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Unread 08-01-2022, 11:34 AM
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Jesse Anger, who was a good poet and a good friend whom I first encountered here, died on July 30. The causes are still a bit murky. It still hasn’t completely settled in with me. The times I headed to Montreal to do readings were some of the most exciting in my poetry life, and Jesse was consistently one of my first readers and listeners for the last decade. To say he’ll be missed is a gross understatement.
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Unread 08-01-2022, 12:16 PM
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It’s always a jolt when a colleague goes, especially when known for years.
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Unread 08-01-2022, 01:45 PM
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I'm so sorry. I didn't know Jesse very well but we collaborated in that impromptu, 'just do it' way that is only possible with those who are talented and unafraid.

I can't imagine what his friends and family are going through. My thoughts are with them.

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Unread 08-01-2022, 01:50 PM
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I am sorry to hear this. I liked interacting with him here.
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Unread 08-01-2022, 02:49 PM
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What?! This is just awful.
Let me know if you find out any more details, Quincy.
I am really devastated by this.

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Unread 08-01-2022, 02:58 PM
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I wish I knew him better.

I critiqued one or two of his poems and when I read them, I was impressed enough to search for more of his work online. I read those poems, which were metrical (the ones I'd encountered in Eratosphere were not) and was impressed, there was something original in those poems, the way they roped colloquialisms, slang, and elevated language into something that was more than the sum of its parts, that rhymed with the type of insistence only skill can muster, that brought so wholly a place, a cityscape, a perception into my mind, that I was fully absorbed. You don't get that with much American metrical poetry, that distinctiveness of voice, I remembered Jesse's poems for their uniqueness, when so many "formalists" sound so similar.
Apart from that, my only proper encounter with him was a quick pm conversation we exchanged, based on our shared love for certain rappers, and his idea — maybe it was more than just an "idea" — to write a book comparing those rappers' scansion to sprung rhythm.

This is a terrible thing to hear.
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Unread 08-01-2022, 04:07 PM
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Devastated, too, Nemo.

I love you, Jesse . . . no borders


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Awful, awful. But thank you for letting us know, Quincy.
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Unread 08-01-2022, 04:50 PM
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Oh, this is sad news indeed.
Jesse was so young. It makes it a whole lot worse than hearing about a friend who's died... but who had lived to a great age. That's still sad, of course, but there's a difference when a life ends far too soon.

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Unread 08-01-2022, 05:32 PM
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Really terrible news.
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