The Business of Fancydancing
Mar. 7th, 2005 06:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morrigirlI probably should have done this last week but, better late than never right? I would like to throw out a great big congratulations to my dear Other Mike who has been accepted to Hofstra University up here on Long Island. Woo hoo!!! He sounds pretty excited about the prospect of coming north. He's waiting to hear from one more college, Radford in Virginia, and once he hears from them he'll make his decision. One way or the other I'm proud of him for getting in, and regardless of what I said to him on the phone last night, I'm excited about the possibility of getting him acquainted with the city.
I went back on my promise not to buy anymore books for myself until I got my next paycheck. I'm in the habit of visiting Borders on my lunch hour. They're closer than Barnes and Noble and even though I hate that Borders won't let their workers unionize, my desire to buy books is stronger than my political beliefs. While browsing the poetry section this afternoon I came across four volumes by Sherman Alexie. I have NEVER seen any of Alexie's poetry books on the shelves in any bookstore anywhere, so naturally I jumped on them. Purchased three of the four books, and since they're all pretty rare they of course cost more than normal books. But it was worth it. I love his poetry. Alexie is interesting in that he writes his poems like short stories and his short stories like poems, and that's precisely why I like the former and generally dislike the latter. I wish he'd write another novel. I loved Reservation Blues and Indian Killer. I know he doesn't consider himself a novelist, but I think the longer format is really the best show case for his abilities.
I went back on my promise not to buy anymore books for myself until I got my next paycheck. I'm in the habit of visiting Borders on my lunch hour. They're closer than Barnes and Noble and even though I hate that Borders won't let their workers unionize, my desire to buy books is stronger than my political beliefs. While browsing the poetry section this afternoon I came across four volumes by Sherman Alexie. I have NEVER seen any of Alexie's poetry books on the shelves in any bookstore anywhere, so naturally I jumped on them. Purchased three of the four books, and since they're all pretty rare they of course cost more than normal books. But it was worth it. I love his poetry. Alexie is interesting in that he writes his poems like short stories and his short stories like poems, and that's precisely why I like the former and generally dislike the latter. I wish he'd write another novel. I loved Reservation Blues and Indian Killer. I know he doesn't consider himself a novelist, but I think the longer format is really the best show case for his abilities.
