May 14, 2008 3:27 pm ArtHere’s a milestone passed: On Monday night, I mailed in my final packet for my MFA program. I’m not done yet, oh no, but the deadlines I still have in front of me will start falling like dominoes: evaluation next week, thesis the following week, writing a class and doing thesis reviews in June, residency (including class and thesis interviews) in July. But I’m basically done with reading and writing for school. Now I’m reading and writing for the rest of my life. That’s kind of cool. I have yet to select the first book I will read solely for my own enjoyment.
I spent some of the weekend working on some entries for Lauren Turner’s bestiary– check out some of her collages. She’ll have her wares (whoa, easy there, perv-man, not those wares) for sale Sunday at RebusFest (301 N. Kinsey St. in Raleigh). Go. Check out the art. Here’s a sample:
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May 15th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Awwwww… thanks! And, yes, I will not be selling THOSE wares. As we all know, I give those away for free.
Yay for Ross’s impending degree! I vote “Clifford the Big Red Dog” as first book for pleasure. That dog is just so big.
May 15th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Actually, I think the first book read solely for pleasure should be Ross’s all time favorite…Go Dog Go. Go around again, Ross, I like that party hat.
May 16th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
It is so bitter sweet isn’t it? The whole MFA process? I know how terribly cliche but it is.
I’ll be turning in poems 4 more times during Aug, Sept, Oct and Nov of this year but I don’t plan on turning anything in (unless I surprise myself) that will be for my thesis.
I don’t have anything else required to read before Jan when I graduate but I have to do that whole thesis thing and prep for the seminar I’ll teach etc.
Do you know what day you’ll be reading and all in July? I’d love to sneak in
May 19th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Congratulations! Hooray for you!
When I finished, the first thing I read was a big fat novel. ‘Cuz there was time for none of that in the 2.5 MFA years.
Good luck with the dropping dominoes.