MY EXPERIENCES IN PARNASSUS : SPARROW 53 (SIGNED BY POET)

Author: Rakosi, Carl
Title: MY EXPERIENCES IN PARNASSUS : SPARROW 53 (SIGNED BY POET)
Publication: Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1977
Edition: First Edition

Description: Staplebound Pamphlet. Santa, Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press. First edition. 9 x 6 inches: pp. 13. Tan wraps with black type.

Signed by author inside front cover. Some light wear on spine. Text is unmarked. Binding firm.

A selection of poems and notes from Rakosi, including the title piece, "Poetics from Chelm",
Gargoyles", "Memoir", "The Ordeal of Moses", "As an American", and "Variations on a Theme by Mocking Bird". Rakosi (1903-2004), was one of the poets referred to as "Objectivist" poets. SIGNED by Carl Rakosi on p. 2 (counting cover). Very Good.

"SPARROW appears monthly. It prints poetry, fiction, essays, criticism, commentaries & reviews. Each issue presents the work of a single author. The poet is prophet." (from front cover).

"It takes great discipline to be spontaneous."

"My poems keep getting smaller and smaller not because I have less to say but because I have become more rigorous."

Seller ID: 632

Subject: Poetry



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