SLSL Intro "As Nearly as I Can Remember"

[Elainemmbell at aol.com]

I recently saw John Updike at a reading where he gave a lovely performance of 
his poem about the month of March--including a long, folksy introduction 
about how he had written it in his "ingenuous, ambitious" days as a young 
writer and soon-to-be-father as a dedication to his first child, due to be 
born in March.  The piece is arty and high-minded and lengthy for poetry but 
read beautifully.  When he'd completed the reading he said, "And in keeping 
with youth, my child was born on April first!"  just an anecdote re: the 
"mellowing" of fine minds...

Elaine M.M. Bell, Writer
(860) 523-9225
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