insomniac vegan poets tend to write reams of stuff - reams of stiff no one
wants to read
reams!!!!!!
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From: Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: John Kinsella
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:13:07 -0600
Yes, the few time he talked to me about his early life, as well as his first
memoir, certainly suggested a wild life in his tees.
And he certainly doesn't sleep much, & is now a vegan (or was when he stayed
with us years ago). So he managed to read a few books while we slept, &
discovered, as a result, Phyllis Webb, about whom he asked the next day,
'Why haven't I ever heard of this great poet before?' I had told him she was
my choice for Canada's first Nobel....
Doug
On 12-Jun-07, at 7:16 AM, Barry Alpert wrote:
>Kinsella's presentation occurred some time ago, Doug, so my memory isn't as
>detailed as I might like, but I'd guess it was a combination of his accent,
>his physical movement into the audience while reading his poems, and his
>tales of the period of his life before he "straightened up" which kept the
>generalized audience at bay. I was happy to have an opportunity to talk to
>him without wading thru a mob. He did want me to ask the list if anyone
>has copies of archival Poetryetc material earlier than that currently
>accessible. Barry
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