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Reginald Shepherd
Good News From My World

Now that it's official, I can finally tell the world that I have, on my fifteenth try (yes, I've been applying since 1993), been awarded a 2008 Guggenheim Foundation fellowship. While I would certainly have liked to have received one earlier, this fellowship could not have come at a time when I needed it more, as my medical bills for my cancer treatments and surgeries have been mounting at a frightening rate.

I keep looking at the list of Fellows on the Guggenheim Foundation web site to confirm that my name is still there. Sometimes the world does give one what one needs when one needs it. Just not very often...

04.02.08 | Comments (13)



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Congratulations, Reginald!

Posted by: Linh Dinh on April 2, 2008 10:08 PM

Woohoo, Reginald!

Posted by: Nic Sebastian on April 3, 2008 3:29 AM

Congratulations from Colorado, Reginald!

Posted by: Joseph Hutchison on April 3, 2008 7:18 AM

congratulations Reginald.

Posted by: dwayne on April 3, 2008 8:18 AM

Congratulations Reginald, well timed and well deserved.

Posted by: Diana Adams on April 3, 2008 9:35 AM

Well right-f*ckin-truckin-on-10-4 good buddy! Congrats!

Posted by: john on April 3, 2008 11:56 AM

congrats to you!

Posted by: Jilly on April 3, 2008 4:32 PM

Hope you don't mind my saying, Reginald,
since persistence can be a kind of prayer,
it is wonderful this
"Watch God Moment"
has happened for you.

Posted by: Brian Salchert on April 3, 2008 6:28 PM

Well-deserved! They made the right decision.

Posted by: Cuitlamiztli Carter on April 4, 2008 9:32 AM

FOND CONGRATULATIONS and much, much deserved.

& I sure hope people spell your name right from now.

Posted by: Jonathan David Jackson on April 4, 2008 11:28 AM

Reginald: What great news! Congratulations.
Anna

Posted by: Anna Rabinowitz on April 6, 2008 6:40 PM

wow, way to go, Foundation.

i'm actually a fan of reginald and am happy for him, but it IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH. what happened to the *other* bloggers? way to hire bloggers who don't post regularly. Please tell me you aren't PAYING them to NOT POST??!

Posted by: ffsmith on April 7, 2008 9:51 AM

FF--I would guess we're all frantically doing our taxes. Stay tuned. Daisy

Posted by: Daisy on April 7, 2008 11:46 AM

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