Hey! How are you? Really? Cool. Sounds good. I’m still in the land of Thailand. It is exactly 12 hours time difference from my actual home and, as such, the sun is at the exact opposite place when it’s there and when it’s here. Well, unless you count that weird decimal point of a minute, or whatever that phenomenon is, that makes it so leap year has to happen. You know what I’m talking about? What’s that called? In any case, there is a sunset and sunrise constantly happening on the earth. And so inevitably we end up with this quote:
“And why were you so sad, then, on the day of the forty-four sunsets?” But the little prince made no reply.
But unlike that little creature, I am not melancholy about the sun, not usually. In fact, here in Thailand, it is December, and still 80 degrees. How does that work? My New England inner child is flustered.
And as it turns out my first novel is going to be published by the lovely Aqueous Books. It’s called A Child Is Being Killed and you can read more about it here, and below is the cover, the cover which has beautiful photography from the one and only Catie Rae Zappala on it. I’m quite excited, folks! I’m jumping into the air right now. No, I’m not really, cuz then how would I be typing? Also, is it possible to develop dyslexia as an adult, because I just wrote “zuc” and then “cyz” before I finally got “cuz” out. Anyways, here’s the cover!
My first book cover... isn't she great?
Additionally, December 13th would have been Kenneth Patchen’s 100th birthday, and it also happens to be YOUR TRULY’S birthday, so I wrote this piece for him and it’s up at The Rumpus today. Check it out friends!
All At Once Is What Eternity Is: Musings on Kenneth Patchen
If you mess with The Patch, he will destroy and then rebuild you with love
Your post at the Rumpus was wonderful, wonderful, wonderful and inspiring. I’ve re-posted it all over my little internet spaces.
I’m the poetry editor at a journal called Gigantic Sequins & I’d be honored if you’d consider submitting some work to us! Find us at http://www.giganticsequins.com/
Hope this finds you well! So pleased to have found you.
Hi Sophie, thanks so much for your fantastic sentiments! I really like the idea of a sequin being gigantic. I will send along some work soon. love carolyn z
great! we’ll look forward to reading. :)