I've enjoyed this six weeks with you. I'll be away for three weeks now and mostly unable to get to the web. Hope you've enjoyed our "talks."
Dave

Dave, thanks so much for your time. I'm looking forward to your reading in October. Everyone else should make time to visit Colorado Springs in October. On consecutive Thursdays we have Anthony Hecht and David Mason readings at CC. Woohoo!

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Steve Schroeder

David, I'd like to thank you on behalf of all of us for your stimulating leadership at the Lariat. Steven, you're in for a treat when you hear Dave, one of the best readers (and poets) of my generation.

Unfortunately, I just talked to Helen Hecht, and Tony is gravely ill, confined to his bed and very unlikely to go to Colorado. Anyone out there who has any influence with the Almighty, please pray for this great old man.

The Hecht reading in Colorado Springs has been cancelled. In his place there might well be a reading by Pete Fairchild.

Thanks, David, for your leadership and stimulating essays. It's been a master class for me.

Best wishes,

Bill

What bad news on Mr. Hecht. I'm sorry to hear it.

I've already had the pleasure of hearing Dave read a couple times before, and I look forward to this one too.

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Steve Schroeder

Dave
Because of the time of year when so many Sphereans are absent I have had more access to your wisdom than would normally have been the case. I have enormously enjoyed and appreciated your contribution.
Thank you for your imaginative and knowledgeable responses to all of my questions.

Unfortunately I won't be one of the lucky ones who will hear you read.

Anthony Hecht is a poet I prize and I am sad to know he is ill.

Best wishes,
Janet

I am extremely lucky that I got to hear Mr. Hecht read earlier this summer at Sewanee, & I wish I had been able to have more conversation with him than the mere scrounging of an autograph. (Which, of course, I am very glad to have.) Certainly I hope he pulls through & continues writing for a good long while to come.

I have said this before, but whoever can hear either Dave or Pete or both read in Colorado has my envy. Both are truly wonderful.

Chris

Oh, my, I'd planned to make it over to see Anthony Hecht read. I'm glad I saw this thread, and will hope for his full recovery. Thanks for mentioning the readings, Steven, which this backward western sloper had hoped somebody would do.

David, many thanks for your time in the Lariat seat, (what Bill said) and my belated thanks for having the CC information sent my way. I hope to make it over for the following week.

It's a glorious time of the year to be in the high country; enjoy your trip !
wendy

Wendy:

I hope I will get to meet you at one of the readings! I like getting to meet people I know online.

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Steve Schroeder

Steven, I'll be sure and wear a flower in my hair or something. !! I'll contact you when it gets closer if it looks good for my making it out. I'm hoping for the 21st.
Looking forward, and hoping my schedule allows,
wendy

David, thank you very much for your return as Honorary Lariat and for the generosity of your time and commentary. Have a lovely time reading, and don't forget that you are a Spherian when you get back online.

I am sorry to know that Anthony Hecht isn't well, and I wish him a speedy recovery. I met him and heard him read at West Chester, along with yourself and Pete Fairchild. Those who can make the trip to Colorado will find it a stimulating and rewarding experience.

Carol

David, many thanks for your thought-provoking essays and comments here. I'll look forward to Ludlow!

Steven, could you post the dates, times, and locations of those readings? I'll be in Colorado in early October and was considering a route that would take me through Colorado Springs.

Sincerest best wishes to Anthony Hecht. His work has brought me pleasure; I envy those among you who've heard him read.

And thank you, Dave. I enjoyed your tenure as Lariat.

Mark

Mark:

The David Mason reading is at 7 PM, Thursday, October 21st at 7 PM at McHugh Commons on the Colorado College Campus.

The replacement reading, Fairchild or whomever, is scheduled for Thursday, October 14th at 7 PM at Packard Hall Auditorium on the CC Campus.

A map of the campus can be seen here: http://www.conferences.coloradocolle...p/maymap.html#

McHugh Commons is helpfully mislabeled on this map, however. It's further to the west of where the star appears, just short of the soccer field.

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Steve Schroeder

Thanks, Steven. It looks to be an attractive campus. May the readings go well.

Mark