Jeffrey Levine from Tupelo Press has sent me another warm-hearted letter, because he is both kind and generous. And alas, my book-length manuscrupt, "Jacob Wrestling" was not selected for publication.So, there you have it. A manuscript whose main theme grapples with the effects of being 'chosen' has yet to be chosen.
"Jacob Wrestling" is still up for the Transcontinental Prize from Pavement Saw Press and the Gerald Cable Book Award from Silverfish Review Press, but after the results come from these (in the Spring?) I believe that I will put the book up into some special place. After two years of entering beauty contests, it is time to give her a rest.
Many thanks to all of you friends who were supportive of me during this work. That is worth more to me than the heartfelt content of those pages.
Now it's time to create something new...
Love,
Jim C-D
