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Epagogé/Aristotle/Bubner: emerges from the rhetorical practice of providing examples. Introduction. Not strict induction in today's sense of the relation of universal quantification and individual cases.
In Aristotle: no comparable subsumption relation.
Previous Knowledge/Aristotle: where does it come from? We are always already familiar with the concrete individual from the sensory experience. But the universal?
Universality/Knowledge/AristotleVsPlato: VsAnamnesis: also knowledge about the universal comes from sensory experience and Epagogé.
Science/Aristotle: Principles as a basis cannot be the object of science. Form of Thought. They derive from induction, but can only be comprised intuitively.
BaconVsAristotle: "Novum Organon" (! 620): Tired of scholastic formula. Turning to empiricism and sense of reality.
"Once people have become dependent on the verdict of others (senators without voting rights), they no longer increase science, they limit themselves to praising certain writers ..."
Bacon: pro induction from concrete sensuousness, vs infertile dialectics of Aristotle consisting of syllogisms.
Science/Antiquity/Bubner: does have the peculiar features of childish discovery. Fertile in disputes, poor in works. Was stuck for centuries.
Arts/Antiquity/Bubner: in contrast to science, they were strikingly lively.
Science/Aristotle/Bubner: every individual science is dealing with reality, but none with reality in itself, but only with the chosen aspect. "They cut out a part of the being and look at it with regard to what is to come to it."
Even the sum of the individual sciences will never overcome the limitation that lies in specialization.
The question of the reality behind it cannot be asked in the surroundings of the present knowledge._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution.
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SERVICE MEMBERS HOME OWNERSHIP TAX ACT OF 2009 -- (Senate - December 23, 2009)
Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, I rise to talk about this important health care issue but also to talk about another vitally important issue directly connected, which is spending and debt because we will also have an enormously important vote tomorrow morning on increasing the debt limit. It is already over $12 trillion, but the proposal is to increase it further.
In starting, let me refer back to a couple comments and parts of the debate yesterday because I think it will provide a good segue into this important debate. First, yesterday, as we were debating health care, my colleague from Louisiana, the distinguished senior Senator, Ms. Landrieu, was on C-SPAN's ``Washington Journal.'' In discussing the health care bill, my participation came up. She said: ``Senator Vitter has not lifted a finger to pass this bill.''
I wish to say that is a very kind and positive and generous comment of the Senator and I take it as a nice Christmas overture and I accept it in that vein. I wish her all the best this Christmas season as well. It is obviously very true, and I take it as a very positive comment.
I would go further. I fought hard against this bill. I fought hard for alternative reforms, focused reforms, reforms focused like a laser beam on real solutions in health care to real problems such as preexisting conditions. I would simply add, I don't think this fight is over by a long shot. I will continue fighting and I will continue offering those alternatives.
With regard to the bill and this enormously important issue of spending and debt, as I was leaving the floor to go to meetings in my office after speaking yesterday, Senator Baucus took issue, apparently, with some of my comments--specifically, my comments about Medicare. I had suggested that this bill cuts Medicare by $467 billion, almost $ 1/2 trillion. Although I needed to go to meetings, I think Senator Baucus took issue with that and characterized that as actually extending the life of Medicare.
The Congressional Budget Office answered that debate far better than I could have. They answered that debate in the last 24 hours with their report. They outline very clearly and we have been talking about it earlier today that, in fact, Medicare money and other pools of money are double counted in this analysis about the health care bill. ``The key point is that the savings to the HI trust fund under the health care bill would be received by the government only once so they cannot be set aside to pay for future Medicare spending and, at the same time, pay for current spending on other parts of the legislation or on other programs.''
The same Congressional Budget Office report says ``to describe the full amount of HI trust fund savings and both improving the Government's ability to pay future Medicare benefits and financing new spending outside of Medicare would essentially double count a large share of those savings.''
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We have a debt limit today. It is over $12 trillion. The motion tomorrow suggests that is not enough. We need to go higher. The American people are connecting the dots, particularly in the last year, and they are scared to death about where it leads. How did we get this way? How did we come to this $12 trillion-plus point? Well, in July, 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were given an unlimited line of credit from the Treasury that, so far, has been $400 billion, and that bill increased the debt limit from $9.8 trillion to $10.6 trillion. But that wasn't enough. Only 3 months later, in October, 2008, came the Wall Street bailouts, the $700 billion TARP that will raise the debt limit. That did raise the debt limit even further, to $11.3 trillion, but we weren't done yet. Only a few months after that, in February of this year, we passed the so-called stimulus bill. That will cost over $1 trillion before it is all over, and then the debt limit was raised to $12.1 trillion. Then we passed an omnibus spending bill earlier this year that increased spending about 8 percent over the previous fiscal year.
This month, we passed another omnibus spending bill that increased spending another 12 percent on top of that. That is what is leading to tomorrow's debt limit vote. That is what is leading to the statement that our debt limit is now above $12 trillion. But that is not enough. Apparently, we need to go further.
The American people are connecting the dots. They see this trend, which has accelerated dramatically over the last 12 months, and they are truly scared for our collective future--for their kids' and their grandkids' future. All these things I mentioned plus this health care bill are part of that.
The American people know in their gut--they may not understand all of the Congressional Budget Office technicalities, but they know in their gut that you cannot have it both ways. You cannot count $467 billion of Medicare cuts as both helping pay for the other spending in the bill and strengthening Medicare. It is one or the other. It cannot be both. It is the same thing in the health care bill with regard to Social Security--$52 billion double-counted. But you cannot have that both ways. It is the same thing in this health care bill with regard to the CLASS Act--$72 billion double-counted. You can't have that both ways. Those factors alone put this bill out of balance, adding to the deficit, adding to the debt.
What about the doc fix, the fix of reimbursement rates under Medicare to health care professionals such as doctors, which is clearly needed. That was taken out of the health care bill. Why? Because that would cost money. It was taken out. It was just pushed down the road, the can was kicked down the road. That has to be revisited by March 1 of next year. If a real 10-year-or-more doc fix is passed, that will be another $200 billion unpaid for--more deficit and more debt.
