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Title: An Accidental Autobiography: The Selected Letters by Gregory Corso, Bill Morgan, Patti Smith ISBN: 0-8112-1535-0 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent
Comment: This book fills in great holes in Corso's biography. Not only do we get an account of major periods of his adulthood, but for the first time his childhood is explored. The letter to his father is especially revealing. A major biography still needs to be done of this poet, among America's most important poets, and almost certainly the most important surrealist poet America has produced. It is especially interesting to see earlier drafts of now famous poems. The drafts are not nearly as good as the finished works, which to my mind proves that Corso was a conscious artist, and not the naif that he is often portrayed. Corso said the most important part of writing a poem was the editing. This voluminous group of letters probably gives first drafts of something like eighty poems. They are nowhere close to the hard sharp brilliance of the finished works. This book is indispensable to anyone who likes Corso's poems. It offers a very revealing insight into the biographical background. I am still hoping an excellent biography will come forth, and especially one that deals with the Catholic church, and Corso's foster families. Sadly, many of the people that Corso knew are dying off, so this project looks more and more remote with each passing year.
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Title: All Poets Welcome: The Lower East Side Poetry Scene in the 1960s, Includes 35-track CD of audio clips of poetry readings by Daniel Kane ISBN: 0520233859 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: GraceLand : A Novel by Chris Abani ISBN: 0374165890 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 15 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Brontë Myth by LUCASTA MILLER ISBN: 0375412778 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 13 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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