I shall miss him. He was the first person to refer in public to me as a "poet." I think he was wrong, but why argue at a time like this? Okay, Bob, I was--I guess--a poet looking for a poem to happen to me. Rest easy, good man. You should have lived many years more.
Ken
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Ken Wolman http://awfulrowing.wordpress.com/
"All writers are hunters, and parents are the most available prey."
--Francine du Plessix Gray
On Jun 22, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Robert Kroetsch, one of Canada's finest poets, & a terrific novelist & critic, & a great mentor & friend, died in a car accident last night. I had visited him just a week or so ago, & at 83 he was still as sharp & imaginatively aware as ever. It's a great loss to all who knew him &/or his work.
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