T. Paul Ste. Marie:

My fortune in life, my true fortune of connecting with wonderful people, grew intensely as a result of knowing Ted & Laura here in Vancouver, B.C.. I had first met them at a reading Ted was …{read more}

Stephen Ronan:

By the time of Ted’s visits to City Lights I had attended at least one of his readings. Usually he would read at Cody’s Books in Berkeley. I remember good turn-outs and a general delight with Ted’s charismatic …{read more}

John Bibby:

I met Ted twice – in Timbuktu (1966) and in Algiers (1969).

I remember his immortal first words – “Haben Sie Sardinen?” (I was wearing Lederhosen – he assumed I was German – and he was on the …{read more}

C. Edward Bernier:

Ted Joans came to us in the late 70s fresh from his wanderings throughout the Sahel. I was Cultural Affairs Officer at the US Embassy in Dakar. He began slowly, with poetry readings about town and in …{read more}

John Bibby:

I met Ted twice – in Timbuktu (1966) and in Algiers (1969).

I remember his immortal first words – “Haben Sie Sardinen?” (I was wearing Lederhosen – he assumed I was German – and he was on the …{read more}

Anne Baxter:

The written word is not my medium, but I feel Ted would be pleased if I at least made an attempt to honor him and his “Teducation” though this great website. I first met Ted in Paris. It …{read more}

Dudley Merchant:

I met up with Ted Joans in June of 1978 in Paris. He was great to read with and we had two readings together and a few more parties. Ted is alive as I think of him often. …{read more}

Jake Lamar:

Paris 14 May 2003

I’m still in shock that Ted Joans has, as he would have put it, “gone on to the ancestors.” I don’t know what to say other than that he was like a father to …{read more}

Howard Park:

I only met Ted Joans once, at the 1994 NYU Beat Conference. According to my somewhat altered consciousness and memory of the time, Ted and Jack Micheline stole the show. At the time, Ted was living, at least …{read more}

Jim Haynes:

Ted Joans and I have been close friends and associates since our first meeting in Edinburgh in 1960. He stayed in my home in Edinburgh, later in London and often in Paris. I launched my kitchen-table publishing house, …{read more}