tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319167354306052803.post5809122242767526906..comments2023-12-22T07:03:20.245-05:00Comments on Barbara Shoup: Conversation about Etheridge KnightBarbara Shouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06271843514290564068noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319167354306052803.post-71175671398924796482011-04-06T06:49:43.852-04:002011-04-06T06:49:43.852-04:00Thanks. LOVE that quote!Thanks. LOVE that quote!Barbara Shouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06271843514290564068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319167354306052803.post-76215744897492632742011-04-05T17:16:34.477-04:002011-04-05T17:16:34.477-04:00Great post Barb. I wanted to make the Friday conve...Great post Barb. I wanted to make the Friday conversation, but that's Mason's birthday and we had 12 years to celebrate. <br /><br />I did know EK. I joined his FPP workshops. I sipped whisky with him in his Barton Towers apartment. I gave him a few rides, and some money. <br /><br />A handful of his poems I connected with, but my memories and affection endure because of the man himself...he was marginalized and weak bodied, but some fierceness was left too, and it was fuel for his gentleness and love. "Love militantly" he used to say.<br /><br />I wouldn't trust the military to interpret that, but Etheridge sure made it workgphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12375536595233823591noreply@blogger.com