We wrap up this week by saying farewell to Lou Rowan, who passed away at the age of 83 on March 25th. Beyond his own writing, Rowan was perhaps best known as the editor of
Golden Handcuffs Review. A tribute posted by the UK press Reality Street notes that "neglected graduate school to participate in the independent presses, little magazines and readings flourishing in New York’s Lower East Side during the late 60s. He earned his living as a teacher, and then an institutional investor – the latter taking him to the Northwest United States, where he worked on his fictions and edited
Golden Handcuffs Review for many years, until moving to Nice, France with his partner Andrea Auge."
While we don't have a proper author page for Rowan, you can listen to his two appearances
on Leonard Schwartz's Cross Cultural Poetics on our series page for the program. Rowan was first featured on Episode #170, "Sharma/Zolf/Rowan," in 2008, reading from his then-latest release,
Sweet Potatoes (AhaDada Books). He returned in 2011 for Episode #229, "McElroy's Trail," in conversation with fiction writer Joseph McElroy about the latest issue of
Golden Handcuffs Review, which included a feature focusing on McElroy's work. You'll find both programs
here.
