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Impersonate Edna St. Vincent Millay Day

32poems — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:20:33 +0000

Dan Vera came up with the idea to recreate the well-known photographic portrait of ESM. A tree in Brookland (a neighborhood in Washington, DC) is reminiscent of the tree surrounding ESM in this picture:

This is the notice I received from Kim Roberts:

Please come out on SATURDAY, MAY 3 between 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. We will be gathering at our favorite dogwood, a spectacular specimen, perhaps the largest in the District, across the street from the Franciscan Monastery in the Brookland neighborhood. Please come to the parking lot across from the main entrance at 1400 Quincy Street NE. The dogwood is to the right of the parking lot (if you are facing the front entrance).

We will have a camera, and a copy of the famous photo for last-minute help in correct placement of the hands, etc. Please bring your most sensitive, romantic looks. Photos will be posted on the Vrzhu blog for the delectation of all, far and wide.

Please RSVP.

If coming by Metro, take the red line to the Brookland-CUA stop. Cross the bus lanes and take Newton Street 2 blocks, then turn left and take 13th Street 3 blocks. Turn right on Quincy; the parking lot will be on your left.

If coming by car, take Michigan Avenue NE. Turn west onto Quincy Street (across from the Turkey Thicket playing fields) and go two and a half blocks. Parking on your left.

Sincerely,
Kim St. Vincent Roberts and Dan Vera Millay

For Kim’s first attempt at Millay impersonation in 2007, see: http://vrzhu.typepad.com/vrzhu/2007/05/visual_fun_robe.html

The Futility Review

32poems — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:39:21 +0000

Looks like I made a nonappearance in The Futility Review — see the cover. I would like to take a moment to thank all of the nonstaff who did absolutely no work to make my nonappearance happen and for making their nonappearances in the invisible Futility Review offices. I greatly enjoyed not sending in my poems, not being considered for publication and then not appearing in your magazine — except by way of a list demonstrating my nonappearance. Read more about the purpose of The Futility Review:

I have decided to start up a literary journal, The Futility Review. It will displace The Atlantic Monthly and New Yorker on my difficulty rankings with the only score of 10. This is because it will be perfectly difficult: we will reject everyone. I will start by placing ads in Poets & Writers and APR, and a listing in Poet’s Market. We will be looking for “your best work” and even if you send it, it will be rejected. Our solicitation strategy will be to send gracious letters of encouragement to fresh up-and-coming talent, and then tell them that what they have sent us wasn’t up to the standards of their first book.

News of the Futility Review

4 February 2007: TFR begins as the first literary journal dedicated to the rejection of all submitted work
5 February 2007: TFR launches a state-of-the-art web site
7 February 2007: TFR makes its first series of rejections, beginning with the collected works of Rilke
7 February 2007: TFR makes history, becoming the first publication with a 10 difficulty ranking