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Happy to be here, Hoochmonkey9. It seems odd to me that Buk was so unnerved by reading his work in public, because he was very good at it. Even in the Bellview reading, where he is visibly less sure of himself as a presence, his reading is quite strong. He had great comic delivery.

I'm old school in regards to hearing poets read their works. I want that voice in my head, that physical presence coming across to me, carrying the words. I first "heard" Buk read in 1971 or '72 on a radio program by accident. I'd left the radio alarm clock armed on a Saturday or Sunday...