tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189926.post1258588394911327949..comments2024-02-17T20:13:57.292-07:00Comments on Albloggerque: Gene Frumkin, ABQ Poet...Gonejohnny_mangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09720036616218638433noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189926.post-65492754143729362492008-12-09T23:12:00.000-07:002008-12-09T23:12:00.000-07:00Gene was an extraordinary man who accepted life an...Gene was an extraordinary man who accepted life and its miraculous inconsistencies. He was a remarkable instructor and professor.Vanessa Hadady, BFA, MAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160548796138461220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189926.post-73568491316772257532008-02-27T23:11:00.000-07:002008-02-27T23:11:00.000-07:00Gene was a kind and wonderful teacher.It's Feb 27,...Gene was a kind and wonderful teacher.<BR/><BR/>It's Feb 27, 2008, and I was on a walk, when his line "The slit, the blue", came to me, and I wondered, is Gene still alive? I calculated what his age might be, and figured there was a good chance he had moved on. So I googled Gene Frumkin and this is the first article to come up.<BR/><BR/>My last encounter ever with Gene: end of the semester. He took me aside. I was about to graduate. He told me I should continue writing.<BR/><BR/>Nothing more floral than that, no explanation. It has stayed with me my whole life.<BR/><BR/>Love you Gene,<BR/><BR/>Emily DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189926.post-66068080095228098252008-02-12T20:08:00.000-07:002008-02-12T20:08:00.000-07:00Gene was likewise my first Creative Writing teache...Gene was likewise my first Creative Writing teacher at UNM, and I believe I ended up taking three or four courses from him during my time there...he was an amazing teacher and human being...he used to take me along to Saturday night poker games with other local writers and Creative Writing profs...I'm so sorry I never caught up with him again.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189926.post-4904485252736794252007-11-21T19:24:00.000-07:002007-11-21T19:24:00.000-07:00Gene was a cool guy. I drove him nuts. I was not a...Gene was a cool guy. I drove him nuts. I was not a good student but he did see a lot of potential in me. I have been a writer for years and often think of Gene.<BR/>Don Johnson, class of 73.5Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189926.post-5503043115511929542007-03-22T06:16:00.000-06:002007-03-22T06:16:00.000-06:00Gene was my first poetry teacher at UNM--uncomprom...Gene was my first poetry teacher at UNM--uncompromisingly difficult in the classroom and uncommonly good as a poet (right now I'm reading some of his poetry from a 1987 issue of Puerto Del Sol--it's all powerfully imagined stuff). Rest in Peace, Professor.TucsonBoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06368450166928030844noreply@blogger.com