This is from a 1986 poetry reading with Harold Norse at the 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

You Must have Been a Sensational Baby
That was fantastic. The others were good, but that was fantastic! I’m glad I saved it. Such a poet, such humor. Thank you for sharing.
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I’m glad you enjoyed it. I just finished and posted a third set of readings today. 🙂
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Love this – Relbog!
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Thanks Daisy!
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Love it! Especially love hearing your audience laugh as they enjoyed your sense of humor. Lovely hearing your voice.
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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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Excellent… very moving, dear Rob!. happy weekend and best wishes. 😉
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Thank you!
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Incredible, Robert! Enjoyed them immensely! 💚 Christine
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Thanks…I just finished converting a performance from 1987. This is fun for me…It’s like meeting a part of myself for the first time.
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Happiness within is good! 💚 Christine
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Yes…
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I echo what saywhatyoumean2say…..so moving…so touching…so sad….
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I am really enjoying these.
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Thank you Linda!
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Reblogged this on O LADO ESCURO DA LUA.
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Rob your last posts have been so powerful and uplifting but so infused with a sadness, I am honored to read them and to laugh and cry as well. ~~dru~~
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Thank you, Dru. There are close to forty tapes…these last posts are from two of them.
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Oh I just re-read this comment and I should have mentioned the moving experience…laughing mostly, of listening to the recordings too. Just amazing posts. ~~dru-again~~
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Thank you. I’m working on a follow up. Working on this stuff is difficult for many reasons but I enjoy the result.
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Reblogged this on Survivors Blog Here.
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