The American people get it. They know in their hearts, in their gut, that we are on an unsustainable course. They know all these bailouts and so-called stimulus acts, all these spending bills and now this enormous health care bill, are part of that unsustainable course, and they are crying out. They are saying we must reverse course, we must save our Nation. I hope we do that starting here, starting now.
I yield the floor.
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Readers and Writers Guild
Readers and Writers Guild at Christ Church
149 Asbury St., Hamilton, MA.
April 30, 7:30 p.m.
Featured Poets: January Gill O'Neil, author of Underlife, and Colleen Michaels, poet, essayist, and instructor at Montserrat College of Art.
Open mike to follow.
Do You Have a Poem in Your Pocket?
I do. I have two.
The one I'm holding is by Drew Myron. She won my CavanKerry Press book giveaway at the beginning of April. Drew sent me the kindest note with this tiny poem, so I am carrying this gift with me today.
small things
The world is full of glass
Unpack slowly
Shake pedals
Serve tea
Give wide starts
Live among psalms
Pull thin light
Stand tall
Give thanks.
I am grateful for Drew's poem today, and for Mark Strand's "Keeping Things Whole"--the other poem I am carrying with me--because I received official notice that my divorce is final. So today of all days, I need something to hold onto. Today, I am pulling thin light, standing tall, and giving thanks.
Thanks Drew.
So, what poem is in your pocket today, and why?
Virtual Blog Tour for Underlife
Rolling, rolling, rolling! It's the end of the month, but we're picking up steam. The blog tour for Underlife has one more passenger with a new review by Wanda McCollar. Here's an excerpt:
"Her poems are open, honest, fresh, and unafraid. Some are the most sensual poetry I've ever read. There is no posturing, affectation, pseudo sophistication. These wonderful, welcome poems touch us at the very center of how we experience life in a way that uplifts us and teaches us to find new meaning in our daily existence. Nothing more than that can ever be asked of poetry."
Check out reviews from Kelli Russell Agodon, Donna Vorreyer,Joseph Harker, and Sarah J. Sloat . We'll end with two stops on May 1, with Kimberlee Gerstmann and Carolee Sherwood. Don't forget to visit all the blogs of the participating reviewers. Woo hoo!
Tour stops for Underlife
Apr. 13 :: Kelli Russell Agodon :: Book of Kells
Apr. 15 :: Donna Vorreyer :: Put Words Together. Make Meaning.
Apr. 20 :: Joseph Harker :: Naming Constellations
Apr. 22 :: Sarah J. Sloat :: The Rain in My Purse
Apr. 29 :: Wanda McCollar :: Piping of Plenty
May 1 :: Kimberlee Gerstmann :: Scraps and Sass
May 1 :: Carolee Sherwood :: Carolee Sherwood
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Confession Tuesday
Thanks to everyone who has voted for me as the 2010 Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere. It's cheesy, but think of it as your way of checking out some very good poet-bloggers you may not have heard about otherwise.
Congrats to all those who will complete NaPoWriMo. Looks like I will be writing 30 poems in 45 days instead of the traditional 30! Well, what can I say? The month got away from me. I feel like the last marathon runner crossing the finish line just before dark.
Last night I started a sonnet. Not ready to post but I haven't written a sonnet since my grad school days. Woo hoo!
I'm exhausted! What is it about spring that tires me out? I'm up at 5 a.m., working long days only to come home and spend a few hours with the kids. After play time, dinner, showers, reading to the kids, and packing lunches, I'm pooped! And then by 8:30 p.m., I'm nearly comatose. If I even sit down on the bed it's a good bet I'll be asleep within 10 minutes. There's just not enough time in the day, so I'm doing my best to stretch my waking hours.
I'm sure it's equally as crazy in your household, right?
Besides being a full-time mom and full-time employee, much of my time has been spent promoting Underlife. I have really enjoyed reading in front of audiences, so I'm working to set up reading dates for the fall and next spring.
The efforts seem to be paying off. Before AWP Denver, Underlife was nearly halfway through its first print run—not bad for a book released in December 2009! Here's hoping for a second print run before the end of 2010.
Here's my Poetry To-Do List
1. Finish up NaPoWriMo poems
2. Read through poetry submissions for a contest I'm judging
3. Set up reading dates
4. Write a book review for Gently Read Lit
5. Update blog to add more pages
6. Revise second manuscript (mid May)
7. Submit new poems to journals from second manuscript
8. Revive video project (mid-May)
9. Update Goodreads, and look into BookTour.com
10. Catch up on my reading
Monday, April 26, 2010
Poetry, Pinsky, and Jazz
I started the day with Robert Pinsky and jazz. BU did a nice job putting this together. What a talented group of students in the ensemble.
I'll have to catch them locally the next time they give a performance.
Monday, Monday
I'm giving myself credit for the things I did get accomplished rather than brow-beating myself for what still needs to be done. I managed to hang a few new pictures, bring out the spring clothes, spot-clean the house, make plans for a yard sale, and get some advice for my lawn, which needs a little lovin' after this past winter. May not seem like a lot, but those things are a big deal to me as head of household.
NaPoWriMo also comes under the "giving myself credit" header. I'm not going to finish NaPo in time, but I'm going to write my 30 poems anyway. Once I got behind after AWP, I had grandiose ideas of writing two poems a day until April 30. In truth, I just don't have the mental capacity to do that. Besides, I don't want to post poems just to finish a challenge. And, I feel the need to write in form; I want to take my time with those pieces. So if I can finish my 30 during the first week of May, I'll be happy.
Then, I am going to take out manuscript #2 and revise, revise, revise. That will be my big project for May.
Haven't posted a to-do list in a while, which I why I'm feeling so unfocused about my writing goals. Will do that today.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
NaPoWriMo 15
Even the vegetable garden has its own narrative.
Watch as I dismantle this eyesore:
A mound of dirt and rock bordered
by cinder blocks. Good intentions,
terrible execution. Nothing about it leveled
or anchored, and the netting of backyard oaks
kept the light from conversing with the basil,
the tomatoes that rotten on the vine.
Nothing left here but the detritus
of last fall's leaves and in the far corner
a profusion of chive, green and vibrant,
enough to make me think, just for a instant,
there's something worth saving.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
The Wayback Machine
Photos from my NYU days, '95-'97.
