group meetins

#

date

whar

who wuz thar

whut happent

1.

6/9/1981

henry mouffettes apartment

henry mouffette, lauren stewart, patricia macintyre, buddy don duncan

henry, lauren read poetry

buddy don read the furst chaptur of novel name of retreat

2.

7/3/1981

billy n lauren stewarts house

billy n lauren stewart, buddy don, patricia macintyre, henry mouffette, sean smith, numrus otherns, but i dint make list em ever meetin back then. as i recolleck, thay wuz a bunch thar.

lauren stewart: poetry

buddy don: "Entertainment for Men"

caint member tutherns

3.

7/10/1981

billy n lauren stewarts

billy n lauren, bud rankin, frank march, patricia macintyre, sam johns, joe cooper,

lauren n frank read poetry

patricia macintyre give a talk bout impresshuns of thangs she wishd she wood rite

bud rankin read sumthin that sounded lack it wonted to be faulkner, but it made billy say, 'maybe it's just me, but i like story where something happens and you can tell what it is."

buddy don read "Blood Brothers"

Joe Cooper read "Bad Bidness," witch that made everbidy laff. them amung us that had dun read felt a lil embarrassd n joe cooper changed the group frum that mint ferver on a counta folks could see that nuthin gut a responts the way humor dun

4.

7/17/1981

billy n lauren stewarts

billy n lauren, bud rankin, joe cooper, buddy don

lauren read poetry

joe read four more verr funny stories. nobidy dint wonta let him stop n ifn he hadda brung all his stories, he woodnt have nuthin left fer next week

bud read a nuther faulkneresk thang

buddy don read "Maybe We're All Jews", witch tiz a terrbull story n i wuz a lil ashamed bout it on a counta how joe coopers stuff wuz so good

5.

7/24/1981

buddy don n emily duncans

billy n lauren, bud rankin, pat mac, buddy don n emily duncan, joe cooper, adam gaynor, eli duncan, randy fox

lauren n adam read poetry

bud red a nuther of his faulkner thangs

joe read a nuther funny story bout his mane care ackter, terp jackson

buddy don read a lil of crap notes

6.

7/31/1981

billy n lauren stewarts

billy n lauren, buddy don n emily, bud rankin, joe cooper, pat mac, mack gray,

lauren read poetry.

patricia macintyre read two fragments, witch she splaind twuz not her ackshull ritin but jes a idee of whut she wood rite ifn she wuz a'ritin innythang

bud rankin read two stories, same style as befor

joe cooper read a nuther funny terp story.

mack gray (older guy frum tva, only came a cuple times) read bad poetry

buddy don read more crap notes

7.

8/7/1981

lauren stewarts studio

billy n lauren, buddy don n emily, bun n ginny rankin, joe cooper, adam gaynor, mack gray, patricia macintyre

lauren stewart, mack gray, adam gaynor read poetry

patricia macintyre tole us sum of her idees bout sum poems she wuz wishd she wood rite

joe read two stories, one a grate "dyin" story not too differnt frum "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" only ye couldnt say whuther innybidy wuz jilted in joes story.

bud rankin read a new story, showin in the influents of joes use of humor, witch bud aint near as good at makin folks laff as joe, but it has made his ritin a lot more fun to listen to

buddy don read 7 chapturs of crap notes

8.

8/14/1981

lauren stewarts studio

billy n lauren, joe, pat mac, bud rankin, buddy don, ??

buddy don read chapturs frum crap notes n dint make good notes bout the meetin

9.

8/21/1981

no meetin

 

 

10.

8/28/1981

lauren stewarts studio

billy n lauren, bud rankin, henry mouffette, buddy don n emily

buddy don read january dream chaptur frum crap notes

11.

9/ 4/1981

no meetin

 

 

12.

9/ 11/1981

lauren stewrts studio

billy n lauren, virgil stotes, jane-anne morrison, others?

virgil stotes n lauren stewart read poetry

buddy don read from crap notes

13.

9/ 18/1981

meetin, no notes

?? buddy don, bud rankin, billy n lauren, jane-anne n jimmy morrison

bd read frum crap notes

14.

9/ 25/1981

meetin, no notes

?? buddy don, bud n ginny rankin, billy n lauren, jane-anne n jimmy morrison

bd read frum crap notes

15.

10/ 2/1981

lauren stewrts studio

billy n lauren, bud n ginny rankin, buddy don n emily, vickie calvert, jane-anne n jimmy morrison

lauren stewrt n vickie calvert read poetry

bud rankin read his best story yet, "The Happy Man"

bd read frum crap notes

16.

10/9/1981

buddy don n emily duncans

billy (no lauren), bud rankin, others (only bud and bd read n i dint make note of everbidy that dint read fer a while) , jane-anne n jimmy morrison

lauren stewart n vickie calvert read poetry. ackshly, vickie read us the poem frum last week agin, witch she splaind how she figgers tiz better to keep on a'wurkin on the same thang till ye git it rite in sted of wurkin on one thang after a nuther without gittin innythang rite

bud rankin read a nuther story

bd read frum crap notes.

