tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11262289.post6259130105130630906..comments2024-01-31T10:38:51.039-08:00Comments on dulcetly...notes on a bookish life: kristy bowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831806047965186923noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11262289.post-38436301816836219102011-12-14T19:27:06.007-08:002011-12-14T19:27:06.007-08:00Kristy, great post. I've been thinking a lot a...Kristy, great post. I've been thinking a lot about this too. It seems that they keep telling us "there are no academic jobs" or at least not enough. However, what about other fields? I guess for some a full-time tenure track job at a university is the Holy Grail of careers for a poet. But it boggles my mind how obtuse creative people can be when it comes to thinking outside the stanza and applying a poetic sensibility to other fields. Clearly, you have made a path for yourself in library science. I'm teaching in the public schools and doing freelance copywriting. I'd like to hear more about what non-academic jobs poetry MFAs land, than read one more article about how you'll never be Billy Collins.Laura the Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06661063308918439389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11262289.post-58512871219620683242011-12-14T15:45:13.611-08:002011-12-14T15:45:13.611-08:00Thanks for the shout-out, K! You were one of my ea...Thanks for the shout-out, K! You were one of my early inspirations, by the way, when it came to hammering out an artistic life in this crazy world - you have a job, and you publish and edit - sort of ideal to me!<br />I agree with you about the still writing - I would say that is the one and only basis for success - are you still doing it? If you can get published and get paid for still writing, that's even better, but just writing itself if kind of a good marker for passion, for creative energy, for whether or not you truly still love words.Supervillainesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03721829125190373978noreply@blogger.com