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Bluenorthwest

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11. What a great memory to have, you met one of the best ever...if it makes you feel better I once had

Reply to aquart (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2015, 09:11 AM

Feb 2015

a conversation lasting several minutes with a very nice man I did not recognize as being baseball legend Mickey Mantel. Friends who witnessed the encounter were appalled that I'd not known who he was. I'm sports illiterate.

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Saturday was Langston Hughes' birthday. I met him. [View all] aquart Feb 2015 OP

Rest in peace Langston Hughes. lovemydog Feb 2015 #1

How did you not know who Hughes was, in NYC, with an interest in poetry, in that period? ND-Dem Feb 2015 #2

I'd like to know that, too. aquart Feb 2015 #5

Meh. He knew he was brilliant. Smarmie Doofus Feb 2015 #3

He should have been shaking the hand of a starry-eyed acolyte aquart Feb 2015 #6

Lucky you malaise Feb 2015 #4

Yeah. aquart Feb 2015 #7

Depends on whether you like poetry malaise Feb 2015 #9

Look at the glass as at least partially full Rhiannon12866 Feb 2015 #10

Don't get me started on regrets LuvNewcastle Feb 2015 #8

+++ fadedrose Feb 2015 #20

What a great memory to have, you met one of the best ever...if it makes you feel better I once had Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #11

Had a friend who was in Manhattan looking for her wedding gown. aquart Feb 2015 #17

You're being too hard on yourself, I feel. What an exceptional man, and you can leave the Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #12

indeed Duppers Feb 2015 #14

Ahhh. Not sure I still have the book. aquart Feb 2015 #18

Hope you're in better health now and you find the book. Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #19

Lots of good used books online fadedrose Feb 2015 #21

google's video today honoring him Duppers Feb 2015 #13

Ah, youth. - nt KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #15

great poem bigtree Feb 2015 #16

I hate Rod McKuen just died. He was the prom queen judge at our high school prom. benz380 Feb 2015 #22