Good point, & Niedecker a fine example of same; I really only found her with the Cid Corman Selected, & had the same reaction. The Collected of a few years ago will, I hope, finally secure her her fitting place, but yes, I read it/her as a companion, now. Doug On 31-Jul-07, at 9:56 AM, Mark Weiss wrote: > There's a whole other category: fellow travelers. I first read > Niedecker in 1970, for instance, and immediately recognized a > soulmate, but I had already klearned and incorporated what she had to > teach, tho she usually does it so well. Douglas Barbour 11655 - 72 Avenue NW Edmonton AB T6G 0B9 (780 436 3320) Latest book: Continuations, with Sheila E, Murphy (University of Alberta Press 2006) Is that the flesh made word or is that the flesh-made word? Fred Wah