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“She knows there’s no success like failure …”

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In which Emma explains why she has not been blogging, though she does not apologize (and explains why not). Continue reading »

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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

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In which Emma offers a great many links to what she’s reading on the Interwebs. Continue reading »

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Happy New Years and Such, Facebook Addict Style

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In which Emma lazily allows The Facebooks to do her end-of-and-beginning-of-year-summations for her. Continue reading »

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Some Brief Updating, From The Midst Of The Pre-Spring Break Blitz

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It is my absolute pleasure to announce that The Sad Epistles is out and available from Dancing Girl Press!  I got my copies last week, and the book is beautiful, if I do say so myself — Kristy Bowen, as always, has done a magnificent job putting it together!  Dancing Girl is also offering a … Continue reading »

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Don’t Tell Me You Weren’t Expecting This Post. :)

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In which Emma discusses the realization that she is, beyond any shadow of a doubt, cursed. Continue reading »

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“Won’t you please come to Chicago / Show your face!”

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I know that many of you will be making the trek up to lovely and temperate Chicago, IL, for the AWP Conference, and I want to see you there!  I will be spending most of my time in the book fair, at the Georgetown Review‘s table.  We’ll have many an issue for sale — and … Continue reading »

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“… the experience of each new age requires a new confession …”

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In which Emma discusses confession, autobiography, Rachel Zucker, Benjamin Franklin, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Pepsi-Cola, and lumberman’s jackets. Continue reading »

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Snowpocalypse 2009

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Regular blogging to commence … Well, as soon as I finish this.  I’m weathering the storm here: though I have finally reached the point of cabin fever, I’m grateful to have power again (moving next to the middle school they use as a county-wide emergency shelter was, apparently, a Very Good Move).  But first, more … Continue reading »

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A Hazy Shade of Winter

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Every time it snows, I find myself listening to this song.  Now that I’m looking out the window at inch after inch of snow and ice, I’ve listened to it quite a few times: Time, Time, Time, see what’s become of me While I looked around for my possibilities. I was so hard to please. … Continue reading »