(thay wuz more but i dint list it)

17.

10/16/1981

lauren stewrts studio

(12 folks, but i dint list em by name, so heres my best guess) billy n lauren, bud n ginny, buddy don n emily, alexis st johns, vickie calvert, sam johns, jake dawes, jane-anne n alan-kyle morrison

lauren stewart read poetry

vickie calvert read us her poem agin, witch she sed she had made changes only i couldnt spot em

bud rankin read a nuther new story

bd read frum crap notes.

(thay wuz more but i dint list it)

18.

10/23/1981

lauren stewrts studio

(15 folks, dint list em, caint imagine who all they wuz, but the list includes them in the last meetin) billy n lauren, bud n ginny, buddy don n emily, alexis st johns, vickie calvert, sam johns, jake dawes, , jane-anne n alan-kyle morrison AND johnny mayhew, martha townsend, kerry reed, sean smithr

lauren stewart read poetry

vickie calvert read us her poem agin, witch she splaind bout the part that wuz a'troublin her n bud sed he thought she should jes give thatn a rest fer a while n see whut cums out, witch he figgers ever time he rites sumthin new, it has a chants of cummin out better the last thang he writ n ye kin rite n rewrite sumthin to death

bud rankin read a nuther story.

bd read frum crap notes.

(thay wuz more but i dint list it)

19.

10/30/1981

lauren stewrts studio

(18 folks, dint list em, caint imagine who all they wuz, but the list includes them in the last meetin) billy n lauren, bud n ginny, buddy don n emily, alexis st johns, vickie n bill calvert, sam johns, jake dawes, jane-anne n alan-kyle morrison, johnny mayhew, martha townsend, kerry reed, sean smith, a nuthern i caint member

bd read frum crap notes.

bud rankin red a story

(thay wuz more but i dint list it)

20.

11/6/1981

lauren stewrts studio

billy n lauren, bd n emily, bud, sam johns, sean smith, alan-kyle n jane-anne, william reynolds, jake dawes, alexis st johns, johnny mayhew, kerry reed

sam johns read a detective story, a la ross macdonald

lauren stewart read poetry

kerry reed read a contribushun to his magazine

jake dawes read poetry

bud rankin read a story

bd read frum crap notes

21.

11/13/1981

jane-anne n alan-kyle morrisons

billy n lauren, bud n ginny, jane-anne n alan-kyle, johnny mayhew n martha townsend, barry mackenzie, sam johns, sean smith, vickie calvert, alexis st johns, mack gray, kerry reed, bd n emily.

bud rankin read a story, rewrit frum last week

sam johns red a petrarchan sonnet, witch thang bout sam is how he kin mimick innythang but he dont seem to wonta try nuthin thats jes his own style or whutever

alexis st johns read a chaptur frum a novel

bd read frum crap notes

22.

11/20/1981

??

??

bd read frum crap notes, endin of part two

23.

11/27/1981

no meetin

 

 

24.

12/5/1981

no meetin

 

 

25.

12/12/1981

no meetin

 

 

26.

12/19/1981

no meetin

 

 

27.

12/26/1981

no meetin

 

 

28.

1/1/1982

no meetin

 

 

29.

1/8/1982

johnny mayhews

billy n lauren, bd n emily, bud n ginny, johnny, martha, jane-anne n alan-kyle, sam johns, jake, alexis, otherns?

bad poetry nite: everbidy read thar best bad poetry

30.

1/15/1982

sam johns

billy n lauren, morrisons, sam johns, dr. ed hofmann, martha, johnny, new feller name of pete, new feller name of larry riddenour, jake dawes, gas janie mckee n denis, barry mackenzie, emily n bd.

johnny mayhew read a funny story

dr ed hofmann read a parody of henry james' the ambassador

pete read four very nice poems

larry riddenour read three fair poems

sam johns read a pastoral elegy, complete with 18th cent dickshun

bud rankin read a furst draft name of "generayshuns"

bd read "the witness" witch he writ that fer a class n found it downrite embarrasin whenever he read it n he wished he coulda stopped or never have brung it

31.

1/22/1982

martha townsends

bud n ginny rankin, jake dawes, larry n linda riddenour, pete, sam johns, sean smith n turkish gurlfriend name of gulay, martha, a lawyer name of mark kendall, a nuther woman name of martha davis, grad student name of sandra barnes, jackson (johnny's roommate), emily n bd.

jake dawes read a very poetic short story

bud rankin read his best story yet, "The High Priestess"

sam johns read "The Nights of Rattown"

pete, martha townsend n mark kendall all read poetry

bd read a story name of "A Difficult Departure"

32.

