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Selected Poems, 1958-1984

by John Wieners · 1986

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Poetry. With a Foreword by Allen Ginsberg. Editor Raymond Foye's essential selection from a quarter century of Wieners' extraordinary inspired work includes The Hotel Wentley Poems (1958), Ace of Pentacles (1964), Pressed Wafer (1967), Asylum Poems (1969), Nerves (1970) and large portions of later books. Plus revealing, brilliant interviews done with Robert Von Halberg and Charles Shively.

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