THE LAUNCH OF "LIMP WRIST" AT OUTWRITE.

I should explain the extreme delay in posting about the marvelous evening Dustin Brookshire delivered last Thursday.The weekend has gone by, with my computer nearly completely crashing on Friday and Saturday(it sort-of-works, currently.I need a Mac. Desperately.), AND I became terribly ill as of Friday evening--fever, head cold, coughing, you-name-it. Ugh.I won't go on about this illness, but I get better.Soon.
Back to the wonderful reading last Thursday.
A few pieces to spotlight:
Laure Anne Bosselaar--my God, what vibrance in her eyes.Her words. Her subjects. It was even more compelling than I had imagined, hearing her in person....Ahhhh....
Collin Kelley and Dustin were in rare form, and a lovely thing named Genevieve Lyons(her eyes remind me of the gorgeous french actress who portrayed the sculptor, Camille Claudel, a couple of decades ago, on film--gosh, what is her name? Help me out, kids...)read Denise Duhamel's work.I became familiar with Denise Duhamel through Maureen Seaton, who I was extremely fortunate to have been paired up with, at Indiana University's Writers' Conference,, in Summer, 2004.Ms. Duhamel was a former writing partner of Ms. Seaton's.Wonderful work.
Stacey Boschma's dramatic poems were both red-hot, and chilling.
I was pleased to read some poems of Beth Gylys--especially the new piece which will be found in Limp Wrist!
I took notes while everyone read. Jotted down phrases I found interesting.Perhaps I'll devise a "found poem" from that evening, and post it, soon.
The turn-out was pretty grand, too.My pal Yolanda showed up, as did my new friend Rosa, and her sexy female friend.
Dustin had Jenny J. appetizers and cookies from Cousins' Baked Goods. I hope to have a LINK to both of them, soon!
Look for Limp Wrist Magazine to be on the net, within a week!

WHAT'S UP.
The big celebration--the big launch-party--and what I'm calling a true "Gayla" for Limp Wrist magazine, is on Thursday evening, at everyone's favorite bookstore, "Outwrite", in Midtown Atlanta!!The party gets started at 8:00 P.M., but creator of Limp Wrist, Dustin Brookshire says "If you operate on gay-time, then the party begins at 7:30 p.m.."
I plan to arrive by 7:00 P.M., to browse and have a nice coffee, and am excited to be able to read aloud a few of the marvelous poems of Dr. Beth Gylys', who is one of many well-known, and extremely talented poets highligted in the inaugrual issue!
It should be a virtual Who's Who of the literary community of Atlanta and the Southeast...
Come on OUT for fun and games, great reads, and PRIZES! See Outwrite, Limp Wrist, and Dustin Brookshire's Blog-- I Was Born Doing Reference Work In Sin-- in my list of Links, right next to this column. Just scroll on down!
Other stuff:
Tomorrow(Wednesday), I begin work with the BookPALS program via my membership in SAG. This wonderful SAG charity does outreach in elementary schools, by reading to children once a week, every week, in order to stimulate their imaginations--and get them excited about reading--which thereby improves their own writing!The school I'll be working with is fairly close to me, and I'll be working with second-graders.
I'm taking a few different books with me tomorrow, and will meet with the teachers of each class(I have two classes).