Survey and Assessment

Current reading material spread about my house:
Rolling Stone Magazine
Air Guitar by David Hickey
Follies by Ann Beattie
THE WEEK
Vanity Fair (which includes Joseph E. Stiglitz’s esteemed essay on the recession)
Cosmo (still)

Current books in a pile to loan to mom:
Brief Encounters with Che Guevara by Benjamin Fountain
The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss

Current book on loan from dad:
Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff

A book I really want to get my hands on but it costs too much:
Still Looking by John Updike (essays on modern art)

Current books I really want to write:
Okay So Check This Out (a collection of my lyrical essays)
A collection of my art essays (untitled)

Top two ideal places to be hired by:
Gettysburg College (waiting)
Emory University (waiting)

Top two residencies to get into:
Fine Arts Work Center (8 months) (waiting)
Vermont Studio Center (full fellowship) (applying)

Top four literary magazines I want to see my lyrical essays in:
Seneca Review (no sim.sub.)
Narrative (rejected)
Fourth Genre (rejected)
Creative Nonfiction Journal (waiting)

Top priorities:
My health
My writing
My family