Remembering …

… Actor Amber Tamblyn remembers poet Jack Hirschman as mentor with 'integrity beyond reproach' | Datebook. (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

Jack Hirschman, who died Sunday, Aug. 22, at age 87 at his home in North Beach, was revolutionary in every aspect of his existence, from the first day his heart beat until its last. Born in New York to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, Jack would become the poet laureate of San Francisco in 2006, and the pulse from which the entire city could feel the coursing of its own livelihood. He was not just the creative backbone of the Bay Area, but its entire spine, holding up and connecting every artist who ever dared to speak truth to power