Spring 1972 there was a meeting of Small Magazine Editors and Publishers (COSMEP) in Boston and, at the same time, a huge poetry reading series at Tufts. Robert Duncan, Robert Creeley, Robert Bly, Mark Mirsky, Inger Grytting, Jan Eric and Tova Vogt from Norway, Anne Waldman, Ken Irby, Lynne Lawner -- all poets and all in town. Creeley and Duncan stayed at my house. Jan Eric and Tova across the street at Mather House, Mark and Inger at his cousin's in the Square. It was beautiful weather; the forsythia was in bloom in the backyard. The daffodils were up. The living room was bathed in light. We drank tea and talked -- the sounds of Norwegian a counterpoint to our English. It was the first time in a long time that Inger was with friends from home; she was laughing and blushing and talking very fast to Tova.

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