Published by [Various], 1996
Seller: Small Volume Books, Providence, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
[Various]. Condition: Very Good. Collection of 17 items from the library of American author Susan Dodd, including several literary journals and volumes inscribed by Dodd, as well as association copies inscribed to Dodd by others, many with typed or handwritten letters laid in. Publication dates span throughout Dodd's 20-year writing and teaching career, showing her own progression as an author, as well as literary relationships, with other writers and students, through deeply personal inscriptions and letters. She has since retired to Ocracoke, NC and makes anti-war art out of antique baby dolls. Of her art, Dodd stated: "I like things that are unraveling and rotting." (Ocracoke Observer, 2018). Titles in archive include: Windows: A Book of Poems. Bingham, Jo. Norwich, CT: Franklin Press, 1977. 8vo. Black and white pictorial paper wraps. Illustrated by C. Rankin Bingham. Inscribed to Susan Dodd on verso front wrapper, colophon at rear signed and numbered 430 of 650 copies. The Love & Death Boy. Weingarten, Roger. Syracuse, NY: W.D. Hofstadt & Sons, 1981. 4to. Off-white paper wraps. Inscribed on ffep to Susan Dodd; limited edition of 500, this copy is not numbered. Epoch: Volume XXXII, No. 3: Spring-Summer 1983; contains the story "Walls" by Susan Dodd. Ascent Volume 9, Number 1. Ascent Corporation: 1983; contains the story "Coelostat" by Susan Dodd. Inscribed by Dodd to "Richard." (possibly Richard Bausch?) Crazyhorse Poetry & Prose: Fall 1984, Number 27. Crazyhorse Association at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Contains the story "Wildmen of Borneo" by Susan Dodd. (2 copies) The Seattle Review: Volume VIII, Number 2; Fall 1985. Seattle, WA: The Seattle Review, 1985. Contains "Friends in High Places: A Personal Essay on Voice" by Susan Dodd. 6 x 3.5 in. Typed letter signed in blue ballpoint, from Laurel Speer to Susan Dodd, dated 10-18-85. ".Old Wives' Tales is such a wonderful collection; not a single clinker in the lot." Gratias tibi ago. Thorne, Hooper (pen name of Dodd's?) The Center for Celestial Harmony & All That Press, 1986. Blue paper wraps. Inscribed by Susan Dodd with a quote from the text: "for my dear Richard.who offered me love, all the kinds there are.Iowa City January 1986." (Bausch?) The Automotive History of Lucky Kellerman. Heller, Steve. Chelsea Green, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1987. Trade paperback. Inscribed to Susan Dodd. Michigan Quarterly Review Vol. XXVIII, No. 3; Summer 1989. [Ann Arbor, MI]: The University of Michigan, 1989. Includes "The Great Man Writes a Love Story" by Susan Dodd. A Criminal Journey. Hendrie Jr., Don. Amherst, MA: Lynx House Press, 1990. Trade paperback. With TLS on University of Alabama letterhead laid in, half title page inscribed to Susan Dodd, and title page flat-signed. Miss You Like Crazy. Clark, Eliza. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1991. Trade paperback, with quote on rear wrapper from Susan Dodd and TLS on publisher's letterhead laid in, thanking Dodd for the quote: ".Eliza is very pleased." The American Voice No. 27. Louisville, KY: The Kentucky Foundation for Women, Inc., [1992]. Includes "The Lost Art of Sleep" by Susan Dodd. Bookmark laid in: "Compliments of Susan Dodd." Writers Harvest 2: A Collection of New Fiction. Canin, Ethan (editor). San Diego: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1996. Contains the story "So Far You Can't Imagine" by Susan Dodd, as well as works by Michael Chabon, Mary Gaitskill, Julia Alvarez, and others. The Ohio Review: Number Fifty-Five. Dodd, Wayne. Ohio Review, 1996. Includes the story "Lokey Man" by Susan Dodd. Post-it note stating "Ex-libris R.N. Ziff." The Dead Girl. Thernstrom, Melanie. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1990. First edition HC in DJ. With warm, lengthy inscription from Thernstrom to author Susan Dodd. Memoir/ true crime investigation into the death of Thernstrom's close friend, Roberta Teresa Lee.