The death of G. Gordon Liddy brought back memories of my friend Judy Wax. I was intrigued and inspired when she became a writer well into middle age. Her piece about her son, who had gone to India with a cult, was picked up by the New York Times. I heard her interviewed by Studs Terkel about her new career, including a poem titled The Love Song of G. Gordon Liddy, published in Time magazine. I still have a copy of her book Starting in the Middle. Her story spoke directly to me.
She was on her way to a booksellers convention in Los Angeles when she was killed in the plane crash at O'Hare.
Sounds like she was a kindred spirit in your life, Joan. Even at a distance in time, condolences.
ReplyDeleteWow, how interesting, and how sad she died in that tragic manner.
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