William Everson; Keiji Shinohara (illus.)
Ravaged with Joy: A Record of the Poetry Reading at the University of California, Davis, on May 16, 1975, 1998
Middletown, CT: Robin Price
One of 150 copies, signed by the illustrator and by the printer, Robin Price.
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Quarto. (36)pp. Decorated throughout with woodcuts in soft grays, greens, browns, and reds. The woodcuts interplay with the text itself, recreating in a visual way the experience of sitting in...
Quarto. (36)pp. Decorated throughout with woodcuts in soft grays, greens, browns, and reds. The woodcuts interplay with the text itself, recreating in a visual way the experience of sitting in person for the poet’s reading; the cadence of the typography mirrors Everson's rhapsodic involvement of humanity in the course of nature. Binding co-designed with Daniel Kelm. The text is hand-sewn into decorative brown paper-covered boards. Audio compact disc of the original 1975 reading inset into verso of upper cover, and a 12pp. pamphlet, The Experience of an Everson Reading, inset into the back. Fine, housed in gray slipcase. Prospectus laid in.


