Wed, Jan 30, 5:45pm

Just spent the day setting up the tables. Here's a BEFORE shot:


Here's the AFTER my heroic labors (they'll clean up more tonight):


Poets everywhere of course...here's Joseph Lease (teacher at CCA) from our coast, and Joshua Beckman (Wave Books) from the opposite one:


The bookfair this year is HUGE. I mean even compared to last year it seems enormous! See the shot of our table above? That's one PART of one room. Here's part of room 2:


And more of Room 2, with lots of tables around the corner you can't see:


And here's ROOM 3:


And MORE of Room 3:



And even MORE of Room 3:


Honestly I'm a little overwhelmed at how giant this thing has gotten. Any single one of these shots would have been the approximate number of total tables there were in Palm Springs the first year I went. It certainly evinces some kind of poetry publishing explosion. I hope some readers & bookbuyers show up the next few days in response.

Brent