Burkholder, Jenny A. 2002
Wednesday, September 18, 2002
American Poets Reading
with Deborah Cummins, Janice Harrington, and John Mann
American Poets Reading
with Deborah Cummins, Janice Harrington, and John Mann
Read Jenny A. Burkholder’s non-fiction work, “Boob Party,” from So to Speak Journal:
Boob Party / So to Speak
It’s evident the art of losing’s not too hard to master though it may look like ( Write it!) like disaster. Elizabeth Bishop, “One Art” It’s hard to know what to say to a three and six-year-old when you have cancer. My first doctor, when I sat down with her after a botched biopsy, never said the word cancer.
In my new red high heels, a Rolex with a face of a hundred tiny diamonds, and my new black leather dress snuggled around my hips, I plan to smoke three cigarettes. First one I’ll light with a plastic Bic lighter, rough around the edges from opening too many beer tops, and inhale deeply.
– Jenny A. Burkholder, “Dorothy”
