tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5443776659707935381.post8904403797832437613..comments2023-06-07T07:58:31.471-07:00Comments on Sharing Our Notebooks: Allan Wolf: I Wrote Obsessively on my WallsAmy LVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16625469276544426664noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5443776659707935381.post-80470319308340307982012-04-29T10:39:39.646-07:002012-04-29T10:39:39.646-07:00I love it - butt books! who wudda known! And the p...I love it - butt books! who wudda known! And the photos are awesome, along with the story of not-quite-biblical proportions. thanks for brightening my day. I'll let my butt-books-in-a-crate know they've got cousins down south.Sue Heavenrichhttp://archimedesnotebook.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5443776659707935381.post-71592272723482236142012-04-28T18:17:38.250-07:002012-04-28T18:17:38.250-07:00I am really excited to say that on Mon. night I ge...I am really excited to say that on Mon. night I get to meet Allan at the Poetry Olio at IRA!! He will regale us with his poetry and maybe he will have a butt book in his pocket and no one will know but me? Are any of you other poetry-loving bloggers going to be here in Chicago? I am also impressed he knows hundreds of poems by heart. I am a huge proponent of helping kids figure out that learning poems by heart is fun and easy and worthwhile. Something old should be new again! Would love to conduct a survey in a mall let's say to find out how many people know poems by heart, which ones, why and how. And I would give points even if it wasn't perfect because they were put on the spot. In my experience not many people know poems be heart, or had bad experiences with that in their formative years. But who knows for sure. I am going back to read his MMPoems so I "recognize" him. Janet F.skanny17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07488350213473016250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5443776659707935381.post-2862282727933417102012-04-28T18:16:33.598-07:002012-04-28T18:16:33.598-07:00Thank you Allan for sharing this post, and thank y...Thank you Allan for sharing this post, and thank you Amy for creating a cool site to expose exactly such behind-the-scenes insights.<br /><br />I don't have butt books, but I never leave home without at least one pen and something to write on. Makes for some sizable, if only temporary, collections of paper scraps, receipt margins, post-it notes, and airline napkins.<br /><br />Anyways, Allan ... I read the post twice, and I may have still missed it, but I must know. Where's THE WALL now?Ed DeCariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02008811161729435126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5443776659707935381.post-75075450048465058922012-04-28T15:18:55.428-07:002012-04-28T15:18:55.428-07:00And here I thought BB's were those pellets kid...And here I thought BB's were those pellets kids shot at each other, how wrong was I? Thank you Amy for highlighting this poetry passer and thank goodness for parents who let children write on walls!Charles Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336052424127127605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5443776659707935381.post-45608907002738195032012-04-28T03:18:38.093-07:002012-04-28T03:18:38.093-07:00Butt books butt books butt books--I have to say it...Butt books butt books butt books--I have to say it THREE times, and I WISH I had wanted to write obsessively on my walls but I was already too much of a perfectionist when I started writing in earnest at 9. I'm curious about the relationship of the two Butt Books...do you need one in each pocket just to balance your butt, Allan, or do they serve individual but intermingled purposes? I would love to win "Zane's Trace." Thanks for sharing.Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902158336083356337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5443776659707935381.post-38962120128054317712012-04-27T19:30:21.202-07:002012-04-27T19:30:21.202-07:00My daughter started pasting pictures & writing...My daughter started pasting pictures & writing on walls too. Her father mounted an enormous piece of plywood on one wall so that it could become a permanent thing. It has layers & layers of work on it. Your walls reminded me of that time when it was so needed. I loved seeing the wall & the work & finally about the Butt books-doesn't much work for me, I keep handbag books, I guess! Thanks!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5443776659707935381.post-72596845993452480012012-04-27T19:08:19.170-07:002012-04-27T19:08:19.170-07:00Really funny photos and autobuttography!Really funny photos and autobuttography!Michele Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15084027385834062319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5443776659707935381.post-83582923205233157392012-04-27T14:28:44.219-07:002012-04-27T14:28:44.219-07:00I love Allan's parents for letting him write o...I love Allan's parents for letting him write on the walls. My little brother did the same, only with graphic art instead of words, and I thought it was a wonderful thing. I thoroughly enjoyed this trippy trip into Allan's world. <br /><br />And on the fifth day, Allan gave us Butt Books, and it was good.Renee LaTulippehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520719663052253627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5443776659707935381.post-31849115380235366322012-04-27T13:55:53.680-07:002012-04-27T13:55:53.680-07:00Oh. My. Goodness. Too much wonderfulness in here q...Oh. My. Goodness. Too much wonderfulness in here quote. I just love this insightful episodes in a writer's life.Susan Taylor Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06931432581676140096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5443776659707935381.post-76348143186914995622012-04-27T04:42:07.745-07:002012-04-27T04:42:07.745-07:00I rarely have a back pocket so I can't really ...I rarely have a back pocket so I can't really call mine butt books. But I have plenty of them, too. Fun post.Dorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421672075192660319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5443776659707935381.post-30066399135185634592012-04-27T01:21:22.445-07:002012-04-27T01:21:22.445-07:00I simply have to say "butt books." That ...I simply have to say "butt books." That is all. Well, that and that I have a few, too... I'd just never called them that!Greg Pincushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449684160718426340noreply@blogger.com