1/29/1982

martha townsends

billy n lauren, sean n gulay, bud n ginny, mark kendall, brenda carpenter, johnny, alexis, barry mackenzie, sandra barnes, jake, martha, emily n bd

bd read "The Works"

bud rankin read "Cornered"

barry mackenzie read a short story

lauren, jake, mark, martha read poetry

alexis read a story

sandra read a story

 

33.

2/5/1982

buddy don n emily duncans

billy n lauren, sean n gulay, jackson, johnny, mark kendall, sam johns, jake dawes, bud rankin, martha, new folks name of steve westlake n gail, kerry reed, larry riddenour, fred whelan, emily n bd.

kerry read frum leonard cohen

johnny read both short story n poem

jake dawes read a poen

mark kendall read poetry

bd read poetry (incl. "Days of Untuned Instruments")

emily duncan read from her novel

billy stewart read a story that made lauren mad on a counta how it used a poem she had truble finishin

sam johns passed round a emblem poem

sean smith read a piece of poetic prose sent us by henry mouffette

larry riddenour read furst 30 pages of his novel

bud rankin read "The Track"

34.

2/12/1982

mark kendalls

bud n ginny, alan-kyle n jane-anne, johnny, martha, john sams, alexis, fred whelan, feller name of jim (last name?), woman name of ellen the jesus freak (last name?), barry mackenzie, steve westlake, mark kendall, new woman name of patty, brenda carpentar, jackson, emily n bd.

sam johns read poetry

billy stewart read a poem

martha townsend read two poems from a book published by her english professor

mark kendall read a funny short story

bd read "Big Wheels Roll"

bud rankin read a "day in the life" style story

ellen the jesus freak read three poems

fred whelan read a long story

35.

2/19/1982

bud n ginny rankins

bud n ginny, billy n lauren, emily n bd, sam johns, edna polk, martha townsend, sandra barnes, steve westlake, mark kendall, johnny, alexis, maryanne jenkins, fred whelan, jake dawes, paul davis (poet in english dept) n larry riddenour.

bud rankin read "Autumn Chill," witch everbidy agreed tiz his best one yet. we wuz on swept up in it frum wurd one n whenever twuz over he gut a good bit of applawse, witch sam johns is the one that innerduce applawse one time after read a chaptur frum "Crap Notes" n ever after that, ever riter wood wait to see ifn they wood git folks to clap fer em

sandra barnes read two poems

steve westlake read two poems

fred whelan read another story, better than the last, name of "The History of the Western World."

steve westlake read 20 pages from his novel

edna polk read a fantasy short story about a group of children summonin a unicorn with their collectiv imaginayshun

sam johns "The Vanishing Garden" -- his best yet

maryanne jenkins read some fine poetry

johnny mayhew read a good short story name of "A Good Grip"

mark kendall read some of his best poetry

bd read "Slave of Desire"

36.

2/26/1982

johnny mayhews

billy stewart, johnny, jackson, bud rankin, jake dawes, sandra barnes, edna polk, ednas friend kaitlin, maryanne jenkins, mk frum the english department n her friend, witch i missed her name, fred whelan, alexis, sandra barnes, sam johns, steve westlake, teddy hampton, emily n bd

bud rankin read a long trippin story, witch problem with that is how ye caint put it in wurds, but he dun a purty good job of it

same johns read one of his rattown stories

steve westlakd read a sports story

edna polk read an appalachian oral tradishun story she made up, witch twuz loded with fantasy elements

mk read two poems

maryanne jenkins read two good poems

fred whelan read a story based on his eggperientses in portland, oregon

teddy hampton read a poem

johnny mayhew read a broken-backed story, witch half of it happend befor a feller went into the servus n turther half once he wuz in, but dint nuthin really cunneck the two halfs

bd read "four on a match"

37.

3/5/1982

johnny mayhews

billy n lauren, bud n ginny, the morrisons, emily n bd, mark kendall, marks gurlfriend martha davis, brenda carpentar, sam johns, jake dawes, edna polk, teddy hampton, maisie duncan n her date markie meyers, tony perrelli johnny mayhew, jackson, martha, larry riddenour, steve westlake, fred whelan n his date (name?)

bd read "The Inspector"

billy stewart read his furst "all made up" short story

brenda carpentar read her first short story

sam johns read another rattown sotry, best one yet.

martha townsend read two good poems, one about being a whore, witch she splaind that she wuznt a whore atall but her job made her fell lack one sumtimes, witch she wurked as a legal seckatairy. the other wuz a better poem that wuz writ in bitter anger to almitey god

tony perrelli read a poem

teddy hampton read two pieces of junenalia

bud rankin read a story about race relayshuns witch he named it "The Last Trip to the Old Swimmin Hole"

38.

