Beach Bear

I went to the Williamsburg Waterfront yesterday to catch the last concert of summer. Vegas opened up. They sounded like a more 80s, less talented version of The Black Kids. But I don't think too many shared my opinion since the crowd was definitely into them.

I was surprised how well Beach House's sound filled the open air. They were quite good.

Grizzly Bear was quite good too- a highlight was having Victoria (Beach House) come out and sing on Two Weeks.

After the show I came home and prepared for my first day back at Staten Island.

Now I need to prepare for my first day back at FIT. Then I need to check the proofs of my State(s) of Flux chapbook.

Keep the modest flows for practice

My Intro to Lit class is over on Monday. Sigh. This was actually an awesome class. We read Barbara Jane Reyes' West Oakland Sutra for the AK-47 Shooter at 3:00am and other Oakland poems, as well as, Claudia Rankine's, Don't Let Me Be Lonely. There were a lot of good discussion in regards to Rankine, but the Reyes seem a little bit more difficult- or so I thought. To my surprise & delight a lot of their last papers & answers for the finals all talk about Reyes' poems. I think it took longer for them to digest the complexity of her work, but I feel good knowing that this beautiful chapbook has imprinted itself upon so many of their brains.

While they working on their finals, I finished reading Eric Baus' newest book. It's better than you think! Buy it.

Update

The wind power/art opening reception has been canceled for tomorrow and rescheduled for next weekend, October 4th.
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Here's an article that explores both the pros & cons to writers in academia:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/magazine/21writingprof-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&th&emc=th