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Eleanor Jackson
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Christian Kiefer
xian@christiankiefer.com
Heard NPR this evening. Two days ago, I packed my poetry books, including yours, to ship to our Northern Michigan cottage.
I am thrilled to hear where you are–
Don’t ever touch down.
C.
Dear Christian Kiefer,
my name is Stefan Schlensag. I work as a lecturer in the Department for Britisch Cultural Studies and Literature at the Universtiy of Dortmund, Germany.
I wanted to write to you for a long time.
I’ve been reading your blog for years and wanted to thank you. I had just taken my Phd when I discovered your music and writing. My band had broken up, my girl friend an I split up, I had no job and I no idea how to carry on with what I wanted in life. This is seven years ago.
I found it especially difficult to balance work and music. Is music only something you can carry out as a hobby while at the same time lecturing, doing research, writing books? People I had been friends with and played music with left me. They left for whatever reason: Families, 9-5 jobs etc. I always thought: but you can still play music while doing other things.
Most people did not feel that way.
I started reading yout blog when you wrote your dissertation. I was amazed and thought: Look somebody can do it. Maybe America is different and people there are more flexible, more committed, mor used to fragmented lifestyles and have better networks (Amerika – du hast es besser- said J. W. Goethe), but still…Reading your blog gave me hope and strength in believing in the beauty and power of music and art again – and to work harder.
I Just wanted to let you know. Please visit my website: shipof ara.com. If you like, keep in touch. If you forward an address, I will sent you a CD and a singls I have just released with my friend Peter.
In any case, carry on
Best regards
Stefan
I don’t even know what to say, Stefan, except thank you so much for this kind note. Don’t give up; keep making art. That’s the only advice I have. Yes do send me your music. I sent you an e-mail separately–send me another note if you don’t receive it xian@christiankiefer.com.
Dear Mr. Kiefer,
I once ate a Thanksgiving meal at your home in Tipton, Iowa. It was great. I also went to Chicago with you and you showed me dinosaurs (but they were dead). Then you drove me home.
Your biggest fan,
L’il Neil Soiseth
Hey Neil:
Ah I recall that Thanksgiving with much fondness. Dead dinosaurs, too. Driving home, not so much.
How are things? E-mail me at xian@christiankiefer.com or facebook me or whatever. Let’s catch up.
CK
Looking through a collection of academic works on C. McCarthy, I noticed, “The Morality of Blood: Examining the Hero in Revisionist Westerns” written back in 97 and was wondering, is that you?
Indeed that was my thesis. My dissertation has some McCarthy stuff in it too, some of which was published separately in SW American Lit. You doing something on Cormac?
I’m considering it. He’s been a fav of mine since I first encountered his work 7 or 8 years ago but not sure it’ll materialize being a rhet/comp guy. I’m currently on a hiatus from Sac State and toying with the idea of xfering somewhere that’ll let me do a thesis on something (like Cormac) that interests me. I was just surprised to see someone from State do something on McCarthy–14 years ago no less. That’s tight.
I know it was a while ago at this point, but I just wanted to tell you how phenomenal you were with Jandek. That was the most mind blowing performance I have ever seen, thanks in good part to the band. To be on stage and be a part of that, wow.
Hey Tim, thanks much for this. It was incredible being up there. The “representative from Corwood” is an intelligent, insightful man and it was a pleasure spending some time with him. Glad you were there. At some point it will come out as a Corwood release but that’s some years off probably.
Not sure if you remember me. We worked together for awhile in Colfax. I cleaned out my desk today and found the CD you’d given to my husband Jeff. I wondered what you are up to.