On Saturday (May 11th) I'm going to be headed for Taft. This will be the first event held to showcase the release of the third volume of Taft College's Sharp Piece of Awesome. This year they selected three of my poems to be included. The event will be held at the Black Gold Coffee House in Taft at 5:00 PM.
Being a college magazine/journal, the editorial staff consists mostly of college students. And each of the past two years have seemed enthusiastic and to have really enjoyed the project. Many of them are also contributors to the journal. The variety of what they chose has been really interesting from haunting short stories and memoirs, to some very good poetry. And this year they seem to have picked some of my weirder stuff. Which I appreciate greatly. Sometimes the weird stuff takes more time to write than the more normal fare. I'm looking forward to going and meeting this year's editors and the other poets and writers. Some of our works will be read and faces will be put to the names and writing.
And this year they've added a second reading at Russo's on Saturday the 18th from 1 to 3 pm. And the book will be on sale there.
Congratulations! That is so cool! Will try to make the Russo reading.
ReplyDeleteGreat. hope to see you there.
DeleteIt had to be the 18th, huh? Unfortunately, family obligations will keep me away but I'll have to see if I can't pick up a copy of this year's Sharp Piece of Awesome. Curious to read what you call your "weird" stuff. Congrats on the publication!
ReplyDeleteI believe that Russo's is supposed to be carrying it. I don't know if they have the previous ones or not. They probably do.
DeleteCongratulations! Publish cred is always wonderful.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Mark! You must be feeling pretty darn good about them accepting three of your poems. I will look for the book. Thanks for letting us know. xoA
ReplyDeleteYep. I feel pretty good. Now if only I was better at public reading.
DeleteCongrats Mark! I'll try to make the reading at Russo's after our WOK meeting. As for your reading - you'll be great.
ReplyDeleteWell the reading went pretty well today. There will probably be more people at Russo's next weekend. But I read pretty well. Though the first one maybe a bit fast. I'll try to fix that by next weekend.
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