I got 2 separate things in the mail yesterday from Alice James Books. 1. The 2004 Beatrice Hawley Award winning book, Polar by Dobby Gibson. I'm quickly becoming a Dobby Gibson fan and have already torn through the first half of this book. There's a rhythm there that just carries you, on through the poem, to the next poem. It's hard to stop. We put 2 of his little ditties in Octopus. And 2. A letter telling me that I am not the 2005 Beatrice Hawley winner. (Sigh).