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we were boys with skinny chests, /
bird legs and fresh suburban
smiles, / we gaped and gawked
and talked the talk / while Sam
Bull climbed silently inside / the
van on the beach with Twinkling
Eyes / — that summer's surfing girl
wonder."
While the bulk of Dresman's
poetry has been self-published in
the form of chapbooks, he has re
ceived wide recognition for his
work including publication in
Rolling Stone magazine during the
1970s. The Surfer's Journal will
also publish "Sam Bull Was a
Man" and reveal the characters'
true names. "Silver Dazzle," also
self-published, was designed by
Dresman's son, Drew.
The 60-year-old Dresman has
had a connection to poetry
throughout his life. He's been an
activist for the art form wherever
he's gone — not only through his
own works but through others' as
well. Dresman lived in San Diego
during the 1980s and ran "Wild
Mustard Press," which published
the work of local poets. Before
that, Dresman lived in San Fran
cisco. He spent 1986 teaching in
China and moved to Eugene in
1987, where he has remained
since.
Despite his nickname, Dres
man said that he does not con
sider himself a beat poet, al
though he considers the beat
generation — along with Dylan
Thomas and Donald Allen's
1960 anthology of "The New
American Poetry" — to be imme
diate sources of influence. He
also mentioned the Black Moun
tain poets as influential, includ
ing Charles Olson and Ed Dorn,
about the latter of whom Dres
man wrote his Ph D dissertation.
On Nov. 14, Dresman will chair
a panel on beat poetry during the
Ken Kesey Symposium entitled
"Fifty Years Young: The Beats Go
On." The event will commence at
7:30 p.m. in the EMU Fir Room.
Contact the Pulse editor
at aaronshakra@dailyemerald.com.
SUNDBERG
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through his songs, MTV footage and
magazine articles. It was then that I lost
all respect for Cobain. 1 wondered how
a father could do that to his family. I
kept asking, "Why?" In any event, I
took down my Nirvana posters,
stopped listening to his music and
looked for higher ground.
Unless you are terminally ill, you
have no reason to take your life. Feel
ing sad does not cut it. When you end
your life purposely, you hurt everyone
around you. You are simply perpetu
ating the cycle of misery.
Now, after reading the countless let
ters, poems and tributes to Elliott
Smith online, I find myself in the
same boat I was in when I heard
about Kurt Cobain's death. Smith is
selfishly perpetuating his misery.
It is still a mystery why Smith took
his life, but one thing is certain — his
albums sales will climb after this. Per
haps they already have.
I'm not saying Smith had that in
mind, but I'm not ruling it out. Con
sider the record sales of Cobain, Shan
non Hoon (Blind Melon), Bradley
Nowell (Sublime^, Layne Staley (Alice
in Chains) and countless other rock
ers who died — they went through
the roof.
In any event, Smith's suicide was un
called for. Any suicide is uncalled for. I
feel no pity for someone who gives up.
I look up to the people who overcome.
I can remember a good many times
when I was younger that suicide
seemed like a viable option. But then I
realized what I have, and how I would
be hurting the people around me. I re
alized what I would be giving up. I re
alized how time heals all wounds. I re
alized that life is good. And to this day, I
feel that. In fact, I think each day that I
am alive, life gets a little better.
If Elliott Smith realized this, maybe
I would be raving about his upcom
ing double album. Now, however, I'm
not even going to buy it and further
perpetuate the sadness. I would rather
celebrate the beauty of life because
death comes for us all soon enough.
Contact the Pulse columnist
at carlsundberg@dailyemerald.com.
His opinions do not necessarily
represent those of the Emerald.
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