That is awful news. I knew Max as a presence here and on Facebook, and
neither will be quite the same again.
David
On 24 September 2016 at 07:01, Wystan Curnow (ARTS ENG) <
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> Mainly I've used this list to keep and eye on some friends and
> acquaintances, chiefly Max, actually.
> Who first departed from Auckland--to Melbourne--before I returned there
> and who I met up with again , intermittently over many, many years. Max
> and I were students together, doing MAs in English at University of
> Auckland, the year before were worked together at the Upper Symonds Street
> Post Office. I think Max got me the job there. He wasn't the only poet
> postie, in fact our office had something of a literary reputation. We
> delivered the word around the suburbs of Kingsland and Mt Eden. Walking the
> streets with our bags of letters, and parcels. As a matter of fact
> we--Susan and Ben and I -- lunched in Kingsland just the other day at The
> Shakey Isles, just a few hundred metres up New North Road ... Max was
> one of the most distinct and distinctive people I have known, and I am
> really sorry he's gone, taken away so carelessly ....
>
> Wystan
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [[log in to unmask]] on behalf
> of Sheila Murphy [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Saturday, 24 September 2016 5:20 p.m.
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Max Richards shock
>
> This is a terrible loss. I knew Max as a wonderful presence on our list,
> and I offer condolences to those who knew him well. Devastating news. Like
> Jill, I have been hovering recently due to the press of work challenges.
>
> May his family be comforted now. Nothing easy about losing someone so great
> and fine.
>
> Sheila
>
> On Sep 23, 2016 4:22 AM, "Bill Wootton" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Very, very sad message to all on poetryetc.
> >
> > Max Richards has died in a car accident in Seattle on Wednesday. I just
> > found out.
> >
> > No more details at this stage.
> >
> > Doug, Patrick, Andrew etc, I'm sure you will be as devastated as I am at
> > the moment.
> >
> > Bill
> >
>
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