tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post8059466155445661363..comments2024-02-12T16:32:03.714-08:00Comments on Book of Kells: A Friendship: A Literary Conversation Between To Poets: Kelli Russell Agodon & Susan RichKelli Russell Agodon - Book of Kellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798460634708905783noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-66552817612545263882011-01-03T14:12:21.696-08:002011-01-03T14:12:21.696-08:00I think I've shared with you in the past that ...I think I've shared with you in the past that I've read numerous accounts of poet's correspondence between one another that have been published. Annie Sexton's published letters, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath's Letters Home (though they were largely letters to her mother) Sylvia's Journals, Allan Ginsberg's letters and Robert Lowell’s. It has always been fascinating stuff to me and I have mused on my blog that I wonder what generations will lose as such correspondence between anyone, much less poets seems to be fading. <br /><br />But your letters really underscore something else altogether. The value of that connection for creative people, for so much of what they do is in isolation. Talking shop, bouncing stuff off each other, just having someone that reminds you of the positive. <br /><br />Thanks both of you for sharing. I suspect you've just made a lot of people jealous. :)Michael A. Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015233939646285069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-11913990588843316872011-01-03T11:18:21.224-08:002011-01-03T11:18:21.224-08:00Kelli, I realize I wrote the above as if I were on...Kelli, I realize I wrote the above as if I were on Susan's blog; I should have written "Yours with Susan...." For all the sharing, you two are distinct. I just have to make sure I note whose blog I'm leaving the comment.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-37937526686553540512011-01-03T10:23:48.396-08:002011-01-03T10:23:48.396-08:00I have always been fascinated by writers' corr...I have always been fascinated by writers' correspondence with each other. Yours with Kelli shows what a life-sustaining and writer-sustaining bond can be created even via e-mail. A delightful read. Love the names of your respective writing studios.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.com