What's That You Say?
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Wonder if any of you are thinking of going, presenting on panels, leaning into the hotel bar for seventy-two hours.
It's in Austin this year, which I heard was burned. Perhaps Hynes can confirm or deny that. I've always enjoyed the bookfair, when I've gone to AWP, and watching that bird-woman dance at the ball in her sequined, cut to the thigh gown. I've enjoyed too the drama of it all, the little packs that follow the Komunyakaas and the Hannahs like they're littering money, the drunks riding the escalators and elevators, the presentations like, "Birds in Literature: What's to Say?" And I remember fondly, seeing some of you that year in Chicago, even though you were in Iowa City too when I got home.
posted by SAS @ Friday, January 20, 2006
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no travel plans for me, i'm afraid. i've never been to one of these things, but i understand they have booze there. i guess i would like it, then. is this the one where you have to work as a waitress to participate?
No working or waitressing or participating. Readings and books and lectures.
And booze.
I thought about it, SAS, but excitingly, I have the opportunity to go to Germany around the same time... Have any of you been? Tips? Suggestions? (I have a cousin in Stuttgart, so I'll definitely be spending time there.)
-Viz
Tip: the Germans have 73.5 different words for pork or pork related items. If you order the thing that sounds like champagne, you will receive skin-graft like slices of pork which are to be boiled in a bubbly solution at the table. If, like me, you ecshew the pig, it is good to know some words for other foods and their various forms and then stick to them.
I will be at AWP...on a panel, no less. How the fuck did that happen? I will try not to embarrass myself, or will, at the very least, try to make such embarrassment entertaining vs. cringeworthy. I hope to see some of you there.
Also, Austin rocks.
SER - What's the panel? Who else is on it? Shall we heckle? Will there be pre-appetizers or post-drinks?
Vizinni, Keep your eyes out for Germans riding bikes. Few things are as fun as watching Germans ride bikes. There's something about mechanical things. Young men especially get a Red Baron look of intensity on their faces. And sometimes they wear gloves and goggles, if I remember right.
SAS, the panel is on representations of America in novels. Boy, I'd better start reading novels!
Vizzini, a short guide to Germany:
Munchen - yes
Berlin - yes
Koln - yes, briefly, for the bombed-out church
Frankfurt - no, unless you must use its airport
Ausgeizchnet!
SER
PS: Make that "ausgezeichnet"
SER, we too have a panel at AWP: “The problem of American fiction: Workshop fiction, does it exist only in Iowa?” I am looking forward to meeting you there. We Columbians teamed up with Brownies, so I believe we’ll outnumber you Iowa hicks—I just wanted to let you know if something happens, I mean something violent.
You can always count on that anonymous to say something kind of inappropriate. Who is that guy, anyhow? Why's he so irritable all the time?
Say what you will, SAS, but I admire Anonymous's shape-shifting ubiquity!
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