3/12/1982

steve westlakes

bud n ginny, billy stewart, jaek dawes, sam johns, sandra barnes, martha townsend, brenda carpentar, mark kendall n martha davis, steve westlake, tony perrelli, new feller naem of bob witch i missed his hole name, woman frum one of my classes name of jane lucky, emily n bd.

steve westlake read a short story, "Portrait of the Artist Growing Up Observing the Artist Growing Up"

new feller read a story name of "The Boot" bout a soljer dyin

sam johns read a few sonnets protestin the bildin of tellico dam n a short story name of ghost mountain

sandra barnes read a short story about snow

tony perrelli read a poem

bud rankin read a fine story name of "Paradise," seekwell to "Autumn Chill"

bd read sum poems

mark kendall read four very fine poems, including "The Poem I Could Not Write"

martha read a peom she read at bud rankins the furst time we met thar

jake dawes read three poems in a new style, his rebellion at havin to read so much keats, witch the one bout the talkin pitchers is bout the best thang we ever herd in the group

39.

3/19/1982

martha townsends

bud n ginny, billy n lauren, edna polk, steve westlake, woman name of sunny who lives in steve westlakes bildin, jane lucky, johnny mayhew, mark kendall n martha davis, alexis, larry riddenour, emily n bd

larry riddenour read a short story bout his granddaddy leavin russia n walkin to finland.

edna polk read the furst two chapturs of a fantasy novel bout a race of half-bird women.

steve westlake, jane n lauren read poems

bd read "The Moving Nose"

mark kendal red a good poem bout suicide writ after the son of one of his friends killd hisself.

bud rankin read a long story bout a adventchur on a mississippi steam boat

40.

3/26/1982

buddy don n emily duncans -- sam johns last night before leavin town

sam johns, billy n lauren, bud n ginny, larry riddenour, jake dawes, martha townsend, fred whelan, jane lucky, tony perrelli, edna polk, two friends of ednas who dint git innerduced, steve westlake, emily n bd.

sam johns read "The Hitchhiker's Dream", three Rattown Stories

steve westlake read a story dedicated to sam

larry riddenour read a poem writ fer sam

billy stewart read a story bout ronald raygun gittin shot at the worls fair

jake dawes read two poems, one dedicated to ed

tony perrelli read two ver fine poems (could be the best poet int he group)

jane lucky read a poem writ to respond to one of sams god poems

edna polk read frum her novel, "Neversense"

bud rankin read a good story bout hithhikers splittin up on the road. it featured sam in it, jes lack steve westlakes dun

bd read "Stick It" a rough story with Sam in it

41.

4/2/1982

brenda carpentars law office

joe carpentar n brenda carpentar, mark kendall n martha davis, kristina olson, martha townsend, johnny mayhew, billy stewart, bud rankin, edna polk, jake dawes, sandra barnes, steve westlake, emily n bd.

bud rankin read "Meidtayshuns on the Triangle"

edna polk read a long secshun frum her novel

steve westlake read three poems that dint wurk

kristina olsen, a friend of ednas, read three verr fine poems

bd read "Blind Sales"

jake dawes read an old poem n a new one

mark kendall read a few poems by request

42.

4/9/1982

mark kendalls

mark kendall, martha davis, brenda carpentar, michelle rimer, nancy green, sgeve westlake, bud n ginny, sandra barnes, randy fox, jake dawes, johnny mayhew, martha townsend, babar ghosh, jim neely, edna polk, kristina olsen, emily n bd.

johnny mayhew read a story bout a mental patient returning home for springsandra barnes read her best story to date

mark kendall read a short story " Rose of Rogue" bout a feller that tries to seduce a french woman but messes up his french

bud rankin rad a story name of "The Last Hot Night on the Town"

michelle rimer read a why-am-i-here? poem

edna read a short seckshun frem her novel

jake dawes read a story by raymond carver n a new poem

babar ghosh startled everyone by readin a passhunutt poem name of "The Pagan Heart Attacks the Soul"

emily read a poem name of "Lot's Daughter"

bd read "The Mulberry Tree"

43.

4/16/1982

steve westlakes

larry riddenour, mark kendall, johnny mayhew, bud rankin, jake dawes, marks friend name of bob, steve westlake, kristina olsen, bd.

johnny read a good short story bout cummin of age name of "Different Beats"

sgeve westlake read a piece bout squash

larry riddenour read an intense seven pages of his novel

bed rankin read a short story name of "A Cord of Wood"

mark kendall read an untitled poem with the image of parallel lines bein close but never meetin

bd read "Cleaning Up."

jake dawes read several poems, includin reruns by request

44.

4/23/1982

billy n lauren stewarts

billy n lauren, bud n ginny, sandra barnes, johnny mayhem, alexis, jake, kristina olsen, edna polk, donna porter (johnny's gurlfriend), don kennedy, bd.

johnny read a short story named "Spoiled Goods"

bud rankin read a fish story

edna polk read her best story yet, "The Man Who Became His Goat"

Lauren read sum poems, furst time in a long while

bd read "Savage Romance"

donna porter read a story bout christmus

kristina olsen read a few poems

alexis read a good story that wuz dramatick but obvious

jake dawes read three fair poems.