Yes, that's me and Yusef Komunyakaa at a PSA event, but did you notice me rockin' that weave?! I loved that hair--gave it up when I moved to New York. HA!
At another event (I'm weave-less), Ruth Stone signing my copy of Second Hand Coat.
So happy to find this picture of me, Lucille Clifton, and Phebus Etienne. *sigh*
And this one ... Yikes! Joseph Legaspi and me back where it all began. I think we're in an NYU dorm but I'm not sure. I loves me some Jo Jo.
NaPoWriMo 14
At South Station, multitudes of passengers
pass through the commuter rail doors without
thought of stale air and spring colds,
the sneeze in the hand, the clearing of a throat
released into the recycled air, left behind
like The Boston Globe on an empty seat
waiting for the next person
to pick up up and pass it along.
The impressions of a hundred thousand
strangers now stored in my cellular memory,
their imprintable truths passed along
door handles and seat backs, along
the railings as we all hold on for dear life.
Eyes vacant and oblivious to the distances
we travel with our subatomic detritus,
how thin the threshold from inside
to outside and back again,
how this world lives on in us,
and we forever live in it.
Friday, April 23, 2010
NaPoWriMo 13
The trick is to know where you're going
before you begin. Wet your hands.
Feel the floor with the souls of your feet
as you move the hard clay toward
the body. Your hands are the guide.
Here, there is no air—you must wedge
the clay to rid it of what remains,
always moving toward the center.
Feel yourself glide around the outside
of the surface, spinning with the wheel
because speed and pressure will cause it to open.
You know this. Here, you can raise walls
with just your fingers. Hold it with a little give,
allow yourself this moment before the making begins.
Virtual Blog Tour for Underlife
Like a bullet train, the blog tour for Underlife rolls on with a new review by Sarah J. Sloat . Here's an excerpt, referencing my poem "Old Dog":
The poem went for me beyond the points I've mentioned because some decades ago in a parallel universe, I was the one white girl in my grade school class. I kept a very low profile and put up with my share of taunting. I remember being followed home one day by a clutch of kids who had a chant that started "Black is beautiful / white is shit / if you don't believe….,"
Check out reviews from Kelli Russell Agodon, Donna Vorreyer, and Joseph Harker. Also, we've added Carolee Sherwood to the list! Read her review on May 1, and don't forget to visit all the blogs of the participating reviewers. Let's keep the awesomeness going! (That's right, I said "awesomeness" ... and I meant it!)
Tour stops for Underlife
Apr. 13 :: Kelli Russell Agodon :: Book of Kells
Apr. 15 :: Donna Vorreyer :: Put Words Together. Make Meaning.
Apr. 20 :: Joseph Harker :: Naming Constellations
Apr. 22 :: Sarah J. Sloat :: The Rain in My Purse
Apr. 27 :: Kimberlee Gerstmann :: Scraps and Sass
Apr. 29 :: Wanda McCollar :: Piping of Plenty
May 1 :: Carolee Sherwood :: Carolee Sherwood
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Big Tent Poetry
Are you ready for a new adventure? We are! We're just getting things started here at Big Tent Poetry, but we're very excited about continuing to celebrate and support poets working and playing online.
Our first writing prompt will go up on Monday, May 3; and our first "Come one, Come all" call for responses will go up on Friday, May 7.
I know this is completely cheesy, but vote for me as the 2010 Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere. Thanks!
Earlier in the week, NPR profiled an anthology of African American poets on the topic of nature called Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry edited by Camille Dungy. My copy is on order from Amazon.com.
NaPoWriMo ... I'm still in it. Just need to quicken the pace.
No Mass Poetry
Dear Poets & Poetry Lovers,
We are writing to update you on the planning progress of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival and tell you about some upcoming poetry events.
After the 2010 Poetry Festival we consulted with dozens of poets, poetry partners and cultural organizations to help us think through where we should take the Festival and the overall Massachusetts Poetry Outreach Project. Out of those consultations has come a number of exciting plans that we are in the process of putting into action. Over the next month we will update you on many of them as they unfold including how to better use our website, a program for working with teachers on how to integrate poetry into their teaching, to be held this summer, and plans for statewide efforts to get tens of thousands of readers across the Commonwealth all reading some of the same poems over the course of a month.
For the Massachusetts Poetry Festival itself we have made the decision to follow the advice we were provided in the consultations and to divide the festival into two parts:
The first part will be a series of regional events held across the state in the first two weeks in October. These regional events would include partnerships with already planned happenings as well as readings designed specifically for the Mass Poetry Festival. In Boston, on the weekend of October 16th, the Mass Poetry Festival would be working with the Boston Book Festival to put together a weekend program of poetry readings and workshops.
The second event would be held the very last weekend in April of 2011 and would be a slightly streamlined version of the Mass Poetry Festival. We are still working to nail down a location for the festival as of now. As part of an effort to develop the poetry audience in Massachusetts, we will also be working with local libraries and literary organizations on creating coordinated state-wide poetry reading groups. Our hope is to boost and publicize many of the events that take place for national Poetry Month and work to have even more events across the state and have those lead up to the statewide Festival on April 29th and April 30th, 2011. So please mark those dates in your calendar now and we will update you on the plans as they unfold.
I'm disappointed that the Mass Poetry organizers could not put on the festival on this year. I know spin when I see it, and this feels like a money/resources problem. Divide the festival? Why? I'm grateful that we were able to participate the first two festivals in Lowell, MA, but I'm not keen on adding it to the Boston Book Festival (BBF), destined to be swallowed up by big corporate sponsors and non-diverse headlining poets.
What I like about the Mass Poetry Festival is its grassroots spirit. I thought Mass Poetry was moving toward the Dodge Poetry Festival model, but I expect Mass Poetry will be assimilated by the BBF and/or die a quiet death in a year or two. Too bad, because I know a lot of people who have put the time and effort into making it a success.
