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About two weeks ago, I had a great time in ABQ at the ACIS-West Conference.  My Boland paper was well received, and I was able to hear some amazing papers and meet some very kind people.  Looking forward to my next visit there, and I hope there’s time for a flea market.
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I stayed up late and watched some of the election results, including the two speeches.  Both were very eloquent.  I look forward to having a leader who knows how to speak to a crowd.

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A week from today, I’ll be in Chicago for the Palabra Pura Reading.  I’m looking forward to this experience: the community, food, and opportunity.  I haven’t read in a few months and I’m planning on reading some work from Friday and then some new work that’s been recently picked up.
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Right now, I’m pinned under stacks of grading, but I’m still finding time for new work.  The poems are getting polished from the Southeat Review’s Regimen (which they will run again starting on December 1), but I think the manuscript will need 20-30 more pages of poems to be complete.

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On an unrelated note, I can’t wait for January: Official Lost 2009 Trailer.