Ah, yes, I remember it well ... I did buckets of chucking-out before I
moved state ... many pages on How to use a Comma - Beckett's 'Endgame' -
etc.
More later - Gotta rush before the butcher shuts - living in a country town
now where they close early on a Saturday ...
Andrew
On 9 November 2012 09:19, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> You'll remember the best parts, anyway, Max.I know the feeling. But some
> did take note of the enthusiasm, & even got a bit themselves. Maybe that's
> all we could have hoped for…
>
> Doug
> On 2012-11-08, at 12:08 PM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Clearing Out Paper
> >
> > Into the waste-paper bin
> > with the old lecture scripts! -
> > some dating back to the 'sixties.
> >
> > Their writing soaked up a lot of work -
> > revising for later years less so -
> > and idle now almost a decade.
> >
> > Why did I keep them so long?
> > Only a few were much good,
> > but - walking the dog sometimes,
> >
> > I'd feel I was back in the classroom,
> > hoping my keenness spoke
> > at least to the best students,
> >
> > while doubting the rest, so far behind
> > always in their reading.
> > Did they keep their notes?
> >
> > I did. I find here also, headed:
> > Dr Sheppard: Henry James:
> > 'The rather suspect F.R.Leavis…'
> >
> > That was 1962!
> > Out with those notes too!
> > Keenness I do claim, without
> >
> > much certainty that is what was
> > perceived. 'Oh, that Max,
> > rabbiting on, so earnest,
> >
> > always unfinished when the hour is up.
> > What does he see in Huck Finn?'
> > Bin the lot! keep just the paper clips.
> >
> > 8 November 2012
>
> Douglas Barbour
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2
> (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>
> Something else is out there
> godamnit
>
> And I want to hear it
>
> C.D.Wright
>
--
Andrew
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