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Poetry in the Streets (of Seattle)

February 23, 2014 by Erica Mena

I have a bad habit, it’s something I can’t really help. I have extraordinarily good hearing, and like many introverts, I’m especially observant in public. I notice a lot of little things all the time, and have mostly learned to tune out (to some degree) other people’s conversations. But I can’t do it when they’re talking about poetry. I have another bad habit, one that I suspect is common to those in my general demographic – MFA-land educated writers. When […]

Categories: Poetry • Tags: AWP14, James Franco, poetry, Seattle

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The Road to Seattle: Unicorns!

February 22, 2014 by Erica Mena

AWP, the largest writers’ gathering known to man, is in Seattle this year. Sometime next week, about 10,000 writers, editors, publishers, MFA program representatives, and essentially anyone who things they can earn a living working with literature in some capacity will be descending on Seattle. Like lemmings running to their doom a herd of unicorns running into the sea to escape the red bull. I came out a week early, to visit family and friends, and generally enjoy the awesomeness […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: AWP14, Seattle, unicorn

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Books and Unicorns in Seattle

March 24, 2011 by Erica Mena

I just got back from a week-long trip to Seattle, perfectly timed to completely miss the awesome indie publisher festival that’s going on there right now. Sigh. But the purpose was visiting family, and that was fulfilled. Strangely, at least once a day I happened upon a unicorn. The first day it was wandering up to the new location (well, new since I was there last, two years ago) for Elliott Bay Books. After popping in there, drooling over their […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Elliott Bay Books, Pilot Books, Seattle, travel, unicorns

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