Life of a Creative Writing Grad Student [and knitter]

The occasional opining of a sleep-deprived grad student, with cheese.

Sunday, April 24, 2005

So. Can we nail down a topic?

I have discovered about four different topics I could use in this stupid paper. I've also read everything the poet wrote. Turns out, stupid little old man isn't cooperating, and none of those topics are viable. I read the whole damn collection of essay, letters, lectures, interviews, etc (over 200 pages) looking for topic one, and find like five sentences. So I think about all the stuff I vaguely recalled about topic 2, and breeze through it again to find a whole paragraph. Repeat infinitum. I need 10 pages, Frost, could you work with me here?

On the lighter side, my final topic is so vague that he says lots of stuff on it. About one page worth, all put together. Now I can go find poems that match it. If this doesn't work, and none of the poems have anything to do with what he says his poems have to do with, I'll rip his book apart.

Ten pages begin now. I've got a few quotes. I've got an introduction. I've got a title (Kick Ass Title Here). There's a chance I can do this. It's for poetry. It doesn't have to be brilliant, because even if it is, he won't agree.

End.

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