tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post2724597122634617129..comments2024-02-24T18:30:26.749-07:00Comments on prairiemary: ANYONE KNOW NOEL RYAN?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-3118459341251397212016-06-06T18:29:18.340-06:002016-06-06T18:29:18.340-06:00Thanks so much, Patrick. I'm glad to know the...Thanks so much, Patrick. I'm glad to know the story right out to the end and, I reckon, past if you count ashes and memories. I do.<br /><br />Prairie MaryMary Strachan Scriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00538160009129822362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-77398912696440712832016-06-06T17:28:43.230-06:002016-06-06T17:28:43.230-06:00Mary,
Ed/Noel was my uncle and I was his guardia...Mary,<br /><br /><br />Ed/Noel was my uncle and I was his guardian and recently came across your post. He passed away November 1, 2015 in Pittsburgh. He would have loved the fact that someone was impacted by his writings. He was an extremely talented author that was brilliant in many ways and had many demons that he fought throughout his life. Ed graduated from Gonzaga/Carrol College(member of the Gonaga "college bowl team" if you remember the show from the early 60's) worked for Time magazine, taught English on Cyprus and was truly an expert on anything related to ancient Greece. He wrote through out his life. He was involved with several early gay groups in both NYC and San Francisco. Fortunately, I was able to obtain his papers and writings after his death and will keep those in the family. He loved Montana until the end and his ashes will be spread from slopes of Mt. Helena this summer. He finally will be able to come home.<br /><br />Patrick Ryan<br />Phoenix, AzAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15414760744443237132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-91602016880543916362014-08-12T19:36:23.777-06:002014-08-12T19:36:23.777-06:00Michael, I see you are on Google + but I can't...Michael, I see you are on Google + but I can't make it behave, so I'll do this. I hope Noel can know that an old lady in Montana (He's a year older than me) read his story and really liked it.<br /><br />Prairiem at 3rivers.netMary Strachan Scriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00538160009129822362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-81398927336257726362014-08-12T19:19:17.172-06:002014-08-12T19:19:17.172-06:00Noel Ryan is Edward Noel Ryan. He suffered a strok...Noel Ryan is Edward Noel Ryan. He suffered a stroke and is living in a long-term care facility in Pittsburgh, PA. He was born in Montana in 1938. He was at the Stonewall Riots when he lived in NYC, and he knew Harvey Milk when he lived in San Francisco. He is now convalescing in Pittsburgh. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12782799678011981105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-13589134051900415972014-04-02T08:23:11.549-06:002014-04-02T08:23:11.549-06:00. . . I suspect the Montana writer scene has chang.... . . I suspect the Montana writer scene has changed because writing has changed. The 1980s "Montana" brand, as you name it (and it did continue into the 90s, with vestiges, remanants, and participles scattered about like breadcrumbs on the trail leading to some deep forest cabin), caught what was perhaps the last wave of the old era of publishing. As you so well write about, it's a thoroughly new bag these days. Add to that the generational shift, with many of the writers who comprise the "legacy" of the scene are now place names on Humanities Montana's Montana Authors Project map. That said, legacy is the stuff upon which culture is built. Legacy is another form of legend. And legend brings us to the Hero with a Thousand Faces. I think in today's post you are revealing one of those 1000 faces, saying this is Montana writing, albeit, not of the stripe, in all probability, to ever make it to the map. northern nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12764759793354344703noreply@blogger.com