As for Poetry Outreach, we've been waiting more than two years for this outreach. I'll believe it when I see it in action. And I really want to believe. The whole thing feels like a state-run initiative going nowhere.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
2010 Dodge Poetry Festival Lineup
Amiri Baraka
Hadara Bar-Nadav
Marjorie Barnes
Tara Betts
Jericho Brown
Teresa Carson
Michael Cirelli
Billy Collins
Kyle Dargan
Kwame Dawes
Oliver de la Paz
Matthew Dickman
Michael Dickman
Rita Dove
Martín Espada
Santee Frazier
Rigoberto González
Kathy Graber
Penny Harter
Bob Hicok
Tyehimba Jess
Galway Kinnell
Dorianne Laux
Laura McCullough
Dunya Mikhail
Joseph Millar
Malena Mörling
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Sharon Olds
Marie Ponsot
Claudia Rankine
Kay Ryan
Margo Taft Stever
Mark Strand
Jerry Williams
Confession Tuesday
Last night I wrote NaPoWriMo poem 12. Not posting it because it's called the c-word. You know, it's that four-letter word that people still find offensive. I don't think I ever heard the word until I was in my 20s, so I don't have the same reaction as other people. The poem references recent experiences that I've had bottled up for a while. I'm not posting it because of the title, not the subject matter. It's clear that I've used my poetry powers for evil rather than good. Oh well, it happens.
If you're a regular blogger here and would like to read it, send me an e-mail at jgill27494 AT aol dot com.
I'm way behind on my NaPoWriMo poems, but I plan to complete the challenge on time ... somehow. With all of the travel, I've been sleeping as much as humanly possible and not writing. Things are settling down for me, which is good. Time to make a poetry to-do list and see what's in store for late April/May.
Thanks to all who have supported Underlife. I'm thrilled by the reaction it's getting among readers. Don't think I mentioned this in my AWP posts, but I brought 20 books with me to Denver, and either sold or traded my supply. I could (and should) have brought more. Even before AWP, the books sales were strong. So thanks to all who have brought, read, talked about, blogged about, and championed Underlife. It's the little book that could!
As much as I love to travel, it's good to be home with the kids. Finally, the weather is warming up and drying out in New England. I have so much spring cleaning to do, it's ridiculous. But I'm trying to look at the house with fresh eyes, so to speak. Time for a change. Out with the old and in with the new.
I think I'll end with a note of gratitude. I am thankful for:
- This crazy life I have. That I am beholden to no one. I know who I am, and I'm happy.
- Two best kids in the world.
- My parents, who love me no matter what.
- Friends who are really my extended family. They have my unwavering love and respect.
- Work that fulfills me.
- Poetry. Poetry Poetry!
- Warm weather. Time for a new swim suit!
Monday, April 19, 2010
NaPoWriMo 11
I felt pressure—
my mother pushing me
out of her world and into the next
and when she tired,
forceps clamped my skull
pulling me through.
The air exploded
over my blood-wet skin.
My body, a cold question
with no answers,
my fingers useless,
my legs good only for kicking
with a mouth
that sang my arrival.
Waterless tears for my blurred eyes.
Patterns of light,
existing only in periphery,
and yes, hands, lots of hands—
fingers up my nose, in my throat,
giving me feet and inches,
my imperfections now a matter of record,
a murmur or a whisper?
Then I was lifted up and placed
on her breast. I felt warm,
maybe loved. I heard my full name
spoken for the first time
and I wanted to claim it.
Virtual Blog Tour for Underlife
The Virtual Blog Tour for Underlife continues with a review from Joseph Harker. Here's an excerpt:
Poems are fauna: some are more agreeable and cuddly, some are interesting in their angles, and some hurt to look at but you can't tear yourself away. I admire O'Neil's ability to populate this zoo of identity with race, and gender, and all the vicissitudes of life, and still make it all sing to the reader with her words.
Also, check out reviews from Kelli Russell Agodon and Donna Vorreyer. Thanks to Kelli, Donna, and Joseph for their reviews.
Tour stops for Underlife
Apr. 13 :: Kelli Russell Agodon :: Book of Kells
Apr. 15 :: Donna Vorreyer :: Put Words Together. Make Meaning.
Apr. 20 :: Joseph Harker :: Naming Constellations
Apr. 22 :: Sarah J. Sloat :: The Rain in My Purse
Apr. 27 :: Kimberlee Gerstmann :: Scraps and Sass
Apr. 29 :: Wanda McCollar :: Piping of Plenty
Sunday, April 18, 2010
City Lights 2010 Gala
The last stop on the "Where in the World Is Jan O'Neil?" weekend tour was last night's gala, sponsored by the Brockton (Massachusetts) Public Library and the Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts (GBSPA). It was a fundraiser to support the local arts community. Great music, terrific food, and poetry--who could ask for anything more?
The event was well work trekking back from Baltimore. It's nice to see communities around the state invest the time and resources toward poetry, of all things. Brockton has a true advocate in GBSPA President Arnie Danielson.
The GBSPA held their first-ever poetry contests, one for high school students, and one for New England residents. X.J. Kennedy judged the contest that had nearly 700 entrants.
My poem, "A Mother's Tale" (a poem not in my book, Underlife) won second place! Congrats to Lori Desrosiers for her winning poem, "That Pomegranate Shine," and Dorian Kotsiopoulos for her third-place showing for "Today I Saw a Boy in a Box." And a nod to Claire Keyes, whose poem "Poem Ending in a Line by Robert Frost" was my pick to win.
A Mother's Tale
I tell my son
that the best poems
are written in the sand
and washed away with the tide.
I say, the moon controls the waves,
uses the wind to rake the shore.
It is an open invitation to fill
the world with words
because like seashells
you can never have too many.
I tell him to wade into the water.
Start a conversation with
the tiniest grain on the beach,
the one that catches his eye with its glint.
It will tell him everything he needs to know
about this moment, about how to stay in it
a little longer. It will tell him how to be,
for an instant, the thing he most wants
to become.
CityLit Festival
The Pratt is an incredible resource for the city and its people; the festival is just one of the many community-based activities they sponsor year-round. This is same the library system that arranges grocery delivery and pick-up for the community at the branches where access to good quality foods are limited.
