I’ll be reading this Wednesday night at Lula’s Cafe in South Bend as part of Notre Dame’s MFA reading series. I’ll be there with Levi Sanchez & Elizabeth Franklin, two of my talented, prose-writing colleagues.
I’m terminally shy & congested with stage fright, but come on out anyway and enjoy the reading!
I received a call earlier this afternoon informing me that I have been accepted into Notre Dame’s MFA program!
Not really sure what to say, I’m still pretty much speechless and sure that at any moment they’re going to call back and say, ‘No, sorry, we meant to call the other Ryan Smith.”
It’s incredible that they’ve responded this early, but I was told that the selections committee all made identical initial picks, so that was pretty much that.
As sentimental as it may be, I do have to mention that today marks the anniversary of Jake’s death, which is a large reason that February is often a ‘bad month’ for me (the snow certainly doesn’t help). That the call came on today of all days means a great deal to me.
