Bob Hass told me this story: James Merrill came to read in Berkeley. Bob rushed to the bookstore only to find it filled with poetry lovers, so he stood outside. Listening to Merrill, a homeless guy told Bob, “This guy looks like Fred Astaire but talks like Katherine Hepburn!”
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LOL. True enough. I was at that reading. Jimmy wore an extraordinary medallion on a long chain around his neck. He was beautiful.
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