teaching otherwise

Just wrapping up my stint at the Yale Writer's (Writers'? Writers?) Conference, first instance.  A very interesting experience working with mostly older writers (one was 67) and a couple younger (one 18) than in my semester classes..  The conference was so successful that further instances will certainly be MORE successful.  Many were turned away.  The eagerness of people to write! Wonderful and widespread.  

I was given a room in Calhoun College, one of Yale's dormitories, which was fine if austere (oak-panelled walls and (non-working) fireplace, but prison-like shower and, of course, no air conditioning, which I usually don't mind, but it was 97F in New Haven yesterday and sleeping was like hell.  (I mean rather as sleep must be in hell after a long day of torments.)  

Sign up now to be schooled next June!  

Also go right over to the Lapham's Quarterly site and get a subscription -- I have an essay in the new and very engaging issue on Magic.  (You can read it for free online, but you wouldn;t want to; you'd want to have the thing itself.)