45.

4/30/1982

kristina olsens

edna polk, kristina olsen, kristinas daughter tina, steve westlake, jake dawes, jane lucky, bud rankin, johnny mayhew, virgil stotes, don kennedy, bd.

edna polk read a poem writ fer kristina n a short story bout a haunted house

jake dawes read a o. henry style story name of "Fools Gold"

johnny mayhew read a story bout baseball name of "The Texas Leaguer"

steve westlake read three poems

bd read "Still Life"

bud rankin read a story bout a new mother n wife of a busive man name of "Once Upon a Time"

kristina read three poems dedicated to three differnt lovers

her daughter tina read a parody of mark twain

virgil read a short story name of "Pop Explosion"

jane lucky read a meditation on sound

46.

5/7/1982

buddy don n emily duncans

billy n lauren, edna polk, tina olsen, kristina olsen, derek rhodes (wurker frum the fair), mark kendall, martha davis, johnny mayhew, jake dawes, michelle rimer, Babar Ghosh, emily n bd. bud rankin missed n broke the longest recurd fer havin a new story writ ever meetin.

johnny read a short story, "The Spite of Love"

derek rhodes read sum poems

edna polk read 1/2 of a short story

lauren read three good poems

babar ghosh read a long passhunutt poem bout unrequited luv

jake dawes read the best story of the nite name of "Dance of the Demons"

bd read "Entertainment for Men"

47.

5/14/1982

michelle rimers

michelle rimer, df of the tva board, martha townsend, billy n lauren, bud n ginny, edna polk, kristina olsen, rl a frien of buds frum texas, jake dawes, brenda carpenter, jane lucky, don kennedy, johnny mayhew, bd.

johnny read  a short story bout a woman trine to make a deecishun.

brenda carpenter read a 23rd psalm parody of raygunonimcks.

jake dawes read a funny short story name of "Miranda."

bud rankin read a funny story name of "100,238" bout ms. pacman.

kristina olsen read some poemssteve westlake read three poems, one of em bout boise, idaho.

bd read "Revenge on a Hot Afternoon."

edna pold reread her synopsis of "Neversense."

48.

5/21/1982

bud n ginnys

bud n ginny, edna polk, kristina olsen, tina olsen, brenda carpenter, jane lucky, johnny, mayhew, jake dawes, don kennedy, steve westlake. buddy don did not attend this meetin.

??

49.

5/28/1982

jake dawes

bud n ginny, jake, edna, tina olsen, johnny, billy n lauren, bd. later on, jackson, two of jakes friends frum florida, n fred whelan.

johnny read a nuther turnin-point story, thisn bout a reeformed drunkard truck driver  who gives into temtayshun name of "One for the Road"

bud rankin read a story bout a walkin catfish

jake dawes read a fair story bout goin out to dance

Edna read a a short story bout a tiny dancer (imaginairy) who plays the role of death to a dyin man

lauren read three verr good poems

bd read "The Goat."

50.

6/4/1982

no meetin

 

 

51.

6/11/1982

no meetin

 

 

52.

6/18/1982

no meetin

 

 

53.

6/25/1982

martha townsends

 

 

54.

7/2/1982

martha townsends

 

 

55.

7/9/1982

babar ghoshs

babar n puri ghosh, kristina n tina olsen, edna polk, mark kendall, martha townsend, bud rankin, billy stewart, jake dawes, done kennedy, emily n bd.

bud rankin read a rewrit story, makin it better but twernt one of his best, "Another Tangent"

bd read "Scattered Afternoon Showers" witch twuz sad but everbidy laffed.

mark kendall, jake dawes, kristina olsen, martha davis, babar ghosh, martha townsend n puri ghosh read poetry. kristina n marks wuz the best

56.

7/16/1982

mark kendalls

mark kendall, martha davis, bud rankin, billy n lauren, kristina olsen, edna polk, martha townsend, johnny mayhew, jake dawes, steve westlake, maisie duncan n lincoln falk, emily n bd.

steve westlake read a seeleckshun frum a novel by richard marius name of "The Coming of Rain."

mark kendall read a poem to new york in august

jake dawes read a few poems, witch one wuz bout trippin

edna read several poems to dead silents, witch that wuz odd

johnny read a short story a fellow student in his creative ritin class had writ

bud rankin did not read!

kristina olsen read a essay bout how angry she is at sevrull folks, speshly one, thats been a'puttin her in a box

bd read "Cleaning Up" a rerun by request n a poem bout the group name of "Beyond Tijuana."

57.

7/23/1982

no meetin?

 

 

58.

