Barbara Golden spent a couple of weeks shacked up with Irving Layton in Greece. This video was made with iPhoto using snapshots from her collection. WARNING: Adult language and situations.
Barb - so good to hear your voice!! Have cassettes of you on KPFA - some of my treasures. In New Orleans now for awhile and miss the nights on KPFA of the likes of you and Joe Frank. Hope you are well. You are an inspiration!
Thanks for your supportive comment Ken. I am reminded, now that you mention it, of his Nobel prize. My statement about Canada's laureate of poetry is strictly a personal assessment from someone who admired his work
Layton never won the Nobel prize. He was nominated but never won.
momus2 1 week ago
Hi Barbara,
Don't know how often you read these. Malka loved meeting you at the Bar Mitzvah! I forgot how intelligent and creative you are. Let's stay in touch.
- Lena
pumbaa1107 4 months ago
Barb - so good to hear your voice!! Have cassettes of you on KPFA - some of my treasures. In New Orleans now for awhile and miss the nights on KPFA of the likes of you and Joe Frank. Hope you are well. You are an inspiration!
bocasfish 1 year ago
Red Cloth Series: Ross McCague. A tribute to Layton on youtube.
alsonross 1 year ago
he did not. he was nominated but lost to marquez. god, everyone knows that! read a fucking book for once you fuckin idiot.
bassplayer19 1 year ago
The Tightrope Dancer is and forever will be one of my favorite books. Thank you for this wonderful post.
garghamell 2 years ago
Thanks for your supportive comment Ken. I am reminded, now that you mention it, of his Nobel prize. My statement about Canada's laureate of poetry is strictly a personal assessment from someone who admired his work
so very much.
fruglescot 3 years ago
Layton received the Nobel prize for literature did he not. Maybe that is what fruglescot is remembering.
tachanatacha 3 years ago
Just to clarify, Canada has only had three official poet laureates: George Bowering, Pauline Michel, and John Steffler.
ryansorochan 3 years ago
Layton was Canada's poet laureate.
I would love to hear Leonard's moving eulogy at Irving's funeral, once again.
Barbara, you were in the company of a genius
in Greece whether you knew it or not.
fruglescot 4 years ago