http://riza.com/richard/2010/02/interview-with-virginia-aste/ the brautigan pages is for richard brautigan admirers around the globe. Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:54:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://riza.com/richard/2010/02/interview-with-virginia-aste/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 Roger B Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:40:07 +0000 http://riza.com/richard/?p=300#comment-1532 A wonderful and thoughtful interview. In many ways, Richard Brautigan's writings are what brought me to the Bay Area, and planted the seed to find my own voice as a writer. 1976, the year that I went to Washington Square Park, and opened a bottle of Vin Ordinaire and drank to the memory of Trout Fishing in America Shorty, a saint or bodhisattva of North Beach. Perhaps a bronze statue of Richard with fishing pole and creel could be erected in Washington Square Park with the word "Welcome", like Ben Franklin's, to the 4 directions, or a statue of Trout Fishing in America Shorty. I wonder if a photo of him exsists? A wonderful and thoughtful interview. In many ways, Richard Brautigan’s writings are what brought me to the Bay Area, and planted the seed to find my own voice as a writer. 1976, the year that I went to Washington Square Park, and opened a bottle of Vin Ordinaire and drank to the memory of Trout Fishing in America Shorty, a saint or bodhisattva of North Beach. Perhaps a bronze statue of Richard with fishing pole and creel could be erected in Washington Square Park with the word “Welcome”, like Ben Franklin’s, to the 4 directions, or a statue of Trout Fishing in America Shorty. I wonder if a photo of him exsists?

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