Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Poetic Obituaries: In the cafes, where he appeared

nearly every evening, he rubbed elbows with future celebrities. He was also a regular at the Neptune Diner on 1st Avenue and St. Mark's Bookshop.

In his later years, [Richard] Leck restyled himself a poet, and unlike many of us lesser scribblers, he actually was good enough to find a publisher in Karen Lillis, who runs Words Like Kudzu Press in Pittsburgh.

from The Village Voice: Richard Leck, 1933-2008

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