Comments on: A Trip to Charles Olson’s Gloucester http://realitystudio.org A William S. Burroughs Community Mon, 21 May 2012 11:22:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laura http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/a-trip-to-charles-olsons-gloucester/comment-page-1/#comment-91018 Laura Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:37:42 +0000 http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/a-trip-to-charles-olsons-gloucester/#comment-91018 Just wanted to let you know that you couldn't have "driven by Dogtown" as it is somewhat deep in the woods. A lot of the ruggedness and darkness of the area isn't something that is as noticeable to a tourist. Surprisingly, I don't know much about Olson, but I love Burroughs, so I'll have to look into his work. Just wanted to let you know that you couldn’t have “driven by Dogtown” as it is somewhat deep in the woods.

A lot of the ruggedness and darkness of the area isn’t something that is as noticeable to a tourist.

Surprisingly, I don’t know much about Olson, but I love Burroughs, so I’ll have to look into his work.

]]> By: Henry Ferrini http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/a-trip-to-charles-olsons-gloucester/comment-page-1/#comment-27707 Henry Ferrini Tue, 20 May 2008 15:50:08 +0000 http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/a-trip-to-charles-olsons-gloucester/#comment-27707 Jed, I enjoyed reading your post about my town. You hit on the hot spots in town. Mystery Train, Dogtown Books and Ten Pound Island Books. Perhaps you or your readers may be interested in "Polis is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place," a new film about Olson viewed through the lens of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Also you also may be interested in "Lowell Blues:the Words of Jack Kerouac", a 30 minute film on "ti Jean" and Lowell that I made back in the 90's. Kerouac came to visit Olson in Gloucester one evening. I would have liked to be a bug on the wall. best, Henry Jed,

I enjoyed reading your post about my town. You hit on the hot spots in town. Mystery Train, Dogtown Books and Ten Pound Island Books. Perhaps you or your readers may be interested in “Polis is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place,” a new film about Olson viewed through the lens of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Also you also may be interested in “Lowell Blues:the Words of Jack Kerouac”, a 30 minute film on “ti Jean” and Lowell that I made back in the 90′s.

Kerouac came to visit Olson in Gloucester one evening. I would have liked to be a bug on the wall.

best,

Henry

]]> By: Dan Lauffer http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/a-trip-to-charles-olsons-gloucester/comment-page-1/#comment-18961 Dan Lauffer Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:45:13 +0000 http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/a-trip-to-charles-olsons-gloucester/#comment-18961 Glad that I stopped back and read the post. I had done the trip in '63. I missed Olson, but spoke to his wife. She said that tours really knocked him out and that he wasn't sociable for a few days. I did run out to Dogtown which was a really wild area at the time. I saw Bob's Clam Shack, but not Lufkin's Diner. I also got to stop and talk to Vince Ferrini at his framing shop in Rockport. He wanted the New York gossip and sold me copies of SET. I packed them in with the firsts that I had brought with me and ambled back to New York in time for the Even Dozen sessions. BTW I recommend Michael Rumaker's "Black Mountain Days". You get a real sense of Olson, the man. You also get a feel for the struggle that it took for them to get out the little mags and the chapbooks that we collect today. Yrs Dan Glad that I stopped back and read the post. I had done the trip in ’63. I missed Olson, but spoke to his wife. She said that tours really knocked him out and that he wasn’t sociable for a few days. I did run out to Dogtown which was a really wild area at the time. I saw Bob’s Clam Shack, but not Lufkin’s Diner. I also got to stop and talk to Vince Ferrini at his framing shop in Rockport. He wanted the New York gossip and sold me copies of SET. I packed them in with the firsts that I had brought with me and ambled back to New York in time for the Even Dozen sessions. BTW I recommend Michael Rumaker’s “Black Mountain Days”. You get a real sense of Olson, the man. You also get a feel for the struggle that it took for them to get out the little mags and the chapbooks that we collect today.

Yrs

Dan

]]> By: Neill Archer Roan http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/a-trip-to-charles-olsons-gloucester/comment-page-1/#comment-10778 Neill Archer Roan Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:59:50 +0000 http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/a-trip-to-charles-olsons-gloucester/#comment-10778 Jed, great post. Wonderful detail and insights. This is the kind of piece that makes me envious that I wasn't there - mostly because I feel like I almost am reading it. I'll be coming back. Jed, great post. Wonderful detail and insights. This is the kind of piece that makes me envious that I wasn’t there – mostly because I feel like I almost am reading it.

I’ll be coming back.

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