On our poetry panel was John Murillo (he puts my busy schedule to shame), Ron Egatz, Paul Nelson, and Shelly Puhak. The panel was hosted by Reginald Harris, who took very good care of us and really did a fine job moderating the event. (Thanks Reggie!)
L to R: John Murillo, Ron Egatz, bust of Edgar Allen Poe, me, and Paul Nelson.
Thanks to Bill Hughes for taking video of the event.
And yes, I was able to eat crab cakes before I left Baltimore!
NYU/CC Reading
Friday night, I read at New York University with Raina Leon (Canticle of Idols) and R. Dwayne Betts (A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison and the poetry collection, Shahid Reads His Own Palm (May 2010).
The reading, sponsored by NYU, Cave Canem, and Poets & Writers, exceeded my expectations, which were pretty high to begin with. We had a full house, and in the audience was Cornelius Eady and Sarah Micklem, Yusef Komanyakaa, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Evie Shockley, and Joseph Legaspi, among others.
Reading my poems publicly still makes me incredibly nervous. NYU readings mean a lot to me, so I think I get too wrapped up in the moment. But once my portion of the evening was over, I could take a deep breath and relax.
Joseph, me, and Evie.
Friday, April 16, 2010
NaPoWriMo 10
Because not every woman
can afford a battle-axe,
or keep a scythe in the shed,
we know where the cleaver is kept,
our weapon of choice.
The square blade glistening
at the ready in the kitchen drawer
wrapped in the silence
of our best, cleanest dish towel.
We bring it out during holiday meals
and Sunday dinners
when a knife just won't do.
Keepers of the kitchen,
protectors of the hearth,
How else would we cut through
a lifetime of meat and bone,
of sauces in need of garlic
smashed to smithereens?
I've cut around a turkey's carcass
as deftly as a butcher on Saturday afternoon.
But let's be practical, first cut,
deepest cut—not for the gentile or weak of will.
Because, as in Zen tradition, we know
how to cut the spaces in between bone
and never spill a drop of blood.
Inspired by Melissa Range's poem "The Battle-Axe"
Traveling Fool
Didn't anticipate travel would take me off my NaPoWriMo schedule as much as it has, but I'm still in it. Today I'm traveling to New York, then Baltimore for readings by train, so I'll have long periods of time to write and get back on pace.
The weather on the East Coast is a big question mark this weekend. I'm hoping I can get back to Massachusetts in time for an event Saturday evening. Crazy.
Pictures, photos, and musings to come!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Virtual Blog Tour for Underlife
Welcome to the Virtual Blog Tour for Underlife.
Thanks to Read Write Poem for setting up the tour. I will host it here on the Poet Mom blog with a new review every few days.
Batting first and second (forgive the baseball reference) are Kelli Russell Agodon and Donna Vorreyer. Thanks to Kelli and Donna for their reviews.
Tour stops for Underlife
Apr. 13 :: Kelli Russell Agodon :: Book of Kells
Apr. 15 :: Donna Vorreyer :: Put Words Together. Make Meaning.
Apr. 20 :: Joseph Harker :: Naming Constellations
Apr. 22 :: Sarah J. Sloat :: The Rain in My Purse
Apr. 27 :: Kimberlee Gerstmann :: Scraps and Sass
Apr. 29 :: Wanda McCollar :: Piping of Plenty
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Upcoming Weekend Readings
Friday, April 16
Cave Canem Poetry Reading
R. Dwayne Betts, Raina Leon, and January Gill O'Neil
New York University
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House,
58 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
New York City, NY
7-9 p.m.
Saturday, April 17
CityLit Festival
Poets Ron Egatz, John Murillo, Paul Nelson, January Gill O'Neil and Shelly Puhak read their works, hosted by Reginald Harris.
Central Library, Poe Room
400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Confession Tuesday
L to R: Duriel Harris, Rita Dove, Tree Swensen, Elizabeth Alexander, Tayari Jones, Jacqueline Jones Lamon, and me. Not in these photos but present at our tables were Kevin Young, Greg Pardlo, and Nick Flynn.
I have no business in this photos yet here I am, right in the mix of things (and having a really good time)!
This Confession Tuesday, I'm sharing a few of my favorite moments at AWP Denver. So here we go, bullet-point style.
- The V.I.P. party. The V.I.P. party. The V.I.P. party.
- Spending a few minutes with Rita Dove
- Giving a copy of Underlife to Nick Flynn
- Hearing Natasha Trethewey say that she's taught one of my poems in her class
- Running into Matthew Dickman; the fact that he's even heard of me blows my mind
- Having dinner and spending time with the fabulous Jacqueline Lamon
- Reading with Cave Canem and Kundiman; nothing makes me more nervous than reading in front of the CC/Kundi family
- Well, except for standing on a chair and reading in the middle of a crowded book fair (see pictures below)
- Listening to Tara Betts read my poem "Poem About Nuts" to me at the CC/Kundi reading-- didn't see that one coming!
- Meeting the alchemist behind The Alchemist's Kitchen, Susan Rich
- Meeting the fabulously dressed and very talented Kate Durbin
- Finally meeting C. Dale Young
- Spending a few minutes with Brian Turner
- Having drinks with Allison Joseph and Jon Tribble
- Having lunch with J.D. Scrimgeour, Dawn Paul, and Keith Leonard--my Massachusetts peeps
- Having breakfast with the Wompo listserv members
- Sharing the airport shuttle with Toi Derricotte and Greg Orr
- Having Greg Orr help me out of the back seat of the shuttle
- Meeting so many people that I know through the blog, Twitter, and FB.
All of this means something to me. I am overwhelmed with gratitude for being a part of the poetry community. (*big smile*)
Poetry collections I picked up while I was away:
- From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems That Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great.
- The Alchemist's Kitchen, by Susan Rich
- Want, by Rick Barot
- Fort Red Border, by Kiki Petrosino
- Tough Boy Sonatas, by Curtis Crisler
- The Us, by Joan Houlihan
- Here, Bullet, by Brian Turner
- Prose: Poems, a Novel, by Jamie Iredell
- What Big Teeth: Red Riding Hood's Real Life, by Lana Hechtman Ayers
- Running Away from Russia, by Luisa Rossina Villani
- Narrative of the Life of the Brown Boy and the White Man, by Rolando Wilson
- Handmade Love, by Julie R. Enszer
Books I want to pick up, post AWP:
- Mixology, byAdrian Matejka
- Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, Camille Dungy (ed.)
