I don't mean to brag, but the reading went really well last Saturday. (I had not read in over ten years.) Of course, it did not help that I went after some giants of poetry like Matt Sedillo who is an amazing performer, but the crowd responded very well to my story, and I got a lot of sincere compliments afterward.
That night, I started off with a joke, "I haven't read in a while, but I hope it's like sex because I'm pretty good at that." Ha ha ha. It was a friendly audience, and the members laughed appropriately. Then I gave a short narrative on the historical context of the piece and my father's work as a farm worker and dove right in.
In the end, I went with the first piece in the anthology, "Down South Where the Water is Warm." I had to cut out about three pages, so I could make my time limit, but the story was surprisingly coherent. At first when I read it, I thought some sections were redundant, but I realized that was actually fine for a story being read out loud. The story also contains great onomatopoeia, and that also improved the reading.
All in all, I was quite pleased with the results, and I hope to read again soon!
(Images are coming as soon as the photographer processes them.)
For now, here is a funny pic.
That night, I started off with a joke, "I haven't read in a while, but I hope it's like sex because I'm pretty good at that." Ha ha ha. It was a friendly audience, and the members laughed appropriately. Then I gave a short narrative on the historical context of the piece and my father's work as a farm worker and dove right in.
In the end, I went with the first piece in the anthology, "Down South Where the Water is Warm." I had to cut out about three pages, so I could make my time limit, but the story was surprisingly coherent. At first when I read it, I thought some sections were redundant, but I realized that was actually fine for a story being read out loud. The story also contains great onomatopoeia, and that also improved the reading.
All in all, I was quite pleased with the results, and I hope to read again soon!
(Images are coming as soon as the photographer processes them.)
For now, here is a funny pic.
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