Robert Creeley: A Biography

by [Creeley, Robert] Faas, Ekbert; Trombacco, Maria; MacKinnon, Ann

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Hanover, NH and London: University Press of New England. 2001. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Near Fine. Slight rubbing to jacket; else a near fine copy internally. x, 513 pages + plates. " ... tour-de-force biography" (jacket front flyleaf) of the influential American poet and critic's first 40 years (to 1966); notable for the appendix of excerpts of Creeley's first wife's memoirs (including her 1944 diary). Includes bibliography and index.

Book summary

In this unconventional biography of an unconventional life, Faas shares the anecdotes of Creeley's life in the language in which Creeley and his famous circle of friends related them. Excerpts from the diary and memoir of Creeley's first wife help paint the portrait of the poet and of his early involvement with the poetry movements that so profoundly shaped the American literary scene.