many thanks, belated..... or not - Philly section...

first, TIMOTHY MARTIN, who works at Hedgerow Theatre now presenting The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), who picked me up at the air port, took me to the theathre, the cast party.... and was just the sweetest friends and by the way a wonderful...wonderful writer, do I gush over him... if I had a brother...

href="http://hometown.aol.com/caconrad13/myhomepage/profile.html">CAConrad, who past my name along to others and encouraged an invitation, who has many forth coming books including DEVIANT PROPULSION (Soft Skull Press), (which I can not wait to get my hands on)., who you can also find @ THE PHILLY SOUND: New Poetry... who I did not get enough time to talk to at La Trazza’s, who was drinking .. a chocolate martini, who is ..... like a poetry machine.. put CAConrad in goggle and you will tilt the machine... thank you thank you...

and the hosterest with the mosterest....Frank Sherlock, who took care of things from the beginning.... thank you Frank...and by the way.. that was *the best introduction*... I was blussing..blue ginger..... and would love to get a copy of..

there where many wonderful folkz in attendance, some of whose names I have forgotten and do apologize, the one’s I remember are jena osman, hassen,, Mytili Jagannathan,, and Rachel Blau DuPlessis, I thank you so much for being there, it was wonderful...thank you thank you...


and Ron Silliman, who I was fortunate to read with, who many may disagree with, but who offers so much back to the community, endless daily offerings, links and insights. Ron... as many may know is a deep reader... and one of the few who was able to read enough into my writing to know I do not use gender pronouns... this is a deep reader and (sensitive) (insightful) (thoughtful) [you pick one or all three] person, I humbly applaud all this work this individual does.... the reading that night, that Ron gave as always let me drift on the edge of language where I filled in the visual gap... wonderful .... simply wonderful... and I must add this touching note.. after the reading Ron, told me, that there was a site to listen to me read, and Ron, said we had a similar voice tone.. and ways.. may mean more to me than any one.. thank you Ron.. thank you and thank you for taking the time to talk about my new book iduna on Silliman’s blog

and last but not least the heckler... who reminded me it was because I lived in the land of the free I could say what I say... to which I responded... I live in the land that regulates me... or something like that..

again... thank you all..
xox
kari