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He says a main job of Tish was to be a poetry newsletter, and to react against Prism\n\t\t493\tQuestions from audience – Kearns talks about the importance of poets working in groups, in a collective space\n\t\t549\tBowering says he used Williams as a model, and Kearns says Kerouac was his\n\t\t595\tBowering says that since Kerouac was not prestigious, they quoted Olson\n\t\t630\tKearns says the Tish poets were very derivative, but that Gilbert’s poetry was distinctly unique\n\t\t661\tGilbert talks about the Zen influence and aesthetic\n\t\t695\tBowering talks about the value of imitation as a learning tool\n\t\t709\tTape ends\n"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670555075477504,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:59.437Z","score":3.144838}]