To a degree, Stephen
He'd be over 90 now
His widow is that and rather active; but she is fortunate
I was going to say that Bob was unwell when he died; but that is rather an
obvious statement I mean that his illness was debilitating; and he chose
to have symptoms ameliorated rather than anything invasive and
uncomfortable which might have preserved him for a while longer He was
never one to take an easy route or shirk responsibility; but in this case
he took a humane approach to himself - that if his situation was terminal
and pressingly so then there was no point in hanging on to every second at
the cost of finally fruitless suffering
He bade his friends and colleagues goodbye having discussed the
continuation and preservation of his work - although that had been in
train for two years & so he merely needed to say "as we discussed', having
offered the two of us involved a let out, & then his last hours were with
his family
I'm sorry btw but the fullstops fell out of my Mac on the way here And the
greater than sign
He faced death with some humour at least when I was there -- "I have an
escape plan: if I am not out of hospital in 4 days, I'm going to die" --
and it was only afterwards that I realised he was dressing up as a joke
what he had been told was as factual as forecasts get
But it would be nice in a more fantastic way of thinking There have been
times when something I have done has attracted kind mention and I have
wished that my parents had could know that And today at e-poetry things
were said that included the name Cobbing which he would have enjoyed
hearing
Re the bookshop, it was Better Books
Compendium Books was important too; but it was Better Books that Bob managed
L
> I do wish, your friend and colleague, Bob Cobbing was around to visit. I
> first heard his tape work in 1967 when he managed I believe it was
> Compendium books, a great bookstore for poetry et al in London. He also
> sold my first work, a chapbook, Piece by Piece, that I published in
> Nigeria, displayed it right up there at the cash register and then gave
> me a reading. A most generous spirit, and really good and innovative
> artist/poet. & heady stuff for me in my 26th year.
>
> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
>
>
> Stephen Vincent
>
>
> --- On Wed, 5/18/11, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> From: Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: NYC 'haptic' show reminder
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 11:50 AM
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>
> May your appreciative audiences be ever larger!
>
>
> L
>
>
> On Wed, May 18, 2011 19:00, Stephen Vincent wrote:
>
>> Just dawned on me that Gallery shows do come to an end. So, a gentle
>> reminder, if you are in or close to NYC, my current drawing show,
>> "Haptics: Poetry By Other Means", at the Jack Hanley Gallery, 136 Watts
>> St.,(Tribeca) will be up through Saturday, May 28.
>> For nostalgia or otherwise, the Ear (long weekend home of poetry
>> readings) is only 1.2 blocks away - across Canal Street, and still a
>> great place for a drink, a meal, or, if so inclined, a way to have a
>> good crowd to look at the NBA playoffs!
>>
>>
>> Stephen V
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>>
>> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
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>>
>
>
> -----
> collaborative visual work:-
> http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/upton-begbie.html
> http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/begbie-upton.html
> ----
> Lawrence Upton
> AHRC Creative Research Fellow
> Dept of Music
> Goldsmiths, University of London
>
>
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collaborative visual work:-
http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/upton-begbie.html
http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/begbie-upton.html
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Lawrence Upton
AHRC Creative Research Fellow
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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