Poetry. Jackson Mac Low's REPRESENTATIVE WORKS: 1938-1985 is a compilation that follows the work of American experimentalism through one of its strongest arrangers. Mac Low, a proponent of "systems of chance," treated chance and choice as equal-handed characters in the making of poetry. Despite his intentional steering toward randomness, Mac Low's poetry "always has a remarkable compassion and humor...just as there are ways of jumping off or in or on."--Robert Creeley Mac Low writes attentively and "his poetry, even though ...
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Poetry. Jackson Mac Low's REPRESENTATIVE WORKS: 1938-1985 is a compilation that follows the work of American experimentalism through one of its strongest arrangers. Mac Low, a proponent of "systems of chance," treated chance and choice as equal-handed characters in the making of poetry. Despite his intentional steering toward randomness, Mac Low's poetry "always has a remarkable compassion and humor...just as there are ways of jumping off or in or on."--Robert Creeley Mac Low writes attentively and "his poetry, even though it looks like it, is poetry."--John Cage
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN: 0937804193.
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Good. No jacket. The cover is rubbed and scratched with the bottom corner edges being slightly bumped and creased. The top edge of the text block is foxed, but not visible on the page margins. Binding is secure and pages are clean and unmarked.
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Very good. No jacket. No jacket. Cover has small scuff marks on front, and is lightly bumped on corners, but text on spine is clear and bright. Binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked.
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Very Good. First edition, wrappered issue. Preface by Jerome Rothenberg. Octavo. xx, 336pp. Binding just a bit cocked with a light reading crease at the upper shoulder and the topedge lightly foxed, very good and sound. From the library of poet David Ignatow and Inscribed to him on the half-title; Mac Low has also written out a manuscript erratum regarding the order of three pages, and has made one tiny correction to the spelling of his name in his introduction. Signed again by Mac Low on the title page.
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Very Good. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear and some gentle spine creases, inscribed "Best wishes to Richard, Jackson, NYC, 2/7/87." With postcard addressed to poet Richard Dillon in Pittsburgh from 1/20/87: "Dear Richard, *Thanks* for the poems & for dedicating the one in color to me (it's the most interesting, I think, tho I'd like to see "out there over" in larger type so I cd really read it). [If the "wizard" is supposed to be me, I'm no wizard nor want to be & I'm very often weary--but that doesn't take away from the *poem*--only from the /appropriateness of the/ the dedication] {Is the "Alan" Davies? } Best wishes for 1987 & beyond, Jackson."
