The classes are huge. By the last week of the course, we're in Hawaii. Hudson likes teaching the course so much that even when he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1988, relieving him of instructional responsibilities, he still came back to teach C313. The material in the course, in fact, is the basis for Across This Land , Hudson's forthcoming book. I mean, I hate to say that because that means my life's work is going to be completed pretty soon.
Nobody wants to say that.
But Hudson's memory of the year of his Guggenheim seems to indicate that his life's work may not be over quite yet. I didn't like not being here and wondering what was going on. So I was sort of miserable. It's much more fun for me to be involved in teaching a class. I really enjoy teaching.