Schmoozy (perhaps somewhat boozy) notes from the book fair.

Met bloggers Reb Livingston and Laurel Snyder. Woohoo.



I saw Josh Corey for about .75 minute at Quimby's on Thursday night.



Finally met Brian Evenson in person.



Crashed an NYU alumni gathering with Hannah Tinti & Tom Hopkins. (People kept asking if I went to school there. Yes, I'm Daniel Nester. Of course.)



Saw David Trinidad briefly yesterday--hope to see him again today!



Saw Dan Machlin from Futurepoem, Vincent Standley from 3rd Bed, and Patrick Donnelly from Poets & Writers. If just seeing counts, there are too many people to name, really.



Met Eric Lorberer from Rain Taxi, a good friend to Soft Skull.



Chatted with Mark Bibbins in the hotel bar last night before we hit a party upstairs with the ever-gorgeous Miss Marion Wrenn.



Had beers at Berghoff with Matthew Zapruder, who was on lunch-fetching duty for Big Small Press Mall.



You can't turn around without tripping over a poet.



Purchased: The Wavering Knife by Brian Evenson, Wakenight Emporium by A. B. West, Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls by Lucy Corin (all FC2), At Port Royal by Christopher Edgar (AIP), and Juniper Fuse by Clayton Eshleman.



Received: Painted Bride Quarterly: Print Annual 2, in which I appear, and which is rightfully advertised and their book fair table as 28 oz of poetic bliss; and Redivider, a new journal from Emerson College.



Traded a Spooky for Daphne Gottlieb's new chapbook Destroyer of All Things.



Plans to hit a panel this afternoon may fall to the wayside in favor of plans to hit the modern art museum.



Hubby is sporting a fashionable new haircut, part 70s rocker, part razor-layered punk. Thanks, Chicago!