Let me correct you, Mark:
would be feety...
:-)
On 6/12/07, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Addicts when they become ex tend to take up other obsessive behaviors.
>
> No reason, I wouldn't think, he couldn't have sofy drinks at the bar.
> My local barkeep is an ex-alky, serves the stuff and never touches
> it. Probably the sight of his customers falling off their stools
> steels his resolve.
>
> Vegan shoes: made from asparagus? Would be handy if stranded on a
> saladless island.
>
> Mark
>
> At 01:59 PM 6/12/2007, you wrote:
> >The Georgetown audience also heard about his sleeping pattern, his vegan
> >diet, and, shall we say, his vegan shoes. I think a few insiders were
> >secretly disappointed that he wouldn't go out drinking afterwards at
> >Martin's, Larry McMurtry's favorite Georgetown bar/restaurant. Barry
> >
> >On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:13:07 -0600, Douglas Barbour
> ><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > >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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