This won’t be a long post, nor will it be filled with my usual embarrassing personal revelations. All I have to say here is that not only did the student reading last night go well, but I am in awe of my colleagues from the Fairfield University MFA program.
From the new student, who got up to read his work even though he’s never set foot on Enders, to the poet who riffed on Gertrude Stein like he was performing a guitar solo, to the memoirists who put their most private moments out there for us to see – you all rock. Hard.
Also rockstars? The students who didn’t read but showed up to support us, even though they have jobs, families and lives. And the student rep who organized the whole event, and who chose not to read, even though we would have welcomed a reading from her.
It’s really cool to be a part of this group of people.
Now, before this post gets cloying, I’m going to put an end to it. Just as my colleague Steve Otfinoski put an end to some adorable sacrificial bunnies in his reading last night.
Update: This post is titled “A world class event” because that’s how we were described by the store manager during his in-store announcement. I thought I’d written that into this post but I must have edited it out. Whoops.
i’m sure you all rocked. bummed i missed it. i was sending y’all positive thoughts though! can’t wait to see everyone 🙂
props to the new guy for stepping up to read! yay to him!
You rocked it! How great to meet your parents!
Thanks HIlts! It was cool to be able to introduce them to everyone.
I thought it was great too!
Tina! You commented!
You rocked too!
Thanks Phil. As did you.