Underlife was selected as a finalist for the 2010 Paterson Poetry Prize! Not sure about the other finalists, but Sherman Alexie won for his collection Face.
Upon my return, I found out that my kids spent an interesting but fun week with my parents. I guess a few rules were thrown out the window. My son told me he and his sister watched the Lady Gaga video for Telephone. Yikes!
I'm behind on my NaPoWriMo poems. Will catch up later this week while traveling to NYC and Balitmore.
Now it's your turn. Share something about yourself with us. Happy Tuesday, everyone!
NaPoWriMo 9
Not the heat, not the humidity,
Not the drops of water beading
down the window in the late June afternoon
not the dog panting in the shade,
or the dream of the beach house,
or the barefoot girl on the porch steps
as she unleashes her ponytail,
flings her hair side to side
as it falls and drapes over her shoulders—
none of this is you. Not even the girl.
Did you have a ponytail? Did you
sit on porch steps sweating and
hoping for something more than this:
your life, tucked in your pockets
like old receipts, something you've signed away
and—dammit!—want back? Did a dog
shake a fly from its ear and look at you
with something you'd swear was pity?
You look through the window, which reveals
nothing but your own face staring back at you,
the eyes of someone hollowed out by years
of not looking through that window,
years spent looking away from the dog,
and your hands start a slow dance
into clarity, how they sail and glide
out of this world and into the next
with the lightness of being
until they are no longer your hands,
they belong to the girl, and they
are nearly still. They hold the head
of the dog between her small fingers
petting its head in comfort, in sorrow
for something lost that can never be found.
Monday, April 12, 2010
AWP Recap
Saturday, the last full day, was a whirlwind of activity. I managed to attend two sessions. The first was called Black Goes Green, a panel that discussed natural world from the African American perspective. The panel also was in support of Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry. Featured was G.E. Patterson, Cyrus Cassells, Greg Pardlo, Janice Harrington, and Amber Flora Thomas. The session was so well received that the University of Georgia Press sold out of the anthology at the conference. Edited by Camille Dungy, Black Nature is on sale at the UGA Press' Web site and I for one am ordering a copy.
Next, I attended a session on New Media: Online Literary Journals and Web Sites in 2010. This session was moderated by Dan Albergotti and focused the site Waccamaw and other related sites. I was looking for a broader discussion of digital media and how new technologies have influenced how we publish, so my expectations were a bit off. Still, it was a great presentation and now I know of a few more places to submit my work.
Later, I went to Kate Rushin's reading at the Cave Canem booth.
I have to give Cave Canem a lot of credit—and I don't know why more sponsors and publishers don't do this—but CC sponsored a reading for us at the booth. Since my publisher was not at this year's AWP, it gave me an opportunity to read in a very public spot. Also, it was a nice opportunity for CC fellows to be seen at AWP.
Patricia Smith and me.
In the evening, I attended the book launch and reception for Brian Turner's new book, Phantom Noise. Powerful, powerful work. Alice James Books hosted the party and sold out of the 100 books they brought for the event. I finally picked up a copy of Here, Bullet. Brian was just as nice as he could be, signing books and speaking to as many party guests as possible.
Pulitzer Prizes 2010
For distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
Awarded to "Tinkers," by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press), a powerful celebration of life in which a New England father and son, through suffering and joy, transcend their imprisoning lives and offer new ways of perceiving the world and mortality.
Also nominated as finalists in this category were: "Love in Infant Monkeys," by Lydia Millet (Soft Skull Press), an imaginative collection of linked stories, often describing a memorable encounter between a famous person and an animal, underscoring the human folly of longing for significance while chasing trifles, and "In Other Rooms, Other Wonders," by Daniyal Mueenuddin (W.W. Norton & Company), a collection of beautifully crafted stories that exposes the Western reader to the hopes, dreams and dramas of an array of characters in feudal Pakistan, resulting in both an aesthetic and cultural achievement.
For a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
Awarded to "Versed," by Rae Armantrout (Wesleyan University Press), a book striking for its wit and linguistic inventiveness, offering poems that are often little thought-bombs detonating in the mind long after the first reading.
Also nominated as finalists in this category were: "Tryst," by Angie Estes (Oberlin College Press), a collection of poems remarkable for its variety of subjects, array of genres and nimble use of language, and "Inseminating the Elephant," by Lucia Perillo (Copper Canyon Press), a collection of poems, often laced with humor, that examine popular culture, the limits of the human body and the tragicomic aspects of everyday experience.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
AWP Recap
The day started of with a breakfast for the members of the Wompo Listserv attending AWP, 20 of us in all. Yes, Amy King is as cool in real life as she is in the virtual world. It was also nice to meet Julie Enszer and Lana Hechtman Ayers, poets I've know only through social media.
Then off to the convention center, and a terrific lunch with a few poets and headed over for the Cave Canem panel. Every time CC gets into the room, the emotions come to the surface. There's such a love and an affinity for everyone involved in this group that getting together is truly like coming home.
The panel had three fellows, Aracelis Girmay, Curtis Crisler, and Linda Susan Jackson, discussing what Cave Canem meant to them, as well as commentary by co-founders Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady. You couldn't sit in that room and not be moved.
The next session I attended, also in the same meeting room, was a reading for the new Fishouse anthology, From the Fishouse: An Anthology: Anthology of Poems That Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate and Just Plain Sound Good :
Panelists, left to right: Major Jackson, Erika Meitner, Adrian Matejka (behind the podium), Jeffery Thomson, Oliver de la Paz, and Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Adrian Matejka
Camille Dungy
Later, I had a chance to hear John Murillo read from his book, Up Jump the Boogie, at the Cave Canem booth. I will be reading at the CC booth today at 2:45 p.m. (Booth 405 if you're at the conference).
Unfortunately, I did not catch Rita Dove (sorry Evelyn), nor did I go to the receptions I wanted to attend. I ended up having dinner at a lovely French restaurant with a friend, then meeting up with more friends for drinks later. What can I say, most of these people I see only once a year. It's more valuable (and more fun) catching up with poet friends than attending sessions.
