http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:25:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24424 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24424#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:25:21 +0000 brad http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24424 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24424/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24346 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24346#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:25:53 +0000 HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24346 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24346/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24328 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24328#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:14:59 +0000 Tulletilsynet http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24328 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24328/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24324 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24324#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:06:37 +0000 HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24324 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24324/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24323 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24323#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:05:22 +0000 HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24323 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24323/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24316 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24316#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:54:19 +0000 Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24316 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24316/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24312 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24312#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:41:13 +0000 capybara blue http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24312 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24312/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24311 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24311#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:39:22 +0000 andj http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24311 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24311/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24310 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24310#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:35:56 +0000 Tulletilsynet http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24310 One night toward the end, I studied the crowd and saw five Poets Whose Book I Had Lobbied for Publication ...: He should have shouted out: "Hey, you five poets! I lobbied your book for publication." For a poet, this fellow doesn't fuss a lot about the way his sentences fit together. Maybe that's why other poets won't speak to him. Seriously, this is about Poe Biz, not poetry. Does anybody but the inmate or former inmate of an MFA program care who wins this circle jerk?]]> One night toward the end, I studied the crowd and saw five Poets Whose Book I Had Lobbied for Publication ...: He should have shouted out: "Hey, you five poets! I lobbied your book for publication." For a poet, this fellow doesn't fuss a lot about the way his sentences fit together. Maybe that's why other poets won't speak to him. Seriously, this is about Poe Biz, not poetry. Does anybody but the inmate or former inmate of an MFA program care who wins this circle jerk?]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24310/feed 0 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24306 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24306#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:14:17 +0000 lululemming http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24306 http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/it-turns-out-being-a-poet-is-a-terrible-thing#comment-24306/feed 0