This is Brittany. You probably hardly remember me at this point – it’s been a long time haha. Anyway, I’m super excited to see that you have another blog! Also – through away-message-stalking I noticed you must have had a recent appendectomy and I hope you’re feeling better!

Anyway, I pretty much agree with everything you’ve said in this essay. I like to think that I just have high standards for books – a writer just has to be supremely awesome for me to like him/her. And, like you, I tend to like books that aren’t 50 bajillion years old.

And also like you, I’ve chosen English because I love to write. But I’m also glad I transferred to a college that allows me to have a concentration in writing. It’s funny because my advisor is always like, “I hate English majors who say they don’t like to read and that they only like to write – who’s going to read their writing then?” Well, I say, If those authors could actually write something worth reading then I would read it. I just like to think that I’m striving to write something worth reading and that I’m so awesome that I will actually achieve that feat someday.

Anyway, I should send you some poems sometime in the near future. I’ve got a ton from last semester and a couple I’m working on for this semester, so maybe you could look at ‘em. By the way, have you heard about Kooser’s new book? It’s a collection of Valentine poems – sounds pretty interesting. Ok, I guess I’ll end this comment here since it’s getting kind of long. Hope you have a great day!

-Brittany