Was up late reading until about 1 AM. Agreed to edit a book that is turning out to be a much more difficult proposition than first imagined. The food here is very good. The air is thin, and I feel tired often. My tooth is holding up well enough.I look forward to getting it fixed. It seems we are going, en masse, to the Venice Biennial. Something like 8 hours on a bus each way. I don’t know if that is such a wise use of our time… I hate busses.

Today’s class was intense. Speck was rather provocative with some of his language and things got a little heated. Last night there was a reading by Nicholas(?) Baker that was very good. From his latest novel about a poet. I don’t remember who is on tonight.

Off I go!