The other day I saw another Privilege Meme making the rounds of Live Journal--that is, where you bold particular items to see how much privilege you've had in your life. I've done these before with thoughtful results, and I was about to do this one too until I stumbled over some of the questions:

10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18,

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First of all, my poem "On NASA's Discovery of 'Interstellar Chocolate'" is now up on Astropoetica. Woot! I think this is my first-ever work about organic chemistry. :)

* * *This past week I've written three Appalachian-themed poems. Two are straight-up "literary" works but one ("After the Fox Ran") could be considered speculative (and may, ( Read more... )

There's a booksale going on upstairs in the library today...Not one of our own sales this time, but rather a load of Appalachian-related books, fiction and nonfiction alike, brought by a fellow named George Brosi, who runs a bookstore in Berea, Kentucky called Appalachian Mountain Books ( Read more... )