BARBARA HOWES - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 08/18/1981 - HFSID 190135
Sale Price $175.00
Reg. $220.00
BARBARA HOWES
Signed letter of the American poet, author of The Undersea
Farmer. A rare signature!
Typed letter signed: "Barbara Howes", in green ink, 1 page,
7¼x10½. North Pownal, Vermont, August 18, 1981. On her personal
letterhead, to "Dear Mrs. Searle", in full: "Thank you for
including me in this Christmas volume for your daughter. I don't like just
putting down a few lines from a poem; that is after not the poem, so I've
written out two here, more than you wanted, but you can choose between or
whatever. I was going to add a third, a recent number, but after all, I do not
want to deluge you with my efforts. As your daughter will know, the 1st is in
the old French form of the rondeau; 'Early Supper' a triolet. I should have
added something in free verse, but as I said, should spare you. With best wishes
to you both, and the hope the 'postal service' does not see fit to treat this as
spaghetti. Sincerely yours,." Barbara Howes (1914-1996) was an
American poet, author of the books The Undersea Farmer (1948),
In the Cold Country (1954) and Looking up at Leaves. Her
fiction includes 23 Modern Stories (1963) and Gregory Jay
Smith (1970). Also an editor, she edited The Eye of the Heart: Short
Stories from Latin America. Her collection The Collected Poems of
Barbara Howes 1945-1990 was nominated for the 1995 National Book
Award. Normal mailing folds. Slightly creased. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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