Mike Shay, author of “The Weight of a Body,” writes:

This is wild! The Democratic National Committee has announced that my blog, hummingbirdminds, will be the credentialed blog from Wyoming at the Denver convention in August. I’ll be seated on the convention floor with the state’s delegation, posting the action as it happens. A front row seat, as DNCC Chair Howard Dean says in this announcement: http://www.demconvention.com/bloggercorps/blog-announce-wy.mov (Quicktime file)

Now I’ll have to dust off my coal-powered laptop and get it ready to rumble at DemCon08.

Seth’s The Suburban Ecstasies is forthcoming from GRP next spring. Enjoy this poem now.

Event: Cherry Creek Retirement Village presents a book signing event by Deputy Mayor of Denver and Author Guillermo “Bill” Vidal, who will read from and speak about his memoir ‘Boxing for Cuba’ which chronicles his perilous childhood journey to escape Cuba under Castro’s regime and migrate to the U.S.

Hors’ devours and beverages will be served and books will be available for purchase.

Please RSVP by May14th to 303-693-0200.

Where:     Cherry Creek Retirement Village, 14555 E. Hampden Ave., Aurora 80014

When:     May 17, 2008 from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm

Please join Many Mountains Moving Literary Journal for a salon, potluck and open mic on May 17th, 2008, 7:00 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church 1419 Pine St., Boulder. Featured readers are Sheryl Luna, Catherine Wiley and Eleanor Swanson. Bring poems and a dish to share. Beverages provided. For more information, visit: www.mmminc.org or call Barbara Sorensen at (303) 823-5149. Featured poets: Sheryl Luna, Catherine Wiley, and Eleanor Swanson

We’ve received an unprecedented number of manuscripts since January. And so we’ve decided to close the submission window until further notice. We’ll get through the solicitations and queries and then open things up again late this year or early next. Thanks to all who have sent us correspondence. It takes a lot of time to accomplish all the tasks of getting a book from A to Z, and we appreciate your patience as we keep moving forward.