Yours Presently : The Selected Letters of John Wieners, Hardcover by Stewart,...

by Eileen Myles

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Yours Presently : The Selected Letters of John Wieners, Hardcover by Stewart, Michael Seth (EDT); Myles, Eileen (FRW), ISBN 0826362044, ISBN-13 9780826362049, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This work collects correspondence of queer Beat poet John Wieners, who exchanged letters with other poets of his generation, including Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olsen, Denise Levertov, and Amiri Baraka. From 1956 to 1997, the letters describe the literary scenes on the East and West Coasts and deal with drug use, gay subcultures, mental illness, and treatment of mental patients. Editor Michael Seth Stewart (English, University of Alabama) provides an introduction on Wieners’s career and connections with other writers, notes on the letters, and brief bios of those mentioned in the letters. Th also contains a preface by writer Eileen Myles. B&w photos are included. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Year: 2020
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780826362049
• Condition: Fine

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