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"A Pocket Book""A Pocket Book" ([Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1983). 22 x 16 cm folded twice to 11 x 8 cm. This piece of prose [first line: "One doesn't learn how…"] was originally published in Stafford's Writing the Australian Crawl (1977). It was modified into verse and titled "A Pocket Book" for the 1983 Portfolio issued by Centrum writing workshop under the direction of Tree Swenson. The portfolio includes eleven broadside by Stafford, Carol Bangs, William Kittredge, Michael McClure, Marvin Bell, Diane di Prima, Jim Heynen, Linda Gregg, Howard Nemerov, and Kay Boyle. The portfolio is made from moss-green paper with a titling on the front cover and a title card laid in., 1983

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 5

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Stafford Archives includes personal manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, photographic negatives and prints, audio and video recordings, publications, teaching materials, artifacts, calendars, and materials relating to Stafford's life as a pacifist.

Dates

  • Creation: 1983

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 130 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
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Portland Oregon 97219 USA