Monday, February 16, 2009
The City That Sleeps for a Little Bit
Here is AWP and my trip to Chicago in no certain order. I took a lot of pictures, meet a lot of really great people, drank a lot of really great beer, sold a lot of Barn Owl Reviews, went to some really great panels, saw the best reading of my life, bought a lot of really great books, told people about the crossword in the new issue about a 1000 times, hung out with some of my best friends that I don't see very often, slept maybe 8 hours over the course of 4 days, and LOVED EVER MINUTE of the trip. AWP 09 was great fun.
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Great pictures, Frank. One of my favorite quotes from the trip, "I had a blast for the last ten minutes."-FPD
One of my favorite trips. There's a great picture of you on facebook chasing a bird.
I look saucy! I'm loving looking at everyone's pictures from Chicago.
Hey, Frank, thanks for the photos and thanks also for coming to the midwest Polish American writers reading.
It means a lot to me to have people hear about my parents and their experiences in the war.
PS--these photos are great
John thank you so much for commenting. That was the "best reading I've ever been to" in my life, and I go to a lot of reading.
I love the Polish culture, and felt trasported when I listen to the five of you read. Thank you so much for setting that up, and sharing such raw emotions. I felt in that hour and a half that I had reconnected with my family while hearing these stories.
Thanks, again, Frank. I've been trying to reach out to Polish American writers over the last few years. It's my response to the statement that there are no Polish American writers. I want to be able to say, "I have a list of 234 such writers!"
I have a blog for writers with Polish connections:
http://writingpolishdiaspora.blogspot.com/
I'd be happy to have you stop by.
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