First edition signed by Gilbert of his third collection of poetry, "imbued with austere clarity" (Knapp).
Near fine in like dust jacket.
Price: $300.00
"I came back from the funeral and crawled / around the apartment, crying hard, / searching for my wife's hair."
Gilbert's social proximity to Beat greats Ginsberg and Spicer may imply an associated stylistic proximity, but Gilbert wrote through a more traditional lineage. THE GREAT FIRES is dedicated to Gilbert's partner Michiko Nogami, who passed away in the same year his second book was published; poems such as "Alone," "How to Love the Dead," and "A Year Later" reflect on the emotional toll of the loss of a loved one, as well as the absurdity of coming to terms with death.
Read more: Elizabeth Knapp, "Monolithos: Poems, 1962 and 1982," Pif Magazine.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Full title: The Great Fires: Poems 1982-1992. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original quarter black cloth with silver lettering. Original pictorial dust jacket, unclipped (USA $20.00, Canada $26.95), designed by Chip Kidd. Fore-edge machine deckle. 90 pages. With stylized gift inscription from Gilbert to title page, dated 1994. Light toning to margins of jacket flaps, some toning to verso of jacket. Mild foxing to edges and endpapers. Sharp.
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