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Event of Plathian Interest at Columbia College Chicago

If you are in Chicago, or near Chicago, you may be interested in the following event sponsored by Columbia College, Chicago. If you have frequent flyer miles, I'd suggest redeeming them for this event.

Karen Kukil will give a talk, “Sylvia Plath's Women and Poetry”, on Wednesday, October 21, 5:30 p.m. at the Music Center Concert Hall,1014 South Michigan Avenue. Click hither for more information.

If anyone sees Eddie Cohen, can you please give him my number?
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  1. George Fitzgerald18 October, 2009 08:14

    Yeah, or Richard Sassoon! Has he ever been heard from that you know of?

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  2. Peter K Steinberg18 October, 2009 09:15

    George,

    Richard Sassoon is living in Colorado now; I think in or near Boulder. A couple of years back he "resurfaced" through a woman called Karen Peace. There were some posts on the SP Forum about him, and at that time, he gave some creative writing and artwork to the Lilly Library at IU, Bloomington.

    pks

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  3. magiciansgirl18 October, 2009 19:55

    Damn! I'm going to be in Chicago in a couple of weeks, but not October 21. Its all in the timing...

    I just talked with Karen, Richard is fine. I'll have to ask her about the Lilly donation - not sure if that happened yet or not

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  4. Al26 October, 2009 17:33

    I no longer go to school in Chicago, so it's a pity that this event should be held just as I left the city. Otherwise, I would have attended and given an account of how Kukil's lecture went.

    Are there any recaps (for lack of a better word) of Karen Kukil's lecture sitting around online or will I have to travel back in time and attend the event myself?

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  5. Unknown11 January, 2010 23:21

    Ed Cohen died in January 2008

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  6. KAREN E PEACE09 July, 2018 19:26

    Richard died in 2017.

    You can see his obituary here: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailycamera/obituary.aspx?n=richard-sassoon&pid=186113607&fhid=672

    I collected some of his writing for the Lilly Library at Indiana University some years ago. He was Sylvia Plath's lover way back. I tried to find where his items are in the Lilly library system, but haven't located them -- I have sent an email to them to see if they can point me to them.

    Best,
    Karen Peace
    ke_peace@yahoo.com
    www.soundclick.com/kepeaceusa

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