Passings :: David Nolan

From the Poetry Project Blog: "It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of our longtime friend David Nolan. David suffered a heart attack last Thursday, February 25th...Many of you know David through the countless volunteer hours he spent at Project events helping us with sound and guiding us through technical knots. He spent all of New Year’s Day, this year and last, along

"The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say."

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