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Charles Olson’s Cutty Sark bottle

harles Olson’s Cutty Sark bottle collected by Ed Sanders at the Berkeley Poetry Conference, July 23, 1965. From the Ed Sanders Archive.

Charles Olson’s Cutty Sark bottle collected by Ed Sanders at the Berkeley Poetry Conference, July 23, 1965. From the Ed Sanders Archive.

While attending the Berkeley Poetry Conference, Ed Sanders retrieved Charles Olson’s Scotch whisky bottle and kept it in an envelope inscribed: “Charles Olson’s Cutty Sark bottle left on lectern after his talk at the Berkeley Poetry Conference July 23 1965, Wheeler Auditorium, U.C. – Berkeley! — Ed Sanders.”