wltii U8* But he sensed something of the oaXl* He 

 said, *'You*d better let me talk to her," At the 

 phone he said soothingly, "Mrs* Rieber, I don't want 

 you to think I forgot about your invlfeation, I 

 told my secretary to remind me and be forgot it*" 

 Veil, we hustled him oyer there in time to save the 

 day, or at least the evening* 



He wes pretty foxy. A person he didn't 

 recognize at all would come to him and say, ''Oh, 

 Mr* Marldiam^ I*m Mrs* So-and-so and X nit you at 

 Mrs. Such-and-such' s house. I know you don't 

 remember nie.*^ Markham would look straight at her 

 as if he hadn't heard. "Wait a minute," he'd say. 

 "X remember now. X met you at Mrs. Such-and-such' s 

 house and your name i8»*let me think— Mrs. So-and« 

 So.** And he'd repeat her own words. She'd go 

 away saying, "What a wonderful memory he has I" 

 This he worked oyer and oyer again. 



Oilbt Did you know Ina Coolbrith? 



Coggins: Just slightly. I knew her only through Joaquin. 

 X didn't see yery much of her. X didn't pursue 

 the poets at all. Xn the first place, she was 

 pub).ished already and she didn't haye anything to 

 publish. X don't know whether she was friendly 



