[New-Poetry] Liam Rector RIP

[Suzanne Burns]

On 8/16/07, Suzanne Baran <screwzbaran at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I heard about this -- insanity!


Sorry, it is still hard for me to be coherent about this-- You hear news
like this and if you know the person, you are just reduce to sputtering,
cursing, and breaking things.

Liam is well known for his dedication to poetry and his great bear-like
warmth and support of other poets.  He is one of those mentors people always
speak of with a notable glow to their voices.  He is deeply deeply loved.
This is going to be very rough news for a lot of people, and I know a few
who are on their way to NYC right now.  My heart goes out to Tree.  I can
only imagine what this must be like for her.

I'm still speechless.  Liam was never to the best of my knowledge the
depressive type, but I know he has faced serious health problems for at
least a decade.

Gah.

Suzanne Burns
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