Comments on: AWP

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:29:49 +0000

This is great, Dave.

By: Rebecca Clayton

Rebecca Clayton — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:22:23 +0000

Every scientific professional society conference I’ve ever attended has been, um, pecking-order oriented, and I’ve sampled a broad spectrum of biological fields.

I would never have insulted chickens by comparing them to tenured science faculty; however, I once offered a pointed analysis of tail biting in overcrowded hog lots to my major professor, and soon found myself enrolled in another graduate program.

Well, that’s how I found myself on Droop Mountain….

By: Rauan

Rauan — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:27:57 +0000

Hilarious!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:11:29 +0000

Two Dishes – If I had a day job, I don’t think i’d be ready to quit it just yet.

Thanks, all. Hearing other people’s horror stories about the AWP conference just makes me all the more determined to work toward a different kind of ethos at qarrtsiluni. The collaborative, slef-deprecating spirit currently on display with our Mutating the Signature issue is a small but significant part of that, I think.

By: maria

maria — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:41:45 +0000

O yes, the AWP. I can’t tell you how many times I have escaped its lure, by letting all deadlines and such pass, and coming up with wonderful other excuses why I couldn’t attend. All this during my MFA years and tenure in the collective poetry press!

Indeed, very naughty, but brilliant!

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:14:44 +0000

This is the best satire I’ve read in a long time. It’s exactly right.

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:34:14 +0000

Boy this is biting. But very well done.

By: Two Dishes

Two Dishes — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:37:33 +0000

Hi Dave,
There is a web tracker site that tries to assess the real estate value of URLs.
For Weather.com and NYTimes.com it gave a value in the millions.
http://www.websiteoutlook.com/www.vianegativa.us
I tried entering your site. It was recognized at website as having value. They said vianegativa was worth an estimated 4000 dollars. Cool!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:44:37 +0000

Yes, AWP is the MLA equivalent for the MFA/creative writing set. Many of my writer friends and acquaintances attend the annual conference, which just concluded.

By: dale

dale — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:06:05 +0000

I looked up AWP and found “Associated Writing Programs”: is that what this is about? Sounds like the deadly MLA: ambition and drama that would have been outsize for world domination, and all for a few ill-paid jobs and some mild miniature fame.