No one tells you that the year-year and a half following grad school is full of searching and tumult.  At least that's been my experience.  I sent out to dozens of book prizes and had many near-misses, swallowed myself in teaching composition and...

and this year I'm going as a Sorority Girl (aka Sorority "Bitch"): Sorority Girl Halloween Costume by ALAuchter featuring kate spade bags

I know it's early, but the wind is skittering the leaves outside and the first (slightly, this is Texas after all) cool wind is in the air and already I'm looking forward to the approaching fall, most importantly the joy of the Nutcracker Market after...