7/30/1982

billy n lauren stewarts

billy n lauren, byd n ginny, emily n bd, randy fox, johnny mayhew, jake dawes, edna polk, kristina n tina olsen, n a newcomer name of j ashton crane

johnny read a poem usin icarus fer the mane image

jake dawes read cheevers "The Enormous Radio" n a cuple of his own poems

edna read, i thank, but i clean fergut it

kristina read a seleckshun of old poems by request

bd read a essay on art n autobiograffy

bud rankin also read a essay name of art n reality

j ashton crane read us a scene frum a play hes a'wurkin on set in rennaisance ital. tiz bout a ung artist, cuntemporairy of davince.

59.

8/6/1982

bud n ginnys

bud n ginny, edna polk, edna's friend roy, mark kendall, martha davis, steve westlake, jake dawes, johnny mayhew, a woman name of leena, mark kendalls friend name of mr james (dint catch his furst name)

johnny mayhew read one of his best stories yet with a care ackter name of duncan carlton, witch that wuz a jab at me (buddy don)

steve westlake n mr james read a story steve started n mr james finished.

jake dawes read a "theater of cruelty" short story bout a man who is forced to eggspoze hisself.

bud rankin read sumthin, but i caint member it.

bd read a little cockroach satire name of "The Final Solution."

edna, steve, n mack gray all read poetry.

60.

8/13/1982

martha townsends

jeff jarvis, kristina n tina olsen, ednas friend roy, edna polk, johnny mayhew, johnnys new gurlfriend sheila lawrence, martha davis, mark kendall, arthur james (wuz mr james before i larnt his furst name), billy n lauren, emily n bd, witch we dint git thar till near 10, long after everbidy had dun read

i read these pieces later:

arthur james writ sumthin analyzin a many sufferin guilt over his ackshuns in vietnam;

bud rankin writ a in-tier-yer mono log bout the way a marrg in truble goes but makes it innywho ("How We Do").

we heard bout sum of tuther thangs read. johnny writ a piece that bud rankin said suz verr good name of joeys chimes.

jake dawes dedicated his story to ginny rankin, with that made her n bud mad on a counta how twuz bout a woman a'goin down on a man n then a'stabbin him in the belly with a parr of sizzers -- twuz a bit of controversy over that n jake said he dun it on a counta how ginny had objeckted to his last story bout the feller forced to eggspoze hisself, witch that wuz jakes comment on the group.

edna read a 40 mint seleckshun frum one of her favert authors.

bd read a rewrit story name of "Maybe We're All Jews," but twuz still no good.

emily read a lil thang name of "After Readin Joan Didion" witch thatn shocekd everbidy on a counta emily sed twuz autobigrafficull, with twuz bout t woman who thanks of her husbin as a busy fool, only shes thonly one that knows it. twuz her ritin bout me bein the leader of that thar group n how she wonted to pierce thar illushuns bout me, witch everbidy sed twuz the best than red that nite.

61.

8/20/1982

arthur james aunts

arthur james, billy stewart, bud n ginny, jake dawes, kristina olsen, edna polk, mark kendall, martha davis, johnny mayhew, sheila lawrence, randy fox, emily n bd.

bd read "Egger"

johnny read "The Last Disciple"

arthur james read a short pose refleckshun

jake dawes read "Tube Steak," witch thisn caused a lot of controversy on a counta how twuz about a child bein molested by her father. quick as he said the title, martha townsend said, "Child molestation." i thought twuz a good story bout a difficult subjeck, but jake hated me too much to discuss it with him. in sted, he claimd my story ("Egger") wuz about him.

bud rankin read a story name of "The Offensive Stone"

mark kendall and kristina olsen read poetry

62.

8/27/1982

johnny mayhews

johnny mayhew, sheila lawrence, jak dawes, edna polk, roy, mark kendall, martha townsend, billy n lauren, bud rankin, arthur james, emily n bd.

??

63.

9/3/1982

no meetin

 

 

64.

9/10/1982

no meetin

 

 

65.

9/17/1982

johnny mayhews

johnny mayhew, sheile lawrence, martha davis, bud n ginny, billy n lauren, kristina olsen, edna polk, emily n bd.

bud rankin read a new story. no one else had innythang new.

66.

9/24/1982

buddy don n emily duncans

jake dawes, larry riddenour, george roberts, jane lucky, sheila lawrence, emily n bd.

george roberts read a new story.

bd read a rewrit vershun of "Still Life"

johnny mayhew said the group is a'dyin, that novels are killin it on a counta how bof bud rankin n buddy don duncan are ritin novels n dont have nuthin to read frum one week to the nex.

67.

