Last night at Open Books, Aarti introduced the last panel of the weekend’s grand opening…
…and all the poets–me, Don Share, Michael Kadela, and Kristy Bowen–and audience members listened attentively, and then clapped so much, we got a little blurry: 
After that, we talked about poetry, since it was a poetry panel. Thanks to Aarti and all the people at Open Books for working so hard on such a great organization and for inviting me to participate, and thanks to my fellow panelists for being so thought-provoking.