First year Seminar student/audience member here = WOW! Completely professional, classy operation. In my old school admin life I 'herded cats' - the nicest people could blow up my best-laid plans. Not last weekend, oh no - due to intensive planning on your part, I'm sure. Electric joy for me? Inspiring teachers and writers, including Matt Bell, Lauren Groff, Karen Russell, Tananarive Duo, to name a few, and the comedy duo Hiassen/Barry. I'm still laughing over funny poets, too - who knew? (B. Collins: "Emerging writers? I've emerged...") So a warm thank you, Katrin, to you and the entire team, for all of it.
Best newsletter of the year Katrin! Congrats on another successful Key West Literary Seminar! Love this from Lauren Groff, “Fiction is not supposed to provide answers, it’s supposed to ask questions that beget more questions.” And: "I’ve learned there’s no such thing as being over-prepared, and that I should trust my gut if someone seems a bit “off” on paper: in real life they will surely cause me trouble."
You ARE great at small talk, even if you don't think so.
And dang, I would totally give up my veto on visiting Florida for this seminar...or to see you! Sounds like it went really well this year. And that photo of Billy Collins is gold!
First year Seminar student/audience member here = WOW! Completely professional, classy operation. In my old school admin life I 'herded cats' - the nicest people could blow up my best-laid plans. Not last weekend, oh no - due to intensive planning on your part, I'm sure. Electric joy for me? Inspiring teachers and writers, including Matt Bell, Lauren Groff, Karen Russell, Tananarive Duo, to name a few, and the comedy duo Hiassen/Barry. I'm still laughing over funny poets, too - who knew? (B. Collins: "Emerging writers? I've emerged...") So a warm thank you, Katrin, to you and the entire team, for all of it.
You’re so welcome :)
Best newsletter of the year Katrin! Congrats on another successful Key West Literary Seminar! Love this from Lauren Groff, “Fiction is not supposed to provide answers, it’s supposed to ask questions that beget more questions.” And: "I’ve learned there’s no such thing as being over-prepared, and that I should trust my gut if someone seems a bit “off” on paper: in real life they will surely cause me trouble."
:)
XO LA
Thank you Laura!
You ARE great at small talk, even if you don't think so.
And dang, I would totally give up my veto on visiting Florida for this seminar...or to see you! Sounds like it went really well this year. And that photo of Billy Collins is gold!