PUSHCART POSSIBLE FOR PORTLAND POET

Word on the cold, rainy Portland street is that 2GQ's own Nora Robertson (formerly Nora McCrea) has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, the small press equivalent of an Oscar—or, better yet, a Palme d'Or. The perfectly delicious poem responsible, "How to Boil an Egg," appeared this year in Redactions. If you've been paying attention over the last few years, now you can say you knew her when. Warm, wet, sloppy congrats to Nora!

Left: Nora performs in the 2GQ event "Exquisite Language" at the Heathman Hotel during the 2004 Enteractive Language Festival. Photo by Steve Fritz.