If you're a grad student, or have grad students under your care (the wee ones), I cannot suggest the SW/TX PCA/ACA conference. It seems easy to get accepted into (a good experience and a nice line on the vita), and the Q&A seems supportive (the old profs seem to want to help you improve, not humiliate you). And the conference itself seems to smile kindly on the young scholars. They arrange for official "pack-n-stack" rooms so you can fit as many folk into a hotel room as you can without having to try to mislead the hotel officials. Bonus? This year the rooms were in the Embassy Suites. (!). If you've stayed at one of these places, you know the treats they offer--an elaborate breakfast, a "manager's reception," enormous rooms.
Every year, early to mid February, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The off-season, of course, but the tequila and chilis are tasty. Three regrets: 1. water in a desert, 2. not enough time to go hiking nearby, 3. my head was hell-bent on setting up an infinitely productive snot assembly plant. I have dissuaded it.
Back at school for the end of the week. D and I were hopeless with disgusting discharges of the sinuses for her birthday. And Monday. Anybody else doing their AWP 2009 prep?
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