RIP Tuli Kupferberg (1923-2010)

by | Jul 12, 2010 | People

“who jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge this actually happened and walked away unknown and forgotten into the ghostly daze of Chinatown”

Short obit from the Times.

Previously on PWHNY.

2 Comments

  1. Thelma Blitz
    Thelma Blitz on July 12, 2010 at 9:27 pm

    “who jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge this actually happened and walked away unknown and forgotten into the ghostly daze of Chinatown

  2. Bryan
    Bryan on July 13, 2010 at 10:23 am

    Thanks, Thelma — I knew that Ginsberg got it wrong, and that it ended in hospitalization. (In the post linked via “Previously on PWHNY” I make the same clarification you just did.) It’s a beautiful line, though not to be attempted at home. And to me the line seemed even more beautiful thinking that TK had now walked off into the ghostly daze of Chinatown — though I sincerely hope not unknown or forgotten. Our thoughts are with his loved ones.

    best,

    bw