Barbara Hurd     "Just as to be sloppy in a cave is to risk falling or damaging ancient formations, to be sloppy on the page is to risk an insight’s evaporating in mid-sentence. For most writers, discoveries are elusive and more likely to stay that way unless meticulously chosen words and graceful phrasing converge in a sentence that might get closer to saying what’s more true."     From Barbara Hurd’s “Tipping the Balance” in Landscapes with Figures Ed. Robert Root             Events/Readings   2011 Saturday, October 15 Welcome Table Press' Symposium "In Praise of the Essay" Fordham University NYC, NY. Thursday, November 3 University of Pittsburgh/Johnstown Johnstown, Pa Friday-Saturday, November 4-5 Chatham University's Bridges to Other Worlds Festival Pittsburgh, PA Friday-Saturday, January 13-15, 2012 Peter Murphy's Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway Galloway, New Jersey