oh, I see this tv personality killed himself-
palma, apgs
On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 5:41 AM, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I recall getting caught up with a suicide: Sylvia Plath. I can remember
rushing to a book store during my lunch hour, buying *Ariel,* reading it
in my car and feeling stunned by the poetry. This would have been 1965
when *Ariel *was published. There was also the writings of A. Alverez,
the poetry editor of *The Observer*, who had “introduced” Sylvia, knew
her personally and considered her a friend. He subsequently wrote *The
Savage God, *which is on the subject of suicide, with Sylvia’s
prominently described.
I recall feeling sad that Sylvia, who showed such promise in *Ariel*,
should commit suicide at age 30 and thinking that had I been her husband I
would have taken better care of her. However, as I read more about her
over the years, I could see that she was a much-more difficult person than
I at first thought and I probably would have made a hash of the marriage as
well. I wasn’t like Ted Hughes, whom I loathed, but there are all sorts of
ways to make a hash of a marriage.
Lawrence
*From:* lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@
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*Subject:* [lit-ideas] Re: Food and Anthony Bourdain
oh, understood, a restaurant owner who died. one wonders what the head
lines are then about.
but thank you for the information and it lets itself be skimmed --the
article-- while full of platitude, with one exception, the hatred expressed
for breakfast which escapes me
palma, apgs
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Lawrence Helm <
lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I confess to not knowing anything about Anthony Bourdain, but I did look
him up just now and one of the first things I encountered was this very
interesting New Yorker article:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/04/19/dont-eat-before-reading-this
Susan liked to go to restaurants, and one of the few things she didn’t
like about the town we retired to, or next-door Hemet, was that they didn’t
have any restaurants she liked. I held the somewhat incompatible view that
exercise was more important than food. “Eat simply and get lots of
exercise.” But I did like taking her to restaurants, and she didn’t mind
that I usually chose a chef’s salad. She liked fine cuts of steak, very
rare. I did experiment from time to time, but never appreciated any of
those experiments.
And I did cook for Susan during her last few years, but now that I’m on my
own I buy a lot of Lean-Cuisine-type packaged meals from Stater Bros. I
also like Oatmeal a few times a week and canned chili from time to time –
probably not an Anthony Bourdain sort of person.
Lawrence
