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L was a g i r l

Blah, blah, blah. I'm thinking of a whole bunch of stuff today. Today I thought about L-------.

L was a girl I met in grade 8. And I was thinking about the gym class we were in together.

And how mean girls can be.

And how 3 years later, her life changed and she had a baby at 16.

And 2 years after that, she was pumping gas into my car 'cos she was the manager of PetroCan. Haven't seen her or thought of her since then.

But blah, blah, blah. THEN she just popped into my mind today. After 19 years.

What is with that?

What triggers memories for you?

Was it the bouquet of dandelions that I spotted on the sidewalk tied in a bow like a shoelace?

MMMMMMmmmmmm. I'm not sure. Perhaps a  sign taped on a lamppost advertising a garage sale from 2006? Or was it musing on your horoscope, "Things will be fuzzy today but trust that everything will clear up on May 2nd"?

I wonder what the first boy I loved is doing tonight.

When's the last time he thought of L?

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I am so excited to hear that Marita Dachsel is launching her debut collection this week.   

"all things said & done" is described by her publisher as "a visceral exploration of the moments of life that stand out in the pages of a family album and the intervals of memory."

Marita was born and raised in Williams Lake, BC, and has lived in Kamloops, Dawson City, Auckland and Montpellier, France. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and has been published widely in Canadian literary journals. She currently lives in Vancouver with her husband, playwright Kevin Kerr, and their son, Atticus.

First crushes, first times, weddings and trips across town, across water, and across continents. Sounds awesome.

Dachsel perceptively sprinkles these moments with the details photographs don’t reveal, as in "Dispatches from an Impending Marriage": "Don't talk to me about photographers./ Nothing will capture this. A printed paper/ will only mock—/ a gaudy misrepresentation/ a plastic jesus on the mantle—/ two dimensions of fabric, teeth and skin."

This is a triple book launch so Marita will also be reading with Nancy and Sean.
See below....

Nancy Pagh was born and raised on Fidalgo Island in Anacortes, Washington. She burst onto the literary scene at age twelve with the publication of her poem 'Is a Clam Clammy, or Is It Just Wet?' in a local boating magazine. Before earning Master's degrees in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of New Hampshire, and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of British Columbia, she worked in the scientific publications unit of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration in Seattle. She teaches English and Canadian Studies at Western Washington University and lives in Bellingham.

Sean Horlor was born in Edmonton and lived in Victoria for many years before making Vancouver his home. He has published his poetry widely in literary journals, including Arc, Event, The Fiddlehead, Grain, Pine Magazine, THIS Magazine, The Claremont Review, Inner Harbour Review, and The Malahat Review. His poem "In Praise of Beauty" won first place in This Magazine s 2006 Great Canadian Literary Hunt and was an Editor s Choice in Arc s International Poem of the Year contest. Made Beautiful by Use is his first collection of poetry.

Dewinetz published a broadside or a chapbook of her work. Check it out! Oh Dewinetz! How the hell are you, dude? Long time no talk?!?!?