Home and Happy
Many thanks to everyone who sent kind condolences. Your warm thoughts mean a lot.
While I work on my human rights lecture for an upcoming visit to Indiana State University, the Handsome Husband is off in New Orleans with crazy-fabulous photographer Charles Gullung and a shot list from THE DESIRE PROJECTS--that is, a list of all the places that Nola, the protagonist, goes during the story.
The HH, who designs author websites (including this one) and was inspired by the sheer gorgeousness of Kwame Dawes's Emmy-Award-winning website, plans to build a new and knockout addition to this site as a bookwarming gift when DESIRE PROJECTS launches. His long-time friend Charles is providing the visuals. Am I thrilled by this? I am.
What I love about Charles's work is--well, see for yourself. He has an eye for lush beauty, color, and texture, but he also has a quirky vision. Here's a quick sample.
I think these are wildly gorgeous--and Charles and James (high school buddies, college roommates) are down there for a whole week. Am I envious? Way. (Would I actually want to be along for the ride with former college roommates as they eat, drink, and shoot their way around southern Louisiana? No way.)
Here at home in Lincoln, there's lots of good news to share. First, congratulations to UNL graduate student Kaitlyn Palacios, whose excellent memoir essay "The Waiver" has been accepted by American Literary Review. Great work, Kaitlyn! All of us in ENGL 852A loved reading the piece in its early stages. Pine Manor MFA grad Faye Rapoport DesPres placed her piece "Tulips" with University of Arizona's Superstition Review. Congratulations!
And more amazing still, in this crazy market, when only about 30% of the instructors at universities and colleges nationwide are tenured or tenure-track professors, three Ph.D. students from the creative writing program here at UNL have gotten tenure-track positions: Kelly Grey Carlisle at Trinity University in San Antonio (my sweet alma mater), emily danforth at Rhode Island College, and Carrie Shipers at University of Wisconsin-Marshfield. Wow! People: this is rare. Huge congratulations to Kelly, emily, and Carrie.
Last of all, a big shout-out to poet John Chávez, who successfully defended his dissertation this afternoon. John is a joy to work with, to read, and to know, and I'm sure some lucky university will be snapping him up soon. ¡Buena suerte, Dr. John!
While I work on my human rights lecture for an upcoming visit to Indiana State University, the Handsome Husband is off in New Orleans with crazy-fabulous photographer Charles Gullung and a shot list from THE DESIRE PROJECTS--that is, a list of all the places that Nola, the protagonist, goes during the story.
The HH, who designs author websites (including this one) and was inspired by the sheer gorgeousness of Kwame Dawes's Emmy-Award-winning website, plans to build a new and knockout addition to this site as a bookwarming gift when DESIRE PROJECTS launches. His long-time friend Charles is providing the visuals. Am I thrilled by this? I am.
What I love about Charles's work is--well, see for yourself. He has an eye for lush beauty, color, and texture, but he also has a quirky vision. Here's a quick sample.
I think these are wildly gorgeous--and Charles and James (high school buddies, college roommates) are down there for a whole week. Am I envious? Way. (Would I actually want to be along for the ride with former college roommates as they eat, drink, and shoot their way around southern Louisiana? No way.)
Here at home in Lincoln, there's lots of good news to share. First, congratulations to UNL graduate student Kaitlyn Palacios, whose excellent memoir essay "The Waiver" has been accepted by American Literary Review. Great work, Kaitlyn! All of us in ENGL 852A loved reading the piece in its early stages. Pine Manor MFA grad Faye Rapoport DesPres placed her piece "Tulips" with University of Arizona's Superstition Review. Congratulations!
And more amazing still, in this crazy market, when only about 30% of the instructors at universities and colleges nationwide are tenured or tenure-track professors, three Ph.D. students from the creative writing program here at UNL have gotten tenure-track positions: Kelly Grey Carlisle at Trinity University in San Antonio (my sweet alma mater), emily danforth at Rhode Island College, and Carrie Shipers at University of Wisconsin-Marshfield. Wow! People: this is rare. Huge congratulations to Kelly, emily, and Carrie.
Last of all, a big shout-out to poet John Chávez, who successfully defended his dissertation this afternoon. John is a joy to work with, to read, and to know, and I'm sure some lucky university will be snapping him up soon. ¡Buena suerte, Dr. John!
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