Gerald Stern
Dear Lucy, This is a beautiful piece. Glowing with all the right kinds of appreciation. Honorable. Dignified. Full of genuine love. Not formal at all -- you don't write formal but maybe the Birmingham Review piece was formal.
Lucy, I love this so much.
That was beautiful, Lucy!
His face is so full of goodness and curiosity, hyper-alert though he may be.
Dear Lucy, This is a beautiful piece. Glowing with all the right kinds of appreciation. Honorable. Dignified. Full of genuine love. Not formal at all -- you don't write formal but maybe the Birmingham Review piece was formal.
Lucy, I love this so much.
That was beautiful, Lucy!
His face is so full of goodness and curiosity, hyper-alert though he may be.