February 3, 2019

Quite satisfying reading at Malaprop’s of “Corin and Dorina.” There was a large crowd (including none of my colleagues, but several of my students) which seemed unusually attentive to the reading, laughing at the right places, literally gasping when the plot turn came. I was happy as I am not always after a reading. Glenis read some of her poems, which also appeared in the North Carolina Literary Review, whose latest publication the reading was to celebrate. It could have been 1992 at the green door. Glenis is at her best when she has a character from whom exhortation can be expected. This afternoon is was Harriet Tubman. Wandered around for a while downtown in the pure winter light.