and days grow longer steadily
Here is a quote from my favorite poem that I have read in some time:
One afternoon Rashad
broke the collar of midnight,
streaks of a Norfolk street
running down
his face.
from R. Dwayne Betts, “Dear Augusta,” The Collagist, January 2010.
The full poem is here. Check it out!
Betts’ website is here.
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I’ve got four short story drafts that I’m editing right now in preparation for submitting to some new journals. Each one is ~1,500 words or so. If you’re interested in checking them out, let me know!
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tenderloin is the night blog is always rad.
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Almost done reading Day Out of Days by Sam Shepard:
which is sprawling and beautiful, hits you very hard, and is often crushingly sad. Really powerful writing in the form of short stories, really-short-stories, and poetry. Since I am especially into stuff about the desert, it doesn’t hurt that lots of this is set in the Southwest. Worth checking out at yer library!
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In case you haven’t seen it yet, Mr. Sam Owen shot a ton of photos at a bunch of art openings in SF a few weeks ago, and posted a show writeup as well as tons of snaps at Fecal Face Dot Com. Check it out here!
Nate East 