10/1/1982

buddy don n emily duncans

martha townsend, makr kendall, martha davis, brewster duncan, randy fox, george roberts, Fiona Els, bud n giny, billy n lauren, virgil n mj n lil donovan n jill stotes, jills friend karen, johnny mayhew, alexis st johns, emily n bd.

bd read furst pages of "Sit You Down Father"

george roberts read a funny story (name of?0 bout the lies told children bout santy claws

jake dawes read sum poems, includin "Earthen Voices," witch tiz one of his verr best.

mark kendall read sum new poems

lauren read sum new n angry poems

bud rankin read a touchin luv poem he writ fer ginny while he wuz in kentucky a'lookin fer wurk n a good story name of "The Giant Melon"

68.

10/8/1982

bud n ginnys

mark kendall, edna polk, kristina olsen, arthur james, jane lucky, bud n ginny, emily n bd.

bud rankin read a fine new story name of "How Things End," a confruntayshun twixt death, god n luv.

mark kendall read a short poetickull vinnyet name of "The Ritz in Atlanta"

bd read a nuther seckshun of "Sit You Down, Father."

kristina olsen read a fine long poem

edna polk read 1/4 of a nuther of her terrbull (in my pinion) fantasy stories

69.

10/15/1982

no meetin??

 

 

70.

10/22/1982

buddy don n emily duncans

bud rankin, jake dawes, billy n lauren, george roberts, kristina olsen, edna polk, jane lucky, johny mayhew, alexis st johns, j ashton crane, jerry ford, emily n bd.

bud rankin read his letter to john lennon, same as he dun a year ago

jake dawes read the same poems he read us durin his furst meetin, witch twuz a year ago this meetin

jerry ford read three verr impressiv poems

j ashton crane give us all a leckchur bout who the fugitive poets wuz n why thar importunt n then he read us the prefuss to a book bout em, witch it seemed lack a odd thang to do to a room fulla grad students frum utk

71.

10/29/1982

no meetin?

 

 

72.

11/5/1982

jane luckys

??

??

73.

11/12/1982

j ashton cranes

??

??

74.

11/19/1982

billy n lauren stewarts

billy n lauren, bud n ginny, kristina olsen, edna polk, j ashton crane, george roberts, alexis st johns, jake dawes, randy fox, jerr ford, bd.

edna polk read 32 pages in 38 mints, witch bud rankin wuz so bored he timed it. jake wuz drunk n fell asleep, but he later claime ha had dun enjoyd ever mint of edna's offerin. edan bleeved im. edna never looks up, so how wood she know? everbidy else kep frum laffin sum kinda way. folks clapped when twuz over, witch edna said twuz the furst time that had ever happend fer sumthin she had writ.

bud rankin read a short story, a satire bout fountain city

lauren read four fine poems

j ashton crane read frum his play, witch everbidy thanks tiz the wurst thang ever read to the group, even tho everbidy has tride to win that prize a time or two

kristina read two fine poems

george roberts read the best thang of the evenin, a set of six pseudo koans bout why he aint no buddhist

bd read the final part of the furst seckshun of "Sit You Down, Father."

75.

11/26/1982

jake dawes

jake dawes, bud n ginny, jane lucky, george roberts, emily n bd.

jake dawes read us "Tube Steak" agin

bud rankin read a stretch frum the novel hes wurkin on name of "The Liar's Notes"

76.

12/3/1982

no meetin?

 

 

77.

12/10/1982

no meetin?

 

 

78.

12/17/1982

no meetin

 

 

79.

12/24/1982

no meetin

 

 

80.

12/31/1982

no meetin

 

 

81.

1/7/1983

edna polks

edna polk, ednas chatterbox friend, kristina olsen, j ashton crane, billy n lauren, bud n ginny, randy fox, johnny mayhew, george roberts, jimmy bell (emily invited him) n bd.

the chatterbox (i dint get her name) read us a piece writ by edward crispin name of "Beware: Writer at Work," witch lots of folks thanks only riters who ackshly work at ritin should be allowd to read, but dint nobidy say nuthin

edna pok read the furst chaptur of the novel shes a'wurkin on, "Neversense."

jake dawes read some of the best poetry he had ever read us

jimmy bell read the best thang of the evnin, a short story bout the garden of eden.

bd read the hahn seckshun frum "Sit You Down, Father."

geroge roberts read a disappoint piece based on his hi standurds

kristina olsen read three poems, two of em uncommonly good, one to a sunrise, tuther to j ashton crane (!)

bud rankin had sumthin but dint read it on a counta bein in a fowl mood over the long thang j ashton read us

82.

