And the Evening's Readings.......

Going to the Galloway Mansion was a very interesting adventure. I was surprised, but my roommate decided to come along with me. When we walked in, we noticed that the Mansion was beautiful and appropriately decorated. It made me feel good being able to describe to my roommate the different publications done by the authors. Once we were seated, I noticed how early we were. I was very surprised, because I am RARELY early for anything. As time moved on, I felt myself getting impatient because I knew we were going to start late. I was enjoying the atmosphere, but I wanted to enjoy the atmosphere of my room. I had been busy the entire day and I was ready to relax. We finally got started and Rebecca Skloot introduced herself as well as the following readers Christine Keneally, Josh Prager, and Stacy Sullivan. The all came up and read, of course one at a time. I listened and I found it interesting to see them read their own books. I always feel weird when I am reading my poetry to someone, so I wondered how were they feeling as they read. There were people standing around, so it was sort of hard to pay attention with all of the distractions and my short attention span did not help. I enjoyed the readings and I am glad that I was in attendance.