I’ve kept four of the 30 or so poems I drafted in April. I’m not sure any others will make the cut.
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It’s a new experience to find my current book “done” and to start working on the next one. Where does one book end and the other book begin?
I did not write a project-style book. If you are inspired to write one of these, it makes writing fellowship applications easier and it makes it easier to know when and where the next project begins. I imagine it makes more sense to a fellowship committee to hear that you want to write poems about the Salem witch trials (there are at least two poetry books on that topic) than that you wrote a collection of poems about this and that. I’m open to the possibility of being completely wrong about this assertion of mine.
I’m probably taking the weekend off of blogging. Enjoy your days.
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My book will be done when they pry it from my hands.
And I suppose your assertion is true for project-based fellowships, but some fellowships are merit based.
Have a great weekend!
Ha. Yes, my assertion was for the project-based fellowships.