tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64129952026-07-23T22:55:27.770-07:00"I am an idealistic, naive, passionate, truth-seeking, spiritually motivated artist, unschooled in the science of law and finance." --Wesley SnipesAnthony Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15344532091414013818noreply@blogger.comBlogger1549125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412995.post-77997793143552135672008-12-30T14:35:00.000-08:002008-12-30T14:38:14.153-08:00

I have a knack for projecting my own neuroses (limping along)--borne of the restless depression that has provided a certain bleak solace for as long as I can remember--onto those I love and toward whom I wish no harm. In the words of David Byrne, "God laughs at people like us."

Anthony Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15344532091414013818noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412995.post-53347047377157113962008-11-03T17:13:00.000-08:002008-11-03T17:14:07.886-08:00

It was sort of like being stuffed into a coffin full of jackhammers and hummingbirds.

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I don't think so. I think a blurb should pique one's interest in a book. Or offer a perspective that differs from the usual fluff that hails the poet as the next coming of Koch or Christ or whoever-you-think-is-the-big-shit.This is why I was somewhat delighted (no, not insulted--I value candor--though I wish he'd say how he really feels) by Professor Mayhew's non-review of my little

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y'know, I think I'm just going to sit here and wait for someone to ask me for a book of poesy. Yeah. That's the ticket.

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For student loan deferment!It's been a long time, my lovelies.

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Deadline: August 30th. Ack.*So Zach "Mansuit" Schomburg lives in PDX now? Hmm...*Gummi Bears

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What were you doing five years ago?1.) Living in Eugene in a huge 2 bedroom apartment with a great kitchen.2.) Studying for my PhD oral exam.3.) Housesitting in Portland for newlywed friends who were away in Hawaii.4.) Growing a gigantic beard.5.) Writing poems to Kristin / receiving poems from Kristin.What are five things (in no particular order) on your to-do list for today?1.) Make sure that

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This is ridiculous. One week ago today it was 95 degrees fahrenheit. Today, it's 45, grey, and drizzling.

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I spent most of Friday night watching Youtube video of Husker Du and Billy Bragg. Or was it Saturday afternoon? I don't remember. Weekends are like that these days--distinctly non-distinct. It was pretty odd for me to go from a .5 appointment at my job to about a 1.2 practically overnight. I work 8 to 5 Tuesday - Friday, and 9 am to 9 pm on Mondays. Sometimes, I come in on Sunday. Between the

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Three people I know, 2 from Eugene, 1 with whom I've read, another I've published, and another who is my boss, are all finalists for the 2008 Tupelo Press Snowbound (snow-something?) chapbook award.Not that I'm all about the contests all of a sudden, but it was sorta cool to see the harmonic convergence.

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Dead today at 102.Thanks, Al.

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EQUATION for JMMPastramion rye2 hours ago& thisblue pad:an algebra,of sorts*It hitthe spot& nowit hitsthe spot

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Have a gander at the Canarium books website and check out their new "Slow Readings" feature. You'll find some familiar names there, and once name missing--Jordan Davis begins his reading of Michael Morse's poem with "A divorce is..." and my absence from Canary-land feels not so much like a divorce but...more like the spouse who steps out to buy cigarettes and doesn't come back. Though, no, not

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Only a fool or a fraud sentimentalizes the merciless reality of war.-- Sen. John McCain, March 26, 2008 I must say, I'm a little envious. If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines of helping this young democracy succeed. It must be exciting for you ... in some ways romantic, in some ways, you know, confronting

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Lots of poetry these days: Vitiello, Morrison, Maxwell, Patterson, Ammons (as always). Thanks Ahsahta!*Jenn with two Ns, if you're reading this, please drop me a proper line and let me know what you're up to these days--long time!*Latest culinary obsession: Ethiopian. It's really hard, though, to cook Ethiopian food for several days in a row and not smell like Ethiopian food for several days

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So,I really like what Chris Vitiello is trying to do in his new book Irresponsibility. Do I like it? I think so. I mean, this work is in many ways close to the sort of thing I envisioned back in the New Sincerity days.The preoccupation with process, the "writing as subject" focus here raises a few issues that I hope to get to soon enough. For the meantime, I'll just say that it's a brave

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Have yourself some hamantaschen!

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"based off of"and here:Off base*What's interesting to me about this term is that it really does seem to be fairly recent--about as old as the now-no-longer-odd phenomenon of folks on the street talking on cellphones outnumbering those of us who prefer to simply walk on the street, saving our phonetalking for when we are in the home or office.I taught my first undergraduate course in 1999. It's

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On some new chapbooky things.An excerpt:"Unfortunately I am not able to format for shit in blogger, so I won't attempt to reproduce one of Tony's poems here."

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"The sun can shine on a dog's ass once in awhile."--Sandra Simonds, author of Warsaw Bikini."Craig is slim but he likes to make cakes."--Sandra Simonds, author of The Tar Pit Diatoms.

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I was IMing/Chatting with three of my pals today, JM, AM, and DW. And all, within 10 seconds of each other, signed off without a warning.Was it something I said/typed?

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Oh I got up and went to workand worked and came back homeand ate and talked and went to sleep.Then I got up and went to workand worked and came back homefrom work and ate and slept.Then I got up and went to workand worked and came back homeand ate and watched a show and slept.Then I got up and went to workand worked and came back homeand ate steak and went to sleep.Then I got up and went to

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Je suis bien. Je suis tres bien.Je t'aime, Michael Douglas!Reading: Disgrace, Coetzee.

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is too fucking petty. Seriously. I'm getting out while I still have some sanity.Peace, Y'all.

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