A package was delivered to my porch yesterday from University of Nebraska Press. My son brought it in and the family stood around while I opened it—twenty copies of my first book, Famous. It is a beautiful thing. After a few minutes, the family wandered off, but I didn’t want it out of reach or sight, put one copy in the kitchen while I cooked and one in the office while I read email, and when it was time for bed I took one for my nightstand. Could this beautiful thing be mine? Creamy paper, elegant font, cover image I never could have dreamed up which perfectly suits the poems, this physical object. A host of people in Nebraska I’ve never met have made it real. My team. My clan. Thank you. Kathleen
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Kathleen:
I felt the same way when The Fortune Teller’s Kiss arrived. A beautiful physical object, the book, to be sure. I even wrote a poem about it and sent it to Nebraska!
Enjoy. Brenda
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Congratulations, Kathleen. I’ve taught FAMOUS once and will teach it again next semester in my graduate seminar. We at PRAIRIE SCHOONER are pleased to know the book is having such a splendid reception: one of 27 ALA listings for the best books, and one of three in poetry. Hilda
Thank you, Brenda, and thank you especially, Hilda, for your editorial care. Kathleen