When reading a poetry collection, one of the last things you expect to do is laugh out loud. But, if you were to read Adam David's new edition of The El Bimbo Variations , that is exactly what you'd be doing. My advice: try not to read it in public, unless you're okay with people looking at you weird because your shoulders are suddenly shaking in laughter or you have a snap-happy grin on your face. I first read The El Bimbo Variations back when it was still in pdf format. Four years ago, the poet Adam David gave a talk to one of our high school junior classes during a yearly activity where we expose students to real-life writers. In preparation, he sent us a copy of his El Bimbo Variations , and told me that we could distribute it to the students so that they'd know his work. We photocopied them for the classes assigned to Adam and, on the day of the talk, I went in and listened to his session where he got riled up about big publishers and their limited repertoire...
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Well, that's why I have storage issues. Tee hee!
But thanks for the links.
LOL on "Had a life before discovering the internet." That should sum up my biography now as well.
@Jo - Oh, I'm not going to give away the ones I love (such as my classics collection). But I will give away the Sidney Sheldons, Judith Krantzs, and Phyllis Whitneys already. I find I've outgrown them. I like different trashy books now.;P
@Jhay - That's true. Unless your house is finally overrun with books and you have to make your own personal Sophie's choice.:)
@Patrick - Well, you could part with the trade paperbacks and hardbacks instead. ;P Seriously, though, no need to part with them if you don't want to and you don't have to.:)