Dennis Cooper on Tim Dlugos

Dennis Cooper (I don't need to tell you who he is!) reminisces about Tim Dlugos in the post, encouraging you to read the just-out Collected Dlugos poems. I have it and am reading it. It's big and fat, beautifully done and I'm enjoying every minute of it. Some great links at his post's end, too. And pictures.

Says Cooper,

"His poetry influenced mine vastly, and, thanks to his companionship and kindness and extraordinary social skills, I was introduced to many of my lifelong dearest friends and writer comrades and a serious boyfriend or two. It would take ages to begin to describe what a star and shining light Tim was in late 70s and early 80s, as a poet and as a person. He seemed to be friends with every interesting person in the world, and to move within his circle of friends was a non-stop heady and enlightening experience."