Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Great Regulars: Lew Welch is the one that got away.

Gary Snyder called him "the most talented, the golden boy," the poet who wrote constantly but published only one major book, the seeker who lost his way, the drinker and depressive who tried to hold it together and couldn't, the man who went in the woods and never came back.

from Jeff Baker: The Oregonian: 'Ring of Bone' review: Lew Welch is lost poet of the Beat generation

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