Thursday, April 15, 2004

Come Again Again?

Are these two things a solid match or what:

1) Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas

and


2) An organization (to remain nameless here) comprised entirely of educated Filipinas who hold professional positions etc., etc.

Well, I thought so. Which is why I wrote and asked them if they'd like to host a reading for Going Home. My message included complete details about the anthology, as well as a link if they needed to know more. I received a prompt reply asking me to propose how—in 100 words or less—such a reading would be consistent with the organization's focus on (among other things) Filipina women's issues.

I somehow managed to restrain myself from writing a one word proposal that said, "Duh." I'm sure this is a quality organization; I'm not trying to be (very) disrespectful. I'm just saying that, you know, maybe bureaucracy and protocol or whatever aren't really necessary in this case.

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