{"id":842,"date":"2012-01-17T17:01:42","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T21:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/?p=842"},"modified":"2013-12-18T19:45:48","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T23:45:48","slug":"mcnair-to-hall-april-13-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-april-13-1977\/","title":{"rendered":"McNair to Hall: April 13, 1977"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\"McNair-to-Hall-4-13-1977-Inside\"<\/a>\"McNair-to-Hall-4-13-1977-Outside\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Postmarked 13 April 1977<\/p>\n

Donald —<\/p>\n

Lord, that reading was wonderful! I woke up at
\n5:30 this morning (an unusual hour for me)
\nstill high on it. I\u2019d like to see that new long poem sometime.
\nCertain resonant images from it keep coming back
\nInto my mind — from part four (which I\u2019ve already
\nmentioned), or from the section about the store
\n(with its Exxon sign and white clapboards- –
\nexcellent, that tension!). As I told you, I often
\nhave trouble hearing\/seeing poems at readings,
\nand with that poem I need more time\u2026<\/p>\n

But thanks for coming to Colby to read your poems.
\nIt was a special night — with the ultimate in
\nvisual aids: Mt. Kearsage itself, just down the
\nroad.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m awfully glad you are coming to Colby next year.
\nI hope you both feel as good to be in the
\nneighborhood as we all feel having you here.<\/p>\n

Wes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\n

A note from McNair about this letter:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span>Though I do not mention it in my letter, what woke me at 5:30 a.m., and sent me walking the country roads around my farmhouse in the early light, was the memory of Don dedicating \u201cNames of Horses” to me at his reading…. The \u201cnew long poem\u201d I refer to later on is \u201cStone Walls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read Names of Horses <\/span><\/a><\/strong>(p<\/span>ublished version)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Read Stone Walls <\/span><\/a><\/strong>(published version<\/span>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

\n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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