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About the author

Russell Edson was a playwright, novelist, and poet. He authored eighteen previous poetry collections, including The Tormented Mirror, The Reason Why the Closet-Man is Never Sad, The Wounded Breakfast: Ten Poems, and The Tunnel: Selected Poems.

Summary

Edson began publishing poetry in the 1960s. He has been called "the godfather of prose poems in America" by Booklist's Ray Olson. Edson has been quoted as saying "Prose comes so naturally that one doesn't really have to choose it, it's already in one's mouth".

Product details

• Authors: Russell Edson
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.03.2009
• EAN: 9780822960300
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6030-0
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 190 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 113 g
• Series: Pitt Poetry (Paperback); Pitt Poetry Series; Pitt Poetry (Paperback); Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry Series
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama