Over the years, he served in loco parentis as well as mentor to the English author Malcolm Lowry. David Markson’s Malcolm Lowry’s Volcano: Myth, Symbol, Meaning: In 1923 he acted as a witness at the marriage of his friend, poet W. H. Davies. From 1950 to 1952, he served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, more commonly known as Poet Laureate of the United States. In 1960 he visited Grasmere in the Lake District, England (once the home of William Wordsworth), with his friend Edward Burra.Arts Council, Hayward Gallery Catalogue, 1985
