it was probably one of the most bizarre questions i have ever been asked recently, mainly because it isn’t one i’d expect to hear from anyone. a friend of mine turned to me last week and said, in an enquiring tone, that i don’t read much. i was shocked by it because i will admit that among the many things i am not very modest about, one is the fact ( Read more... )

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so people have been turning to twitter and FB and plurk and even gmail to constantly keep other people -- even those who aren't necessarily asking -- about what they're currently doing. it's actually micro-blogging: status updates are after all telegraphed entries: installments of an autobiography: the slow unfolding of a life. i have been doing ( Read more... )

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francis asked me recently about poetry and i remember deciding to write again after responding to his question. but i haven’t had the opportunity, nor the reason, to write outside my work, my raket, and LJ. inspiration isn’t indispensable, but in certain instances, might be necessary. so i looked into my old poetry notebooks and came across some ( Read more... )