Friday, February 10, 2012

I continue to wrestle with Appearances. This week the writing has gone pretty well (I think).

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Recently I sent poetry to two different journals (uninvited). Haven't done that in ages. The work was rejected. I also entered a chapbook contest (for a fee) and was unsuccessful. I wasn't surprised by any of these outcomes, but what the hell. I might have surprised myself. That's always the hope--especially in the composition of a piece, let alone publication.

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Am close to finishing the interview with Timothy Morton. It's been a great exchange. I'm looking forward to posting it with anticipation and a feeling of excitement.

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It's snowing powdery snow. Our old, failing dog is asleep on the couch. I check occasionally to make sure that she's breathing. Sigh.

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Ambient noises--the furnace, the dryer, occasional fridge chatter, the keyboard I'm sounding.

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4 comments:

  1. nice to know i'm not the only one who gets rejextions. but here's one that truly amused me, it's from a print-on-demand company, CreateSpace. note: they are merely printing the work, they have no stake in the aesthetics. the pdf i sent them contained a lot of crossed-out and intentionally misaligned text, I informed them it was an art book and wasn't meant to be read, but they responded: Thank you for your patience while we connected with our Technical Services team regarding your text.

    Technical Services informed us that we can't pass as this is a production point of failure. The illegible text and broken up text will not pass in production. It will create manufacturing concern and would halt orders from being produced. I sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.

    what is it about this response that makes me feel like the work is being rejected by a machine not an actual person!

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  2. I know what you mean, Rosaire. Sometimes formats, templates kill.

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  3. Sorry to hear about your dog.
    I have Parts and other pieces on my desk to catalog for the Oberlin College Library. Could you please email me I have some questions about creating a call number/unique authority for your works with the Library of Congress. shasley@oberlin.edu

    Thanks,Sara

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  4. Sara,

    I emailed you a week ago. But I will do so again.

    Cheers.

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