March 31st, 2010 / 12:03 am
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Overheard at AWP: “Are you somebody?”

45 Comments

  1. joseph

      I’m offering couch/floor space right here a year or so in advance for AWP 2011 in DC.

      But only for somebody who is somebody, of course.

      Couch space contingent upon me owning a couch a year or so in advance from now.

  2. joseph

      I’m offering couch/floor space right here a year or so in advance for AWP 2011 in DC.

      But only for somebody who is somebody, of course.

      Couch space contingent upon me owning a couch a year or so in advance from now.

  3. Trey

      zing :o

  4. Trey

      zing :o

  5. Bradley Sands

      Are you posting from the one week and a few days into the future, Blake?

  6. Bradley Sands

      Are you posting from the one week and a few days into the future, Blake?

  7. I. Fontana

      Some woman asked me that once in the VIP room of a Manhattan club. It was a ‘Red’ party, where you had to wear something Red. My friend Shine gave me somebody’s Red shirt. It was a party for some stylist. Kees and Penelope showed up. Shine and I after a while just sat close together and evaluated everyone, our lives, existence and so on. I might have met the Queen of the Vampires there.

  8. I. Fontana

      Some woman asked me that once in the VIP room of a Manhattan club. It was a ‘Red’ party, where you had to wear something Red. My friend Shine gave me somebody’s Red shirt. It was a party for some stylist. Kees and Penelope showed up. Shine and I after a while just sat close together and evaluated everyone, our lives, existence and so on. I might have met the Queen of the Vampires there.

  9. Jordan

      “I’m Gerald Stern.”

  10. Jordan

      “I’m Gerald Stern.”

  11. stephen

      ha… that’s funny… i may have already told this story on here.. but i was at an afterparty with several bands including the band im friends with and this kid who was like 4 yrs younger than me is standing in a little circle with me and my friend the piano player and hes like “hey, so we’re like in bands…what do youuu do?” lol

  12. stephen

      ha… that’s funny… i may have already told this story on here.. but i was at an afterparty with several bands including the band im friends with and this kid who was like 4 yrs younger than me is standing in a little circle with me and my friend the piano player and hes like “hey, so we’re like in bands…what do youuu do?” lol

  13. Adam Robinson

      I saved Latin.

  14. Adam Robinson

      I saved Latin.

  15. Tim Horvath

      The key is to find the other conference going on at the hotel, like the 3rd Annual Conference on Technological Solutions to Coral Reef Sustainability, and then to announce, “Hey, guys, I’m the fiction writer.” Which you then follow up by declaring that you were kidding, buying drinks for everyone in earshot, and passing yourself off as “the Steve Jobs of Coral Reefs” for the next 48 hours.

  16. Tim Horvath

      The key is to find the other conference going on at the hotel, like the 3rd Annual Conference on Technological Solutions to Coral Reef Sustainability, and then to announce, “Hey, guys, I’m the fiction writer.” Which you then follow up by declaring that you were kidding, buying drinks for everyone in earshot, and passing yourself off as “the Steve Jobs of Coral Reefs” for the next 48 hours.

  17. dave e

      And you were in the shit.

  18. dave e

      And you were in the shit.

  19. Sean

      I’m fucking Gertrude Stein! I started all this, all this fabulist, magical whatever you guys think you are doing. I am the womb and the black hole! Now go make me a peach liquor in a thimble cup. Clap, clap.

  20. Sean

      I’m fucking Gertrude Stein! I started all this, all this fabulist, magical whatever you guys think you are doing. I am the womb and the black hole! Now go make me a peach liquor in a thimble cup. Clap, clap.

  21. Jhon Baker

      Being Jhon Baker, I am everyone and it is why I don’t like myself and am full of distrust about my motives.

  22. Jhon Baker

      Being Jhon Baker, I am everyone and it is why I don’t like myself and am full of distrust about my motives.

  23. Richard

      we’re all precious snowflakes

  24. Richard

      we’re all precious snowflakes

  25. stephen

      ’tis true…

  26. stephen

      ’tis true…

  27. stephen

      except for jonathan safran foer, that fuckin’ guy….. = ) jk of course

  28. stephen

      except for jonathan safran foer, that fuckin’ guy….. = ) jk of course

  29. Nathan Tyree

      “are you somebody?”

      There’s an existentialist question for you. My answer is: no.

  30. Nathan Tyree

      “are you somebody?”

      There’s an existentialist question for you. My answer is: no.

  31. Matthew Simmons

      httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTB1h18bHlY

  32. Matthew Simmons

      httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTB1h18bHlY

  33. sasha fletcher

      And Adam Robinson wrote and directed a hit play, so he’s not sweating it either.

  34. sasha fletcher

      And Adam Robinson wrote and directed a hit play, so he’s not sweating it either.

  35. Jhon Baker

      awesome.

  36. Jhon Baker

      awesome.

  37. audri

      and his safety was harvard.

  38. audri

      and his safety was harvard.

  39. Daniel Powell

      “O, R THEY?”

  40. Daniel Powell

      “O, R THEY?”

  41. Jimmy Chen

      dang, totally thought that was will smith

  42. Jimmy Chen

      dang, totally thought that was will smith

  43. Gian

      I’ll be introducing myself as Blake Butler the entire time I am in Denver.

  44. Gian

      I’ll be introducing myself as Blake Butler the entire time I am in Denver.

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