It’s been too long since the last update back in February, and it’s already May 15!  Where to start?  

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The SoCo Reading Series came to a successful close.  We had six wonderful readers this year and every event was supported with excellent attendance, book sales, and of course amazing readings.  I hope to start booking for next year’s series, so keep an eye out for announcements about that closer to August.  All the readings during the spring semester were recorded, so I hope to upload them and get them posted on the CSU-Pueblo English Department website in the near future.  

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I wrapped up the semester a few weeks back and in the midst of summer classes.  It can be quite difficult to teach a full semester’s worth of class in a four-week session, and that goes double for two classes.  So far, classes have been excellent, I have some great students, and it will all be done by the time June rolls around.

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A new poem will be coming out in Washington Square in the near future!

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This August, I will be attending The Intensive Workshop at The Frost Place.  I’ve never been to New Hampshire and I haven’t been in a workshop environment like this in a long time.  I’m really looking forward to this opportunity!

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Currently, I’ve been writing & drafting & hoping to get the second manuscript ready to go this summer!  Of course, this means a lot things I’ve been writing don’t fit in the manuscript.  I’d say the manuscript is almost done, but there needs to be about 20 more pages of poems at least to fill in some crucial gaps.  Then, I’ll feel like the book is ready to be subjected to contests, editors, and other interested eyes.

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My students successfully published a new issue of Tempered Steel (formerly The Hungry Eye).  There was a great reading/release party on April 23, and they set the stage for more growth and progress next year.  I can’t wait to work with them more.  I’m proud of them all!

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Once summer classes are done, I’ll be revamping this website and most likely downgrading it.  It’s clear to me I don’t have the time to do regular updates.  I’d rather add a sleeker, simpler design, some good interactive features, and more regular updates.  Wordpress works fine but maybe it’s time for something else.  I also think it’s time to provide a more up-to-date author pic too, no? Plus, I have an iMac now and I would like to use its capabilities.  It’s been wonderful to have a computer that doesn’t crash all the time!

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I guess that’s a start to the update.  I’ll be along to add more updates soon.