1990 Sam Hamill (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The distinguished American poet, Thomas McGrath, has been courageous in more ways than one. He found himself being dismissed from teaching jobs because he dared to appear in the 1950s as an 'unfriendly witness" before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. With this book, "Death Song", McGrath bravely faced, accepted serenely, and embraced his own oncoming demise. In these poems McGrath looks death in the face and finds, not an implacable enemy, but a natural progression from one state of being to another. As it says on the book's cover, "Mcgrath celebrated life more nakedly, more enthusiastically, than any American poet since Whitman, reaffirming our interconnectedness with one another and with the natural world." This was Thomas McGrath's last book., issued posthumously after his death in September, 1990. TITLE : Death Song AUTHOR : Thomas McGrath (Thomas Matthew McGrath, 1916 - 1990) EDITOR : Sam Hamill INTRODUCTION : Dale Jacobson IMPRINT : Copper Canyon Press PLACE : Port Townsend, Washington DATE : (1991) EDITION : First Edition in Paperback Format (Issued simultaneously with the hardcover.) STATUS : OP ? Out of Print PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade paperback; Contains an Introduction; approximately 6" x 9"; pictorial wraps, glued; 117 pages CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive, with the following noted: EXTERIOR : Near-negligible surface rub and a bit of edge nicking, and soft bumps to corner tips, else bright and attractive BINDING : Solid, tight INTERIOR : Clean and unmarked.