For Steve

For Steve (Dalachinsky 1946-2019)
voice: Steve Dalachinsky
image: Leah Singer
audio: Lee Ranaldo
Created for an online series, 'The Steve Circuit', in tribute to our friend, poet and music-lover Steve Dalachinsky, presented by Issue Project Room in NYC. I met Steve in my first year in NYC, 1979 or 1980, where he could be found for years, selling books in front of his apartment on Spring Street in SoHo. I got to know him then and bought a couple rare Kerouac titles from him that I'd been searching for, and a nearly 40-year friendship began right there. Whatever gig you attended you could be sure to find Steve there, he was a voracious listener. It was great to see his poetry activity grow over the last decade, as he was a fine writer. We love and miss you Steve!
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