For today, if I can pull myself away from my laptop, I'm going to see Tara Betts read at the Cave Canem, float between sessions (there's not one that really captures my interest today), and load up on free or deeply discounted books from the book fair. (Many vendors don't like to ship a lot of inventory home, so they give their books away. It's cheaper than shipping them back.)
But tonight, I'm going to the reception for Brian Turner's new book Phantom Noise. Coincidentally, I ran into him in the elevator last night. Didn't say more than hi--so lame!
As for the NaPo challenge, I wrote poem 8, but I'm not posting it. It's different for me, I think I'm a little sensitive about posting it on the blog (a first!). However, I can see it being published in a journal, so I want to hold onto it. Therefore, I'm counting it as a completed work.
NaPo poems 9 and 10 to come.
Friday, April 09, 2010
Friday Haps
Also, check out Jennifer Jean's interview with me on National Poetry Month. Woo hoo!
On tap for today at AWP:
- Wompo Listserve Breakfast
- A walk-through of the book fair
- The Future of Book Publishing: How Authors Should Navigate the New Market
- From Manuscript to Book: A Cave Canem Reading and Discussion
- From the Fishouse: A Reading of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great
- A Reading with Rita Dove
- Receptions by Emerson College, NYU, and The Writer's Center/Poet Lore, among others.
- AWP Dance Party (HA!)
This is a light day?
AWP Recap
- AWP is massive! Every year I'm surprised how many people show up to these conferences even in a down economy. I will break out my Flip camera and walk around the book fair so you can see what I mean.
- Went to four sessions yesterday. During previous conferences, I would pack in as many sessions as possible. But this year is more relaxed for me. I'm more interested in meeting people, especially those I only know virtually. Can't tell you how rewarding that has been.
- All the poets I've met have been very kind--no posturing or drama or whatever. Of course, this is day 3. Anything can happen.
And now, a few photos.
poet J.D. Scrimgeour and composer Phil Swanson during their session, Confluence. They were terrific, and answered quiet a few questions after the performance. Their CD project, Ogunquit, has been picked up by Tupelo Press for distribution. Woo hoo!
From the Kundiman panel discussion. Kundiman is a group that nurtures and fosters the talents of Asian American poets, with close ties to Cave Canem. Nice to see these writers thrive.
Had a terrific lunch with Susan Rich, author of The Alchemist's Kitchen! We had never met until yesterday, and what great fun it was to sit and speak with her. She's so talented fun! And, we both have Kelli to thank for bringing us together. *smile*
This is the panel from Black Goat Press, started by Chris Abani. Left to right: Kate Durbin, Amatoritsero Ede, Karen Harryman, Gabriela Jauregui, and Rick Reid.
Had a chance to meet Kate Durbin after the panel. She also was selected as one of Poets & Writers 12 debut poets in the Jan/Feb Inspiration Issue. During the Q&A, she talked about how important fashion is to her and how she likes to bring that element into her readings. Very cool.
- Hoagland: "It's a glorious time [for poetry]. There is an enormous amount of form and experimentation and energy out there.
- Hoagland, referring to the concept of "the new poetry": It's a hybrid; it's connected to the history of poetry and to the world."
- Hoagland: What we do poetically, there is so much crossover it's like we're "passing through each other's comet trails."
- Hoagland on negative aspects of the new poetry: "The new poetry is in love with its own cleverness."
- Revell: "Poetry has existed as an argument against the limits of language. Poetry is a home for testing these limits."
- Revell: "By shedding language, we shed our humanity. There is something beyond our own humanity. Poets are tasked with imagining that next state."
- Revell: "What is a line? It is a turn. It is a conversion. It is a way to get from line 1 to line 2. If the line doesn't work, then you haven't been converted. We are leaving something behind when we write the next line. It is an old species and we are creating something new."
- Hoagland; "Poetry isn't born. It comes from the constant factor of our suffering. We constantly try to figure out why life hurts so much. [Writing poetry] is about renewal."
- Revell: "Suffering is a form of attachment. We are so attached to certain definitions--that's where the suffering happens."
- Revell: "I believe there is another shore, but we're not going to get there by the rearrangement of ideas."
I think I'll stop there. There was so much volleying going on I couldn't keep up. I liked thinking about the new poetry as an unattainable place that we're all trying to get to. But if you recognize the form or style as a poem, then it's not the new poetry. Fascinating. And I like thinking of poetry as a way of wrapping ourselves around the human condition, much of which is suffering in some form.
Revell and Hoagland were two sides of the poetic coin.
Thursday, April 08, 2010
"April Is National Poetry Month and Here's Why"
Special thanks to David Rattigan for taking the time to speak with me.
Time to start the day. Weather in Denver will be 60 degrees and sunny, but I won't see much because I'll be inside at the conference center.
Let the games begin!
Cave Canem/Kundiman Reading
Today starts the craziness that is AWP, but last night there was nothing but love in the room at the Cave Canem/Kundiman reading. These two groups have grown and flourished out of a need to share common experiences. The success of the fellows in each group is a testament to the power of community.
Most of the pictures are up on Facebook, but here's a few for the blog:
Co-hosts Ching-In Chen and Tara Betts
Kazim Ali
Yours truly
A few things ...
So I'm sitting in the audience, speaking with poets Jacqueline Lamon and J.D. Scrimgeour. All of a sudden I hear, " ... little nut bags... ." I turn to the stage to hear Tara Betts reading my poem, "Poem About Nuts." If you don't know the poem, it's ... shall we say ... not for all audiences. Good thing I was among friends. *big smile*
I'm telling you, the most overheard line I heard last night--and I anticipate more of the same today--was, "I think we're friends on Facebook." Ah, the power of FB!
Much, much more to come!


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I've been recommending Ross Douthat's book, Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics, both here and elsewhere. Here he sits with Bill Moyers and they get right into it, with Douthat quickly making an argument for robust institutional religion participation in the national dialogue -- a religion that is "not separate from politics, that's involved in politics, deeply influences politics but isn't captive to a partisan cause of the left or right."An excellent discussion -- check it … [Read more...]
