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Unread 12-30-2009, 01:09 PM
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Default Rachel Wetzsteon dead

Ernest Hilbert posted the horrible news on his Facebook page this morning. Possibly suicide. I didn't personally know Rachel, but I read her, and had the privilege of appearing with her in the formal anthology, Phoenix Rising. The link to Ernest's e-verse radio announcement:

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What evil tidings.
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Oh no. I am so deeply sorry to hear of this.
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Unread 12-30-2009, 01:50 PM
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This is just awful news. I didn't know Rachel, but I certainly knew and admired her work. Sad loss to poetry.
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This is terrible news. I knew Rachel from critical seminars at West Chester and she was a lovely person as well as a very fine poet. I'm sadder than I can say.
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I'm stunned and saddened by this news: Rachel was lively and witty, a fine poet, with so much of her life before her, and so much talent!
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I did not know her, but this is terrible and sad news.
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