In the City

My first trip to NYC, AWP-style, though the best part about conference this year was not the cheap books, or the panels or the official readings, but the setting (just *being* in Manhattan) and the friends.

The friends! The new! the old! the deepening, the broadening! The everyone of y'all who made me feel so alive--and still do and are. Thank you.

And now, the pics:

The view from the hotel window, the Empire State Building:


Sara and Megan in front of Grand Central Station:


The Affrilachian Poets at the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe:


Me and Madison Avenue:


Turnstile Doug-style:


Subterranean Hillbilly:


Subway chic: