This book is the winner of the 1989 Juniper Prize, the annual poetry award sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Press. The poems in First Language do what Keats said poems must do: "surprise by a fine excess." Edward Kleinschmidt's words ricochet and deflect on their way to and from the heart. As the title suggests, these poems work from the source, that area of language, memory, and experience behind the operative meaning of words. Kleinschmidt dives into the layered implications of words for their limitless ...
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This book is the winner of the 1989 Juniper Prize, the annual poetry award sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Press. The poems in First Language do what Keats said poems must do: "surprise by a fine excess." Edward Kleinschmidt's words ricochet and deflect on their way to and from the heart. As the title suggests, these poems work from the source, that area of language, memory, and experience behind the operative meaning of words. Kleinschmidt dives into the layered implications of words for their limitless possibilities, to places that even those words had forgotten they had access to. He does so with a playful, astute intelligence and originality. He is the wild card in any deck of contemporary poets.
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First trade paperback printing. 70 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Kleinschmidt on the title page and additionally INSCRIBED, "To ___ / with best of / luck + wishes."
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First edition. Softcover. 70 pages. Simultaneous paperback issue of this the fifteenth recipient of the Juniper Prize. Kleinschmidt's second book of poems. A near fine copy in wrappers.
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Fine in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Sturdy cloth-bound hardcover in Fine condition, with Good only dustjacket. Book itself is essentially flawless. Dustjacket chipped and torn at the top of the spine, moderate edgewear, but jacket is otherwise clean, complete, and intact. The book is quite clean and stain-free, square and straight, very firm and tight in its binding, no pages are loose, torn, folded, creased, or missing. The hinges are sound and undamaged, the corners are sharp and unbumped. All pages are clean and stain free, bright and white, and all text is sharp and legible. There is no writing, underlining, highlighting, or other such markings anywhere in the book. Five-star seller, buy with confidence, professional booksellers for 35 years, selling books online since 1995. B45.
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First edition. Softcover. 70 pages. Simultaneous paperback issue of this the fifteenth recipient of the Juniper Prize. Kleinschmidt's second book of poems. A close to near fine copy in wrappers with some faint foxing to the page edges. Signed and warmly inscribed by Kleinschmidt on the title page to poet Linda Pastan.
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71p., personal inscription signed by the poet, ink notes by the previous owner on several poems else very good first trade paperback edition in decorative blue wraps. Poet's second book and the 15th recipient of the Juniper Prize.
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