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Even Strange Ghosts Can Be Shared: The Collected Letters of Jack Spicer

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jack Spicer, Kevin Killian (Editor), Kelly Holt (Editor)Publish date:9/2/2025Pages:512
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wesleyan University PressISBN-13:9780819501905ISBN-10:819501905UPC:9780819501905Book Category:Literary Collections, Social Science, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Letters, LGBTQ+ Studies, PoetryProduct ID:SCQ4BG4AVZ

Even Strange Ghosts Can Be Shared: The Collected Letters of Jack Spicer

Collected correspondence showcases the dazzling intelligence of an iconic American writer

The more than 300 letters collected in Even Strange Ghosts Can Be Shared are a crucial component of Jack Spicer's unique oeuvre, and they radiate with the brilliance, ferocity, and vulnerability that characterizes his poetry. Spicer writes tenderly to lovers and friends in self-reflective series that recall...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Wesleyan University PressISBN-13:9780819501905ISBN-10:819501905UPC:9780819501905Book Category:Literary Collections, Social Science, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Letters, LGBTQ+ Studies, PoetryProduct ID:SCQ4BG4AVZ

JACK SPICER (1925-1965) was an American poet often identified with the San Francisco Renaissance. During his short but prolific life, he published numerous books with small presses, including Billy the Kid (1959), The Heads of the Town Up to the Aether (1962), and Language (1965). Spicer's first book, After Lorca (1957), was recently reprinted by NYRB Poets with an introduction by Peter Gizzi...

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

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