Author: HERSHBERGER, H.M., EULERT, Donald, and CORDONNIER, Max (editors)
Title: The Western Poet: Spring 1962 (Volume 2, Number 1)
Description: Reno, The Western Poet, 1962. Paperback. (Volume 2, Number 1). 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 58pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Early issue, tight and attractive, of this short-lived poetry publication (which began as a semi-annual and switched to quarterly with this issue). Contributor's copy, from the private library of noted social protest poet and fine press publisher JOHN BEECHER (1904-80). His artist wife Barbara Beecher (born 1925) pens "Marked Copy / P. 8" in black marker near the top of the front wrapper and brackets his name on the contents page. Page eight contains Beecher's well-known poem "Homage to a Subversive," a tribute to Henry David Thoreau. Uncommon. .

Keywords: Poetry


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