Clear to me now why I'm sleeping so much and feeling weary--even why I crashed so hard after the Momotombo event--simple. I'm fighting something buggy. It thinks it's winning. But it's not winning. Now that I've seen it coming, this bug is going to die.
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postcard: Knox College
Yesterday, Peter Orner gave a beautiful reading. He's lovely in person, too. Genuinely. But I forgot to post it here along with our other events this week:
Please join us Tuesday, May 16, for a Caxton Club event featuring Peter Orner. Orner will read from his new novel, The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo, at 4 o'clock in the Bookfellow Room, Seymour Library. The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo is about a teacher who has volunteered to work in an all-boys Catholic school in Namibia, shortly after the African nation achieved its independence in 1991. Orner also is the author of the critically acclaimed Esther Stories. Orner will sign books, available for purchase after the reading. We look forward to seeing you there!
On Thursday, May 18, at 4 o'clock in the Alumni Room, Old Main, Poets Jerry Harp and Mary Szybist will read from their own works. Harp is the author of two collections of poetry, Creature and Gatherings, winner of the 2004 Robert McGovern Prize from the Ashland University Press. Szybist's book of poems, Granted, won the 2002 Beatrice Hawley Award and was a finalist for the 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award. Finally, Ms. Szybist will announce this year's Davenport Poetry prizes. This is an event not to miss!
And on Friday, May 19, at 4 o'clock in the Alumni Room, Old Main, Caxton Club will host a reading by Michael Martone. Refreshments will be a-plenty! See you there.
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