John Crowley (1942-2026)

. A quarter-century ago, I carried a light portable tape recorder to a convention that my wife, Marianne Porter, could not attend. My intention was to record a few ephemeral moments of the con to amuse her later. In the bar, I struck up a conversation with John Crowley. Crowley was then universally acknowledged to be one of the best and brightest writers working in genre He was also midway through…