Poetic Obituaries: I could see the gratefulness in his eyes

that he wasn't alone. And I could see that the poet who so often wrote about the big questions of existence and death had found a reason to hang on for as long as he could.

In his honor, the Rail is excerpting an interview that Galen did with Harvey [Shapiro] back in 2001.

--Williams Cole

from Brooklyn Rail: A Poetic Life: Harvey Shapiro with Galen Williams

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