tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526999.post8222493328174466213..comments2024-03-26T12:26:28.548-04:00Comments on rob mclennan's blog: Raymond Souster (January 15, 1921 – October 19, 2012)rob mclennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526999.post-71225539768737863842016-07-07T16:16:07.169-04:002016-07-07T16:16:07.169-04:00Hi Rob,
In the last decade of his remarkable life,...Hi Rob,<br />In the last decade of his remarkable life, Raymond Souster and I became close friends. I had started working with him as an editor and compiler of his poems, given that he had become legally blind. He dictated his poems to me, sometimes when we together or when we spoke on the phone (daily). "Have you got time for a squib?" he would say. Before his final cancer diagnosis, we had planned to revive the Contact Press imprint to publish his next book of poems. He died on October 19, 2012, having written his last poem on October 5. In 2014, under the Contact Press imprint, I published "Come Rain, Come Shine: The Last Poems of Raymond Souster." For more information on this book and to see a photo of Ray in his backyard before he moved into the Grenadier Retirement Residence, you can visit the website at contactpresstoronto.com. <br /><br />Donna DunlopDonna Dunlophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05218639513637005569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526999.post-51398452009846101502012-10-22T12:12:36.361-04:002012-10-22T12:12:36.361-04:00Hi Rob Thanks for this piece. I was wondering if ...Hi Rob Thanks for this piece. I was wondering if anyone knows of any recent interviews or any more recent biographical information regarding Raymond Souster?judith copithornenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526999.post-9993234294282518142012-10-22T12:09:04.523-04:002012-10-22T12:09:04.523-04:00Hi Rob
I would be interested to see more about R...Hi Rob<br /><br />I would be interested to see more about Raymond Souster's later years.Are there any recent interviews or biographical material available do you know? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com