...conversations attest to these blessings, as does "Late Fragment," the last poem in his final book: And did you get what you wanted from this life, even...call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.16 As in other volumes in the Literary Conversations series, the interviews are reprinted uncut...

...up. He's reading a book of poetry by Raymond Carver.) The book. Is it good? MARCO. Listen to this: "And did you get what you wanted from this life, even...myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth." EUGENIE. Sounds a good man. (Eugenie pauses in thought for a moment, then crosses to her chair. She...

...brings me squarely back to the mysterious joy of living quietly alone. The late Raymond Carver wrote: And did you get what you wanted, from this life, even...myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth. The music of streets and seasons, an old flannel shirt: the woman alone finds her belovedness in unexpected...

...mysterious fact of life." — -John E. Hines, bishop, Episcopal Church Words to Heal the Heart 'nd did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?...myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth. — Raymond Carver, "A New Path to the Waterfall," from Late Fragment Remembrance of Mother _/ 1 la^tno/C'n...

...discovery of the value of love under extreme adversity. I read to her: And did you get what you wanted from life. even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved. to feel myself beloved on earth. 1 felt these words go home. She had not come across Carver before. Miss A arrived early for...

...rainsounding attic was full of lights and shadows and felt as if it were sailing through the night. 17 And did you get what you wanted from this life, even...myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth. Raymond Carver, "Late Fragment" I didn't have to give this account of myself at all. I don't know why...

...346.731)1'63— dc2l 97-51283 98765432J Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper TO NANCY And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did And what did you want? To call myself Moved, to feel myself beloved on the earth Raymond Carver "Late Fragment" Preface i: [n Richard Ford's...

...a very literary grave with a lot of lines. The first piece is on Carver's own stone: LATE FRAGMENT And did you get what you wanted from this life, even...myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth. The second piece is between the two graves below an oval picture inset into the stone, showing Ray...

...sitting at his grave, crying, her hand over her mouth. Beside it there is this poem, "Late Fragment": And did you get what you wanted from this life, even...myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth. I think about my mother and father, about that Christmas before everything fell apart, about Sarah,...

...knows. St. Gregory2 And did vou get what vou wanted from this life even so? I did. And what did vow want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth Raymond Carver3 1. Nell Bernstein. "Learning to Love." Mother Jones, October 3o, 1oo1, 3; available...