by Caleb Eldon Merritt (Author)

Chappbook is not a misspelling; rather, it is a collection of poetry with a clever title (being a chapbook derived from application materials) written because of / in spite of / despite of / in league with / with no correlation / with some correlation / possibly related to the rejections flooding in from applications to MFA programs.
And the one acceptance.
Woof.
Enjoy. *dumpling smile*
Also called: Texas for Dummies

[You see, once upon a time, I decided to apply to graduate school, mainly due to friendly and encouraging faces. One year, I had quite a few rejections. I also got in to one place. How? I'm not sure. Anyway, these are poems from the submission materials along with a few others during the time of waiting, along with ones that didn't make it into the submission packet, along with, well, etc.]