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   Message 45,148 of 45,517   
   Will Dockery to All   
   Re: Pegasus 1976 literary journal / Ahmo   
   14 Feb 26 23:26:50   
   
   From: user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   mpsilvertone@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (HarryLime) posted:   
   > Will Dockery wrote:   
   >   
   >> I've posted the proof that Ahmos Zu-Bolton was the Poet-in-Residence at   
   Carver High School, as shown by his introduction to Pegasus '76 written in   
   spring of 1976.   
   >   
   > The evidence (the yearbook) shows that Zu-Bolton did not work at Carver High   
   at any time during the 1975-76 school year.   
      
   I think that was a mistake of the yearbook staff, they accidentally left Ahmos   
   Zu-Bolton out.   
      
   > The "Introduction" (inexplicably submitted in the form of a letter), is not   
   admissible as evidence.  However, it shows that Zu-Bolton had *nothing* to do   
   with the magazine.  He specifically states that he kept his distance from it.   
   >   
   > So the evidence shows that he was not the "Poet-in-Residence" at Carver   
   High, and that he did not have anything to do with the school magazine, other   
   than to supply an introduction.   
   >   
   > I believe your story that Dan Barfield introduced him as "Poet   
   in-Residence."  He used that title in his letter (Introduction) as well.   
   >   
   > But the title is that of his position at Howard University -- where he was   
   employed throughout the 1975-76 school year.   
      
   Okay, that does make sense, except for why Howard University isn't mentioned.   
      
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