Tuesday, September 19, 2006

I'm so excited! I just got interviewed by a real reporter for my University's newspaper, The Acorn. I got asked all sorts of questions about my writing and was majorly inarticulate. Well, I think I got my point across. I kept getting asked, why did you pick The Transparent Dinner as a title? and all I could say was, cause it's like my poems are about a dinner? That's transparent? Transparent like glass. Um, it's a metaphor you can see through. It's a meal made of glass. It's... it's... it's about meals whose motivations you can see through, like a person whose motivations are transparent?

Oh. God.


Anyway, I have the photoshoot tomorrow. Let's hope that goes a little better.

4 comments:

Amanda Auchter said...

I love valley-girl speak. I say like ALL OF THE TIME when I get nervous and/or tongue tied.

Congrats on the interview -- how exciting!

Michael A. Wells said...

Woo-hoo!

Christine E. Hamm, Poet Professor Painter said...

Amanda -- thanks! Yes, I grew up quite near the valley. I have been known to say "gag me" more than once.

Michael -- yee-ha!

Resurgere -- nice to meet you. I don't title any of my posts, ever... I like your blog.

Valerie Loveland said...

Congratulations on the interview!

I sound like such a dumbass the second I talk about my poetry with someone who isn't a poet.