tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post2067312835315050951..comments2024-03-19T21:14:01.007-07:00Comments on The Compass Rose: That Was The Way It WasCurtis Favillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-86174851713798882512013-08-21T17:49:03.159-07:002013-08-21T17:49:03.159-07:00He was quite sweet to me (gentle man) when I publi...He was quite sweet to me (gentle man) when I published Bricoleur (anthology, 1969) and asked for another copy to send to Ezra Pound whom he was sure would like it. He also wrote encouraging words about my own poetry. (Glad I never saw the 'abrasive' side you allude to).David Gitinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-78686845243790158782013-08-17T06:56:17.470-07:002013-08-17T06:56:17.470-07:00In the about the 1973 I sent him a manuscript
(S...In the about the 1973 I sent him a manuscript <br /><br />(Selected Poems of Ed Baker 1969-1972, which I just recently scanned into my computer.... wanna see it ?))<br /><br />he sent it back with a letter (I have it around here somewhere) saying something-like : "my stable of writer is keeping me busy, but, I'd be interested in seeing your next book. You might try Swallow Press, they are interested in young poets"<br /><br />I drooped out in 74-75 and dropped-back-in in 1998 ... <br /><br />just a bit late to send him that "next book"<br /><br />seems to me that with every "poet" now having a computer and an attached printer<br />that <br /><br />like a New Mimeo Revolution is very doable...<br /><br />print-out, say 50-100 copies, do an hand-drawn/crayoned cover and pass 'em around<br /><br />say, for $3-5 bucks each ?<br /><br />wih a computer heck every body's rich <br /><br />had I known who exactly James laughlin was (as you relate here) in 1973<br /><br />well... who he was, who he hob-nobbed with...<br /><br />I still would have sent his that ms....<br />as<br />I too knew people (who knew people who were and are-now 'famous' poets...<br /><br />most of them too dead (and as you quote him) :<br />"it hardly matters."<br /><br />I also miss my parents and grand-parents, and great-grand-parents, and countless cousin's <br />Mom and Pop Grocery Stores... where people cared about the food that they sold<br /><br />like s poetry publisher who cares about .... first !<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.com