My Vocabulary Did This to Me (9780819570901)

In 1965, when the poet Jack Spicer died at the age of forty, he left behind a trunkful of papers and manuscripts and a few copies of the seven small books he had seen to press. A West Coast poet, his influence spanned the national literary scene of the 1950s and '60s, though in many ways Spicer's innovative writing ran counter to that of his contemporaries in the New York School and the West Coast Beat movement. Now, more than forty years later, Spicer's voice is more compelling, insistent, and timely than ever. During his short but prolific life, Spicer troubled the concepts of translation, voice, and the act of poetic composition itself. My Vocabulary Did This to Me is a landmark publication of this essential poet's life work, and includes poems that have become increasingly hard to find and many published here for the first time.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 508 pages
• Dimensions 152 x 203 x 30.48mm | 589.67g
• Publication date 15 Aug 2010
• Publisher University Press of New England
• Imprint Wesleyan University Press
• Publication City/Country Hanover, United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note 10 illus.
• ISBN10 0819570907
• ISBN13 9780819570901
• Bestsellers rank 269,374

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