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PART FOUR. Pieces, 1963– 1973 New Mexico, Buffalo, Bolinas
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Part four Pieces, 1963–1973 New Mexico, Buffalo, Bolinas This page intentionally left blank [18.212.102.174] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 10:26 GMT) 265 Postcard to Warren Tallman May 7, 1963 Dear Warren, Can you please find out as soon as possible how quickly a voucher for a ticket (one way only, if round trip can’t be managed in advance) can be got for Allen Ginsberg—with place of departure open for new Delhi, Calcutta, or Benares. He is getting pretty worried about it (which is my fault) but I’ve written him along with this that he’ll hear from you directly.— Otherwise all’s well. Will write a decent letter shortly. All love to all, Bob • • • Letter to Paul Blackburn [Top of page: hand-drawn star, Shine on! ] Placitas, n.M. August 30, 1963 Dear Paul, It’s good as ever to hear from you. Here we are just coming down after the wild business in Vancouver—which I thought, finally, one of the wildest things ever to happen, to me at least: viz, 1) Black Mountain 1955–56; 2) San Francisco 1956; 3) Vancouver 1963—with then the spaces of literal singular friendships, as yourself that first time we met, the two and a half days talking, Laubiès in France, Gerhardt coming back from Germany, times talking with Ed Dorn—und so weiter. But it was a great time—i.e., it opened everything up again for me, and, selfishly, that matters a lot like they say. Otherwise, I think it was a common feeling. you’ll be getting reports there no doubt of varying kind, but I’ve never heard better readings of Charles and Robert, nor Dennie—who was really with it. And Allen was like a lovely damn open human being every moment of the way. Really, it was an extraordinary rapport for all concerned. Voila! I’ll try to make some sort of short tape, for you, and get it off within a week’s time. Just now the Chamberlains are here with us, preparatory to moving out to Santa Monica at the first of the week, so things are swinging with that etc, and I don’t know what I can manage to do immediately. But I’d like to do it, very much, and will. Ok. And god knows thanks for thinking of me. (Charles must be, by this time, back in Gloucester, so you’d best get in touch with him there. 266 Pieces, 1963–1973 Also Ed is of course in Pocatello—we had a good visit with him on the way back, likewise with Douglas Woolf—who is an exceptional man in all senses.) Does 8th Street have the novel on sale, i.e., Scribners told me the publication date was September 13th, so I was surprised by your note of it etc. But don’t buy it for christ’s sake, i.e., I’d like to send you a copy—the more so, since it’s of that place we both had a part in. Anyhow that at least seems now behind me, and I’m hoping shortly to get to work on another, of the time in Guatemala, just that it breaks any set locus of people, and makes the feeling of a kaleidoscopic ‘reality’ which I’m after this time. Too, I’ve got a contract to do a book now on Olson for that Twayne series [^ US Authors Series]—actually sort of a ‘handbook’ of 160– 190 pp/ which is really best for me. I’m no good at the ‘further explication’ at all, at all. Anyhow that’s also to do, and god willing I’ll begin with poems soon likewise. That shot of Vancouver was what I needed very much. So all’s well, if a little chaotic from all the travelling etc. I go to work here sometime next month it is, god knows likewise when. But they’ll tell me no doubt. I’m glad to hear things are going ahead with the Provencal book, and not disappointed, finally, that Macmillan won’t do it—because I think you can damn well find better. Ok. Take care of yourselves. All love as ever, Bob • • • Letter to Ed Dorn Placitas, new Mexico September 13, 1963 Dear Ed, I’m sitting here pues, in office, trying to kill time against same when I can go home—and the relief of that distance, despite drive to and...