quoteworthy

At the Creative Writing program welcome reception for first and second year students last Friday Darin Strauss (Chang and Eng, More Than It Hurts You) and Elaine Equi (Ripple Effect) read from their recently published work and I naturally found a great quote. 

From a new poem by Elaine Equi...

"War has ruined s&m for me. Now it just seems like watching the news."

And I naturally had a dinner of curled meats, rounded scoops of cantaloupe, and triangular gourmet cheeses whie meeting my bookish comrades. And wine! 

I also at this meeting was lassoed into introducing the lovely Joanna Scott at her reading in a few weeks at the KGB Bar (yes, I can speak and then slam a whiskey) so I am deep in research on her interviews, reviews, and pinpointing my favorites of her work. As a perk of introducing I get to dine with her (ask her too many questions) and the other readers on the NYU tab prior. This weekend is the Brooklyn Book Festival which has a smorgasbord of lovely writers but I wait with baited breath for Mrs. Joan Didion (Slouching Towards Bethlehem is my favorite) herself who will be participating in a panel regarding this years presidential election. Now I'm off to read a book for craft class and run on the Williamsburg Bridge but certainly not at the same time or in any preferential order.