Interviewer
Mark Gibbons
Files
Description
Hal Waldrup describes how he met Lahey and his relationship with Lahey as a nurse, a roommate, a friend, and professionally. Waldrup gives insight to some of Lahey’s mental health problems and how he maintained his extraordinary talent as a writer. Waldrup’s memories provide a rough timeline of Lahey’s life in Corbin, Butte, and Missoula. Waldrup touches on many of the major events in his own life and how they brought him into contact with Lahey. Mark Gibbons, the interviewer, also shares his knowledge and details about many of the events Waldrup mentions. Additionally, they both discuss various works by Lahey, some of the more personal influences in Lahey’s poetry, and their personal opinions on some of his poetry. Waldrup chronicles years from around 1970-2005 and Gibbons shares some of his experiences with Lahey after 2005.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Ed Lahey, Poetry, Literature
Original Date
3-23-2013
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Ed Lahey Oral History Project OH-438, Archives & Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 438-006
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound file (1:27:17 min.) : digital, + 1 transcript (23 p. : 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
1:27:15 minutes
Local Filename
OH_438_006.mp3; OH_438_006.pdf
Citation
Waldrup, Hal, "Hal Waldrup Interview, March 23, 2013" (2013). Ed Lahey Oral History Project. 7.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/edlahey/7