Confessions of a Guerrilla Writer, Part 1 of 5

Kent State

1982 photograph of the May 4, 1970, Kent State shooting site (DEM)

     On Friday night, May 1, 1970, a group of us from the University of Akron did the bar scene on North Water Street near Kent State University, about twelve miles northeast of Akron.  While at The Cove, a popular nightclub with a dance floor, I saw an attractive co‑ed from Kent whom I h…