1/14/1983

buddy don n emily duncans

johnny mayhew, billy n lauren, george roberts, j ashton crane, kristina olsen, bud n giny, joe n nina spring, hk (a white kc student), jake dawes, randy fox, emily n bd.

bd read "Blind Sales"

johnny mayhew read two poems, both fine

lauren read four of her best poems ever

george roberts read us a humerous story name of "The Day Trip."

j ashton read a mercifully short poem that eggsplaind how he druther read shaw than shakespeare, witch that fack eggsplains a lot more

kristina olsen reread some of her best poems

jake dawes read a new poem name of "The Entrepreneurship of Buddy Don Duncan" in celebrayshun of my 31st birthdy, witch twuz the day befor

hk read sum young poetry, witch hes only 18 years old

bud rankin reread one of the stories folks lacked the best, "The Happy Man" n a poem name of "The Doctor's Birthday," witch twuz writ fer me also.

joe spring finished the evnin with a southern story name of "Eula May."

83.

1/21/1983

bud n ginnys

bud n ginny, edna polk, arthur james, arthurs gurlfriend (janine?), mark kendall, martha davis, randy fox, billy stewart n bd. lauren n emily went to see "Blade Runner," witch that meant billy n bd had to leave early, rite after bd read.

bd read the nex seckshun frum "Sit You Down, Father."

??

84.

1/28/1983

billy n lauren stewarts

billy n lauren stewart, bud n ginny rankin, kristina olsen, j ashton crane, edna polk, jake dawes, martha townsend, jimmy bell, george roberts, hk, johnny mayhew, larry riddenour, joe n nina spring, bd.

bd did not read even tho he cum to the meetin.

bud rankin read a repeat by request, witch twuz "Autumn Chill."

martha townsend, lauren stewart, jake dawes, n kristina olsen all read sum fine poetry

joe spring read some pitiful eliot imitayshuns, but hes allowd on a counta how hes takin a eliot seminar, ceptn they wuz funny n he dint know it.

hk read sum young poetry n a good satire on macdonalds.

george roberts reread his verr funny classick, "Don't Stick Your Hand into a Can of Worms without Looking First."

jimmy bell brung a play, witch he gut sevrul of us to read it n that wuz good on a counta it kep j ashton crane frum readin the furst act of his new play, witch we wuz shocked to here he had dun writ part of a nuthern. the play wuz good not grate, witch he wonted to git us all to hate war by havin a care ackter preach at the audients. durin this readin, billy stewart tuck j ashton aside to splain how him readin his plays in a monotone cumplete with odd stage direckshuns jes wernt a'wurkin n how he orta cunsidder gittin utherns to read fer im lack jimmy bell wuz a'doon.

larry riddenour read a scene frum a book on vietnam.

edna polk critisized whut larry read it fer havin too minny specifick deetails, witch that splains how cum everbidy had to stifle yawns while she wuz a'readin chaptur two of her alien romants, witch i thank thatns named "Neversense."

85.

2/4/1983

martha townsends

billy n lauren stewart, bud n ginny rankin, randy fox, kristina olsen, edna polk, e ashton crane, martha townsend, johnny mayher, jerry ford, jerry's gurlfirnd patty, arnold edwards, harold eckard, jane lucky, george roberts, emily n bd duncan.

edna insisted on readin furst n read articull she sed she wuz perparin fer publicayshun, witch twuz bout the cycles all riters groups go thru. twuz the furst time she ever had a innerested audients on a counta she claimed our group had dun been diverted frum its originull purpus n had turnt into a soshul group whar we dont lissen with intrest to whut tutherns read n only have inny reespeck fer our own ritins, nun fer the writins of tutherns. she claimed we dont critisize openly cunstructivly but spent our time muttern viciously behind everbidys back. this readin gut everbidy all stirrd up to whar we couldnt hardly continue on a counta all the reglar members wuz riled up n reddy fer a group fuss n fite. everbidy started splainin how this warnt no wurkshop n had started as a soshul group of folks that lacked to entertain each other by readin whut they rite.

george roberts read a wunderflee terrbull essay one of his students had handed in.

kristina olsen read poetry.

e ashton crane shared part of his new play by gittin johnny, billy, jerry, laurn, george, patty n me to hep readin differnt parts.

jerry read two poems, one of em a verr goodn bout vietnam.

bud rankin read a story bout academe name of "Babble On."

martha townsend read a nice poem bout dr ed hofmann.

i dint read nuthin.

 

rite after this meetin, i deecided to keep all the informayshun bout group meetins in a special notebook, witch now i caint find it to save me. but we met sevrul more times. i read a rebuttull i had writ to edna's piece n i know we had sevrul good meetins, but all i have of em is that we met n had a goodn or not. i caint find no recurd of whut went on, who wuz thar, whar we met n so forth. but the group wuz a'dyin alreddy, not on a counta innythang edna sed, tho it probly had to do with her wontin to quit (she cum to ever meetin innywho). bit on a counta how folks gut jobs n had to be a'movin away. joe cooper lost his apartment n stayed in the spare bedroom in our apartment fer a few munths, but he had to move to atlanta to git wurk. johnny mayhew wuz to furst to move to new york, witch everbidy kindly dreamed of a'goin thar to try to make it as a riter. corse, he warnt thonly one that went thar.