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GATHERING THE TRIBES
by Forché, Carolyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0300019831
- ISBN 13
- 9780300019834
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1976. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.. First edition of Forché's first poetry collection, inscribed to fellow poet Denise Levertov. Carolyn Forché is a multifaceted poet, educator, and activist, whose politically-engaged poetry blends the personal with larger concepts and global events. Exploring themes of kinship, GATHERING THE TRIBES traverses rural life, motherhood, and Sapphic desire. The collection won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award in 1975, when Forché was 24, and landed her a publishing deal. This copy bears an inscription to fellow poet Denise Levertov, who would later call Forché "a poet who's doing what I want to do" (PoetryDispatch). A warm association between two major American poets. 8'' x 5''. Original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering. Original pictorial dust jacket, unclipped ($6.00), illustrated by Arleen Targan. 58 pages. Inscribed by the author in ink to half-title: "For Denise, / I have long / wanted to meet you - / May I know / you someday / Carolyn Forché." Dust jacket with a few small spots of soil, light sunning to spine and mild toning to rear. A bit of edgewear to binding and one or two spots of soil to margins. Sound and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40745
- Title
- GATHERING THE TRIBES
- Author
- Forché, Carolyn
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0300019831
- ISBN 13
- 9780300019834
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven and London
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- 20th century,Poetry,Woman Author,Association Copy
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About the Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2004
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Brian Cassidy Bookseller is the counterculture department of Type Punch Matrix, a rare book firm founded in 2019 by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. BCB @ TPM specializes in the avant garde in all its various guises, including: The Beats; artists' books; poetry; small journals and magazines (especially those associated with the Mimeo Revolution); modern and contemprary art; photography; music; archives and appraisals; as well as vernacular, folk, and outsider books of all kinds. We are always looking to purchase books within my areas of interest, from single titles to collections. Please inquire. We are open by appointment and are easily accessible by public transit.
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