Interviewer
Mark Gibbons
Files
Description
Montana poet Jack Waller describes the evolution of his personal relationship with Lahey as well as his never-ending admiration for Lahey as a writer. Waller describes how appreciative he was to know Lahey as a friend and poet for many years. He then shares his memories of the gradual decline of Lahey’s mental health and how that made it difficult to maintain a friendship. Waller explains their similarities and differences in the art and highlights some of Lahey’s writing traits. Waller chronicles their relationship from 1991 until Lahey’s death. Waller’s many stories are an insight to Lahey’s strengths in the art as poetry as well as his complicated personal life.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Ed Lahey, Poetry, Literature
Original Date
3-28-2013
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 438-005
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound file (68:48 min.) : digital, + 1 transcript (11 p. : 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
68:48 minutes
Local Filename
OH_438_005.mp3; OH_438_005.pdf
Citation
Waller, Jack, "Jack Waller Interview, March 28, 2013" (2013). Ed Lahey Oral History Project. 4.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/edlahey/4