summertime

[tired_symphony]

i have applied to five places: three libraries, a local jewish paper, and a grocery store. i'm now going to apply to borders and barnes and noble. if that doesn't work out then i will consider p.d.a. my job (and possibly my career). but this is not to say that i haven't been busy. i've written three stories--one of which i now feel a tinge of pride

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[beingawake]

will you email me your bug story so i can read it when i'm not hungover/have not slept in 24 hours? i feel like. i will appreciate it more. and have intelligent things to say about it. yes.

chicago has to be annual. also: please, please hang out with me next year? because maine to new york isn't that bad. at least, not in comparison to boston to st. louis. okay? okay.

[allforleyna]

You'll love Chekhov and Catch-22. At least, I did.

Have you considered sending How? out somewhere? It seems like the kind of story that would really work in a lit magazine.

[mdngtsleepwalkr]

I intend to finish reading Catch-22 soon (as I started it Soph. year and never finished).

And on two notes, one final:
1) Proust: mmm.
2) Elliott: mmm mmm good.

[bird_in_space]

I'm going to take your "anything else?" as an invitation to tell you what to read:

You really do need to become acquainted with Ginsberg. Howl is damned good. Also, I know some of us talked DeLillo in Chicago but I don't remember if you had read him. If not, White Noise is a must and The Body Artist is also quite beautiful.

If you're already taking on Proust and Gunter Grass, perhaps this isn't the time for this particular recommendation, but Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace is one of my very favorite books.

Anyway, you know I love you. Send Cutes McGee my fondest regards.