Yours Presently - The Selected Letters of John Wieners

Boston born and bred, John Wieners was a queer self-styled poete maudit who was renowned among his contemporaries but ignored by mainstream critics. The letters collected in this volume are greatly enhanced by a preface and thorough introduction, notes, and brief bios of the poets, writers, artists, and editors with whom Wieners corresponded.

List of contents

• List of Illustrations
• Preface. John
• Eileen Myles
• Acknowledgments
• "Until the dark hours are done": An Introduction
• A Note on the Text
• Part One. "a living that counted"
• Chapter One. Spring 1955-August 1956
• Chapter Two. January 1957-August 1957
• Chapter Three. September 1957-December 1959
• Part Two. "Absent Verse Forms"
• Chapter Four. January 1960-May 1963
• Chapter Five. October 1963-July 1965
• Chapter Six. August 1965-November 1969
• Part Three. "What can I do but shine / in memory"
• Chapter Seven. January 1970-February 1971
• Chapter Eight. April 1972-January 1976
• Chapter Nine. July 1984-January 1997
• Glossary of Names
• Bibliography
• Index

About the author

Michael Seth Stewart teaches English at the University of Alabama. He is also the editor of Stars Seen in Person: Selected Journals of John Wieners.

Product details

• Authors: Eileen Myles
• Assisted by: Michael Seth Stewart (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of New Mexico Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2024
• EAN: 9780826366351
• ISBN: 978-0-8263-6635-1
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 234 mm x 154 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 562 g
• Illustrations: 10 illustrations
• Series: Recencies Series: Research and Recovery in Twentieth-century American Poetics
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries