group meetins
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date |
whar |
who wuz thar |
whut happent |
1. |
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henry mouffettes
apartment |
henry mouffette,
lauren stewart, patricia macintyre, buddy don |
henry, lauren read poetry buddy don read the furst chaptur of novel name of
retreat |
2. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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buddy don n emily |
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 buddy don read a lil of crap notes |
6. |
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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. |
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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 |
8. |
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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. |
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no meetin |
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10. |
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lauren stewarts studio |
billy n lauren, bud
rankin, henry mouffette, buddy don n emily |
buddy don read january dream chaptur frum crap
notes |
11. |
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no meetin |
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12. |
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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. |
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meetin, no notes |
?? buddy don, bud
rankin, billy n lauren, jane-anne n jimmy morrison |
bd read frum crap notes |
14. |
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meetin, no notes |
?? buddy don, bud n
ginny rankin, billy n lauren, jane-anne n jimmy morrison |
bd read frum crap notes |
15. |
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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. |
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buddy don n emily |
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. |
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lauren stewrts studio |
( |
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. |
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lauren stewrts studio |
( |
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. |
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lauren stewrts studio |
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bd read frum crap notes. bud rankin red a story (thay wuz more but i
dint list it) |
20. |
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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. |
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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 |
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 bd read frum crap notes |
22. |
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?? |
?? |
bd read frum crap notes, endin of part two |
23. |
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no meetin |
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24. |
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no meetin |
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25. |
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no meetin |
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26. |
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no meetin |
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27. |
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no meetin |
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28. |
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no meetin |
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29. |
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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. |
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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 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. |
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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 bd read a story name of "A Difficult
Departure" |
32. |
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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. |
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buddy don n emily |
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 bd read poetry (incl. "Days of Untuned
Instruments") emily 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 bud rankin read "The Track" |
34. |
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mark |
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 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. |
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bud n ginny rankins |
bud n ginny, billy n lauren, emily n bd, sam johns,
edna polk, martha townsend, sandra barnes, steve |
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 fred whelan read another story, better than the last,
name of "The History of the Western World." steve 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 bd read "Slave of Desire" |
36. |
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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 teddy 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. |
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johnny mayhews |
billy n lauren, bud n ginny, the morrisons, emily n bd,
mark |
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 bud rankin read a
story about race relayshuns witch he named it "The Last Trip to the Old
Swimmin Hole" |
38. |
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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 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 " bd read sum poems mark 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. |
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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 edna polk read the furst two chapturs of a fantasy
novel bout a race of half-bird women. steve 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 |
40. |
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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 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. |
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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 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 |
42. |
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mark |
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 " bd read "The Mulberry Tree" |
43. |
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steve westlakes |
larry riddenour, mark |
johnny read a good
short story bout cummin of age name of "Different Beats" sgeve larry riddenour read
an intense seven pages of his novel bed rankin read a
short story name of "A Cord of Wood" mark bd read "Cleaning Up." jake dawes read
several poems, includin reruns by request |
44. |
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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. |
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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 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. |
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buddy don n emily |
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 edna polk read 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. |
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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 jake dawes read a funny short story name of
"Miranda." bud rankin read a funny story name of " kristina olsen read some poemssteve bd read "Revenge on a Hot
Afternoon." edna pold reread her synopsis of
"Neversense." |
48. |
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bud n ginnys |
bud n ginny, edna polk, kristina olsen, tina olsen,
brenda carpenter, jane lucky, johnny, mayhew, jake dawes, don kennedy, steve |
?? |
49. |
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jake dawes |
bud n ginny, jake, edna, tina olsen, johnny, billy n
lauren, bd. later on, jackson, two of jakes friends frum |
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." |
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no meetin |
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51. |
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no meetin |
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52. |
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no meetin |
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martha townsends |
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martha townsends |
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55. |
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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. |
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mark |
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 mark 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. |
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no meetin? |
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58. |
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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. |
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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 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. |
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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 |
i read these pieces
later: arthur james writ
sumthin analyzin a many sufferin guilt over his ackshuns in 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 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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63. |
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no meetin |
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64. |
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no meetin |
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65. |
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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. |
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buddy don n emily |
jake dawes, larry
riddenour, george roberts, jane lucky, sheila |
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. |
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buddy don n emily |
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? jake dawes read sum poems, includin "Earthen
Voices," witch tiz one of his verr best. mark lauren read sum new n
angry poems bud rankin read a
touchin luv poem he writ fer ginny while he wuz in |
68. |
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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 bd read a nuther seckshun of "Sit
You Down, Father." kristina olsen read a
fine long poem edna polk read |
69. |
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no meetin?? |
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70. |
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buddy don n emily |
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. |
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no meetin? |
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72. |
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jane luckys |
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73. |
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j ashton cranes |
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74. |
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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 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. |
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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. |
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no meetin? |
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77. |
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no meetin? |
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78. |
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no meetin |
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79. |
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no meetin |
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80. |
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no meetin |
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81. |
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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. |
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buddy don n emily |
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 hk read sum young
poetry, witch hes only 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." |
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bud n ginnys |
bud n ginny, edna polk, arthur james, arthurs
gurlfriend (janine?), mark kendall, martha |
bd read the nex seckshun frum "Sit
You Down, Father." ?? |
84. |
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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 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." |
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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, |
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 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