In Which There Is a Celebratory Dance

So I have poems coming out in a number of small periodicals over the next several months. The Mochila Review. Paddlefish. Hawk and Handsaw (an inaugural issue). Elsewhere (who are also publishing an essay, and republishing my manifesto--big love to Jeremy).

But then I got news of this: the conference presentation I did for the Midwest MLA will be published in the Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association. Thus, a poet AND a scholar...with the pubs to prove it. It feels a little strange. I mean, it's one thing to send out your little bits of artful splendidness for entertainment purposes only, but it's something else entirely to put an argument forward and have people--random people, people you've never met--say that this argument is important and worthy of being heard. And then it starts to sink in that yet other people might mull over what you've said with who knows what repercussions. Scary. Exciting. And I get to see proofs.

Comments

[Benjamin]

Coolio James. Elsewhere seems like a good place I was thinking of sending to, Handsaw rejected me. But kudos on that MMLA essay scholastic monastic.

[Ellen]

Well done! :-)

[Crafty Green Poet]

Congratulations!