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Water Cycle In A Bag
Make your very own mini water cycle, at home or at school.
What you'll need
- A clear grip seal bag
- Sticky tape
- Permanent marker pen
- Blue food colouring
- A glass of water
- A window
- Some sunshine!
How to do the experiment
Design your bag. Try to include the sea, some clouds and the sun.
Add a few drops of blue food colouring to the water.
Pour the water into the bag. Be careful to make sure the water does not touch the sides of the bag.
Seal the bag securely and tape it to a window. Try to use a window that sees a lot of sun.
After approximately 30 minutes you should start to see some water droplets forming on the inside of the bag. Tap them to make it rain inside the bag.
Find out more...
What's happening?
The water in the bag will get heated up by the sun and start to turn from a liquid into a gas. This is called evaporation and is exactly what happens to the water in oceans and lakes.
This gas will then try to escape the bag, but as soon as it touches the side it will cool down and turn back into liquid water. This is called condensation. Seeing little water droplets on the side of the bag will tell you that this process is happening.
Condensation also happens after water evaporates from oceans and lakes. This usually happens high up in the sky, but we know that it's happening because that is how clouds are made.
When the water droplets in the bag get too big they will start to drip. This is called precipitation and also happens when the water droplets within clouds get too big and fall to the ground. We usually call this rain.
Did you notice…
The water you put in the bag was blue, but the droplets that formed due to condensation were clear.
This happened because only the water evaporated and turned into gas, the food colouring was left behind in the blue mixture.
This is also why rain water is not salty, even though most clouds are formed using evaporated sea water.
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Eric used to play near the seaside as a child. His father was a Viking King. Although his parents wished that Eric would choose a wife, he was more interested in enjoying the pleasures of unmarried life. In the winter of 919 A.D. while Eric was having sex with a servant, werewolves attacked their home. They killed his mother and baby sister and managed to overpower his father, taking his crown. The crown was handed to a cloaked figure who walked off into the snowy night, leaving Eric to tend to his dying father. Before Eric's father died, he declared Eric a king and made him promise to avenge his family. ("Trouble")In 930 A.D. Eric was wounded in battle while searching for his father's killer somewhere in Scandinavia. Against his wishes, his Viking companions decided to stay with him. They told Eric tales of glory and of women waiting for him in Valhalla. During the night, an unseen force murdered his comrades. A mysterious young tattooed boy appeared and introduced himself as "Death" to the dying Eric. Having seen Eric's strength on the battlefield, the 1,000 year old vampire Godric offered him immortality through life as a vampire. When Eric asked what he would get out of it, Godric said "Life". With the lust for life for which he was renowned, Eric agreed and Godric turned him into a vampire. ("Never Let Me Go")
By 1665, Godric and Eric were living in London, England during an outbreak of the plague. While doing a favor for King Charles II, Eric came upon a young woman, Nora Gainesborough, who had become infected by the plague whilst caring for victims of the epidemic. Intrigued by Nora's courage, Eric brought her before Godric, who turned her.
In 1905 Eric was in San Francisco. He rescued Pamela Swynford De Beaufort from an attacker in the street by killing her assailant. Her lack of reaction to his appearance impressed him and he decided to visit her brothel the next night. Here he discovered that the vampire Lorena Krasiki and her progeny Bill Compton were responsible for draining several of Pam's employees. Eric confronted them and drove them away. He stayed with Pam for a while afterwards, at which time she asked him to turn her. Eric refused, saying that she had no idea what being a maker encompassed. Out of desperation, Pam slit her wrists and forced Eric to turn her or watch her die. Eric acquiesced and became a maker at last. ("Whatever I Am, You Made Me")
During World War II, Godric and Eric posed as Nazi Schutzstaffel officers in order to infiltrate "Operation Werewolf". In 1945, they tracked a werewolf down to a house in Augsburg, Germany. The werewolf attacked and killed an American soldier before turning on Eric, but Godric stabbed her in the arm with a bayonet, pinning her to the wall. Eric demanded to know whom her master was, but the werewolf said she would tell them only if Eric let her drink some of his blood. Godric was deeply offended by the idea, as Vampire Blood is sacred. Eric, however, did not care. He bit himself and allowed the werewolf to feed from his wrist. She then revealed that her master is a vampire, which shocked Eric. The werewolf took advantage of his distraction, pushing Eric to the ground and attempting to stake him. Godric intervened and snapped the werewolf's neck.
Godric lectured his progeny about maintaining control of his emotions before promising to hunt the blasphemous vampire down. ("Beautifully Broken") Shortly after this confrontation, Eric and Godric parted ways and would not meet again for many decades.
In 1986, Eric was with his progeny Pam in France. During their stay, Eric became enamored with a beautiful human woman named Sylvie and was unusually fond of her. However, Eric's waywardness and disobedience to his Sheriff put him into conflict with the Authority and was confronted by Nan Flanagan, revealing the synthesis of Tru Blood and the possibility of mainstreaming. Eric mocked both, much more interested in Sylvie than the concerns of the AVL.
A short while later, Eric's fun was put to an abrupt end with the appearance on the Yakuza. They kidnapped both Pam and Sylvie, giving him an ultimatum to only allow one to live if he came with them. Eric refused, offering himself instead, but they needed him alive. In the end Eric reluctantly chose Pam and is forced to watch as Sylvie dies. ("Fire in the Hole")
That same year Eric was relocated with Pam to Shreveport, Louisiana. The two are punished for their public activities by The Magister to run a run-down video store that would eventually become Fangtasia and 80% of all the money must go to the Authority. Eric was elected the new Sheriff of Louisiana Area 5, but only as a means to keep tabs on him and keep his waywardness in check. Eric and Pam are disgusted with this arrangement and run the video store for twenty boring years.
Two years before the series' pilot, just when vampires "came out of the coffin", Eric and Pam are still running the video store with help of vampire groupie Ginger. Ginger pitched the idea of turning the store into a vampire nightclub called Fangtasia. Pam would relay this to Eric and the two create and operate Fangtasia, though Pam had told Eric it had been her idea. ("Death is Not the End")


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