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Happy New Year to all, and to all a good preschool restarts on Monday morning night…
Habitual book reviewers, such as myself, keep an eye on the ratio of stuff read to stuff written about; when the denominator approaches the numerator, as seemed likely to happen in 2009, then it’s time to take a step back and read in genres you’re not likely to write much about, which is what I’ve been doing over the holiday. Further reports may, or may not, be on the way.
For now, I’d like to call your newly, yearly, resolved attention to the rock band Sleepyhead, who made four great records, lost a bass player (who happened to be our wedding photographer– I met him through writing about his band), moved to Massachusetts, had at least one child (not sure there), and spent about ten years making record #5– and now you can hear the first songs from that record: it’s not a big departure from record #4, and it’s going to be at least as good.
You might also check out Lightful Press, run by my dedicated and inventive former student Katie Fowley: they’ve got a book length poem by Liz Waldner out already, and some other projects in the works.
I plan to attend at least two Boston readings in January: Joan Houlihan at Lesley Univ. on Jan. 10, and Julie Carr at Pierre Menard Gallery on Jan. 30. Maybe I’ll see you there.
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