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Down to the corner store and right back up the stairs
I remain unsuccessful in my hunt for Orcadian poetry; even the Grolier Poetry Book Shop came up empty-handed. I am going to have to resort to libraries. On the silver lining, my poem "A Promise from the Sea" (written for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
seajules) has been accepted by Goblin Fruit, my poem "Evighed" has been bumped up from issue 16 of Electric Velocipede to issue 14, which will come out at Wiscon, and Kendall Evans sent me a copy of his verse drama In Deepspace Shadows, for which I provided a blurb. (The short version: it's beautiful. Who was the last major dramatist who wrote in blank verse, Christopher Fry? We need more of this stuff.) And this morning I saw my dear friend who does not have a livejournal, and shortly I will be seeing Atonement with ericmvan and his friend Larry, and last night I baked banana bread. This weekend, Copenhagen at the ART. It could always (Tell them move in!) be worse.
seajules) has been accepted by Goblin Fruit, my poem "Evighed" has been bumped up from issue 16 of Electric Velocipede to issue 14, which will come out at Wiscon, and Kendall Evans sent me a copy of his verse drama In Deepspace Shadows, for which I provided a blurb. (The short version: it's beautiful. Who was the last major dramatist who wrote in blank verse, Christopher Fry? We need more of this stuff.) And this morning I saw my dear friend who does not have a livejournal, and shortly I will be seeing Atonement with ericmvan and his friend Larry, and last night I baked banana bread. This weekend, Copenhagen at the ART. It could always (Tell them move in!) be worse.
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I certainly hope so! Thank you!
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That is, without a doubt, a hell of a silver lining!
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It didn't hurt!
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I am so glad you finally saw it. You're very welcome!
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Nine
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Poetry from the Orcades! I cannot read anything Norse!
Coincidentally, my sister-in-law is currently working on staging her verse drama on Alexander the Great.
That's cool.
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Thank you!
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George Mackay Brown. But if you have anyone else to recommend, I'd love to hear about them.
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I found a library. It will hold me for the moment. Thank you!
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Oh, and by the way, the editors of the collected poetry write that they've restored Brown's redacted poems to their original state. No variora, though.
Nine
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Good! Thank you so much for finding out.
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I wish! I have a very small budget this year.
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I see someone found you a way to get some Orcadian poetry too--yay!
And congratulations on the sales. I do love that Goblin Fruit, and it's fun to see your work there--and in other places too.
mmm, banana bread.
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It really is.
And congratulations on the sales. I do love that Goblin Fruit, and it's fun to see your work there--and in other places too.
Thank you!
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I hope you enjoy the film today and the play this weekend.
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The film was flawed but worth seeing, and I am looking forward to the play. Thanks!
Verse Drama
Discussing the death of verse drama typically leads to such disturbing and disturbed reactions in playwrights ("It's JUST NOT DONE THAT WAY ANY MOAR!11111111111111111111eleventyone") that I've just given up broaching the topic anymore. It's really sad, and one of the biggest reasons I quit writing for the theatre indefinitely.
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Then more people need to do it well, to change the prevailing opinion. Because I enjoy it. (So there.)
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