February 26th 2009
Waiting for Opportunity
I’m almost certain those book publishers will be showing up at my door tomorrow or the next day.
February 26th 2009
I’m almost certain those book publishers will be showing up at my door tomorrow or the next day.
February 24th 2009
This collection of Daniel Chacon’s recent short fiction kept me spellbound. My favorite moment: the end of “Regalito” when the entire story, book, setting, planet recedes into the distance as the reader becomes the eye of the universe. Check out Daniel’s blog at http://soychacon.blogspot.com/.
July 26th 2008
Stopped into Moe’s Books last night after dinner–about 8:30. I got out before it closed at 11. Barely. Poetry (2 books) and a couple of Latino books for classes. I had a 10% off coupon on the used books and that justified the purchases. I saved $2.19! I should have bought another book and saved even more!
On a whim, I looked up some poets with whom I shared a class at Berkeley in the 1980’s just before my daughter was born. One of them, William Talcott, had a couple books in the used section–not sure if that’s good or bad. Walt Whitman also has books there, so he’s got good company. I couldn’t find any of the other names I remembered, and I’m certainly not there. Talcott gave me a small chapbook of poems called The Fennel Extracts which I have cherished ever since. I discovered he passed away 2 years ago. I hope there’s fennel growing near him now.