LETTERS: 1988: 50
50.
January 3,
1988
Dear Friend Singh,
Thank you for your letter of Dec. 12.
The BANNER doesn’t publish reviews these days, especially
reviews of books by local authors. Six
months ago I called to ask if they would look at a review by a Vermont poet who
is quite well known, and the editor wouldn’t even consider it. My book never had an official BANNER review
but did get a good one by a librarian reporting on new books at Bennington Free
Library.
Even though Reagan is on the way out, his policies are still
active. It will take years to pay back the deficit caused by his military
buildup, and there has been so much progress on his “Star Wars” initiative—so
many contracts have been let to corporations all over the US that it will be
hard to ease off—too many jobs would be lost, too many executives already
counting on that money, too much research in progress at universities.
My book of poems AZUBAH NYE and its prefatory lyrics will be
published by a small press next April, and I’m invited to read by an important
cultural group—the Charles Burchfield (he’s a Buffalo painter) Society in
Buffalo on April 17. You’ve probably seen both the narrative as it appeared in
ORIGIN magazine, and the lyrics I think I sent you not long ago.
My political life keeps me on edge and very active. I’ll be
glad when the charter for Bennington has been reviewed, revised, and released
to the Selectmen for their approval and the approval of the voters.
Christmas was both difficult and lucky for us; our second
daughter Susan had surgery the morning of the 25, early, for a tubular
pregnancy—the egg and sperm having met in the tube rather than in the
womb. It was a narrow escape for
her. We are grateful to have her back
home and recovering.
Yrs.
Lyle
Glazier
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