Portrait of Harold Norse based on a scan of the inner cover of my copy of Carnivorous Saint.

You Must Have Been a Sensational Baby, I Said

LGBTQ, Poetry, Public Readings, Rob Goldstein

More cuts from the 1986 reading with Harold Norse at
San Francisco’s Jewish Community Center.

In this post Norse reads, ‘You Must Have Been a Sensational Baby’ .

I owe these performance tapes to my best friend, Kit.

Kit showed up and recorded all of my performances, even when he
was sick.

 I’ll Be Seeing You – In Memory of Kit –

The sketch of Norse is a scan of the inside cover of my copy of his
collected poems, Carnivorous Saint.

I describe  the night I bought Carnivorous Saint in a post I wrote
about Norse for Pride Week 2016.

Heroes of the Revolution: Harold Norse

Portrait of Rob Goldstein based on a photo by Nina Glaser.
Portrait of Rob Goldstein based on a photo by Nina Glaser. I wore black for most of the 1980’s as an expression of mourning.

You Must have Been a Sensational Baby

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23 thoughts on “You Must Have Been a Sensational Baby, I Said”

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    1. I’m getting more memories and starting to understand the writing.

      How do I describe this?

      I’ve never understood the writing because my job in life was to work in mental health and build a life with Jaime.

      There are things in the writings of Rob Goldstein that I can’t relate to such as the use of profanity or sordid descriptions of places I find offensive.

      I often censor this work and refuse to post it.

      When I listened to the tapes Rob ‘explained’ the context of the stories and his aesthetic as a writer.

      He explained the importance of not censoring what is real.

      This gives me a way to claim a part of my life that I can’t remember because I’m Matthew.

      I’m responsible for day to day life.

      For me, Harold Norse is the friend of someone I once knew.

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