Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Poetic Obituaries: "She was an amazing woman, ahead

of her time in so many ways," said her daughter-in-law, Linda Gardner Phillips. Mrs. [Kay] Bennett worked as an editor in New York, served on the board of Poetry magazine for years and started Lyrebird Press in London with a prominent poet from Sri Lanka. One of the literary press's better-known publications was "Notes To Myself" by Hugh Prather, which reached a respectable level of popular distribution. "I remember seeing this book in high school, long before I ever heard of Kay or even knew much about poetry," she said.

from GazeboNews: Kay Bennett: 1922-2009
also Pioneer Press: Kay Bennett dies; remembered for cultured style, dedication to LF

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