Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Taylor takes on people usually taken more seriously - members of the Supreme Court, poets laureate, literary theorists, Whitewater celebrities, amongst others - demonstrating through 101 clerihews, that one of the primary purposes of poetry is to have fun.
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Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Taylor takes on people usually taken more seriously - members of the Supreme Court, poets laureate, literary theorists, Whitewater celebrities, amongst others - demonstrating through 101 clerihews, that one of the primary purposes of poetry is to have fun.
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Good in good dust jacket. Ex library copy. Light wear, ""Clean text"". Typical library, stampings, markings, stickers etc (W1) Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 64 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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8vo, pp. 54. Author's presentation on flyleaf to poet William Jay Smith to whom, along with David Slavitt, he dedicates this book. A fine copy in dj. Inscribed by the author: "For Bill & Sonja | With love and gratitude-| Henry | 4/16/00 | Lincoln, VA" Taylor received a Pulitzer for his collection, The Flying Change, in 1986.
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This collection features four-line peoms mostly concerning an inside group of names you might not care about or ever have heard of, uninspired rhymes, and no particular identifiable humor. Probably it was never meant for general consumption. E.C. Bentley would not have been flattered.
