National Book Award Address, March 14, 1961
by JARRELL, Randall
- Used
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy; ephemeral, and rare
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
N. Y.: National Book Awards, 1961. First edition, a mimeograph, for distribution at the awards ceremony. Jarrell won the National Book Award for Poetry for The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Poems and Translations (New York: Atheneum, 1960). "Sometimes I read, in reviews by men whose sleep I have troubled, that I'm one of those poets who've never learned to write poetry. This is true . . . It is customary for poets, in conclusion, to recommend poetry to you, and to beg you to read it as much as you ought instead of as much as you do. . . . Poetry doesn't need poets' recommendations. . . . Poetry, art . . . I do not recommend them to you any more than I recommend to you that, tonight, you go home to bed, and go to sleep, and dream." National Book Award speeches of this and earlier vintages were printed for the occasion, and in our experience, seldom survive. A fine copy; ephemeral, and rare. 4to, 4 pages, stapled as issued. A fine copy; ephemeral, and rare.
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- Bookseller
- James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21737
- Title
- National Book Award Address, March 14, 1961
- Author
- JARRELL, Randall
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy; ephemeral, and rare
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, a mimeograph, for distribution at the awards cere
- Publisher
- National Book Awards
- Place of Publication
- N. Y.
- Date Published
- 1961
Terms of Sale
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
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About the Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
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Deep River, Connecticut
About James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
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