tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post8827096455871720817..comments2024-03-19T21:14:01.007-07:00Comments on The Compass Rose: The Limited Hors Commerce Edition of The Collected Poems of Larry EignerCurtis Favillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-54704058755773115072011-03-31T08:34:05.191-07:002011-03-31T08:34:05.191-07:00Sam? I don't know. Alive?
Shit! Every day I ...Sam? I don't know. Alive?<br /><br />Shit! Every day I check the Washington Post's obits to see if<br />I'm still here!<br /><br />well<br /><br />enough about them/you<br />let's talk about me<br /><br />& my newest (published) book ?Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-25256509743220707552011-03-31T08:30:06.779-07:002011-03-31T08:30:06.779-07:00Andrea now frequently reads over at that monthly/w...Andrea now frequently reads over at that monthly/weekly poetry meeting at the new TK PK Civic center...<br /><br />I almost went over to the last one to see / hear what of she was writing...<br /><br />however, i didn't want to break my 70 -year run of never going to poetry readings.... not even when i am reading.<br /><br />as far as I know she has always lived around here<br /><br />what i have of her work.... a good poet<br /><br />is always in the presence of what she is (immediately) doing.<br /><br />I think that she is my age...<br /><br />all of the girls my age<br />think<br />that they are Veronica LakeEd Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-53590749842758945172011-03-31T08:10:51.803-07:002011-03-31T08:10:51.803-07:00Ed:
As you may also know, Andrea wrote the first ...Ed:<br /><br />As you may also know, Andrea wrote the first Bibliography of Larry Eigner. I had a devil of a time getting in touch with her, since she had relocated to the East Coast in the intervening years, and had sort of gone underground. Eventually, we did hook up briefly.<br /><br />Sam Charters edited the first Eigner Selected for Bob Hawley's Oyez Press. I still occasionally see Bob (a cancer survivor) with his wife and the El Cerrito Re-cycle center where we both dumpster dive for books. Do I dare admit in print that I do such things?<br /><br />Horrors!<br /><br />Sam's wife Ann is emeritus from a college--I think Connecticut--where she taught English for years. I was never able to reach Sam. Is he still alive?Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-65242816944795299792011-03-31T07:33:34.081-07:002011-03-31T07:33:34.081-07:00There IS a LE selected poems
edited by Sam Chart...There IS a LE selected poems<br /><br />edited by Sam Charters and Andrea Wyatt<br /> oyez berkeley, 1972<br />I got a "like new" copy of it<br /><br />also got the Stanford "Collected Poems ..."<br /><br />now<br /><br />dig this<br /><br />Andrea now lives a few blocks away from me... seems to be active /reading at / in Takoma Park<br /><br />before I dropped facebook we became (facebook) "friends".<br /><br />Andrea was the very first REAL poet to exchange books with me... about 1970.Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-84159798009244806112011-03-31T07:06:17.338-07:002011-03-31T07:06:17.338-07:00I agree with Kirby.
I can't afford the "...I agree with Kirby.<br /><br />I can't afford the "Eigner Collected" but am awaiting the "Selected Eigner".Conrad DiDiodatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312831623791642286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-44808084716932699532011-03-30T19:58:05.107-07:002011-03-30T19:58:05.107-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-54998154907885246352011-03-30T17:48:24.808-07:002011-03-30T17:48:24.808-07:00You should have made 10 more of these to sell to f...You should have made 10 more of these to sell to fine arts collectors for 20,000 dollars. They look lovely!Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.com