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“The Daily Shoot-Out for Tourists on the Square in Jackson, Wyoming” ([Boise, ID: Idaho Arts Commission, 1978]). 28 x 22 cm. Keepsake of October 1978, for a reading at the Art Museum, Boise.

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“Passing a Creche.” Seattle, WA: Sea Pen Press & Paper Mill, 1978. 13 x 37 cm folded twice accordion style to 13 x 13 cm. Leaflet. An edition of 200 copies, printed on three colors of heavy hand-made paper: cream, blue/gray, and purple. The watermark is an “Advent presepio angel.” A variation of this broadside by the same publisher with the same date and limitation was printed on 18 x 26 cm rag paper.

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“Deer Stolen.” [Portland, OR: Lewis & Clark College, 1979]. 28 x 22 cm. Poem printed on a cream-colored fl yer for a poetry reading titled: William Stafford One of America’s outstanding poets and teachers will present selections from the collected poems this coming Tuesday, May 15 in the Agnes Flanagan Chapel The hour, 8 p.m.

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“Light, and My Sudden Face.” Daleville, IN: Th e Barnwood Press, 1979. 28 x 22 cm. Keepsake with design by Barbara LaRue King, printed in about one hundred copies on at least two colors of paper (gray and tan) to celebrate WS’s return to read at Ball State University in May 1979.

Scope and Contents “Mia Madre Diceva” [Italian translation of “My Mother Said”] (The British College of Palermo, Italy and Cross-Cultural Communications of New York, 1979). 43 x 31 cm folded twice to 22 x 16 cm. When folded, the front cover of this leaflet is titled, The Britisch College Incontro con Nicolò D’Alessandro, Nat Scammacca, William Stafford, Disma Tumminello. When unfolded, Stafford’s poem appears on the verso along with a poem by Nat Scammacca, a sketch by Nicolò D’Alessandro, and a photograph of...

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“Whispered into the Ground” excerpt (Writers Here and Now at the University of Maryland, 1979). 43 x 28 cm. Printed in red on white paper with an image of Stafford. A poster advertising a Stafford reading on November 28, 1979 with the heading: “An Afternoon with William Stafford.”

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“Answerers” (Brockport, NY: BOA Publications, 1980). 14 x 21 cm. Postcard. Boacards series C. Publisher Al Poulin’s promotional card for Things That Happen Where There Aren’t Any People (1980).

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“Around You, Your House” ([Portland, OR]: Breakwater Press, [1980]). 36 x 27 cm. From Howard Aaron’s Breakwater Broadsides Series 1 portfolio of six items, also including Stafford’s, “Starting with Little Things.” The other poets are Howard Aaron, Peter Sears, Kim Stafford, and John Witte. Portfolio in light gray and ivory, 37 cm., with a tan label.

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“Maybe” ([?Bethesda, MD]: Writers Center, 1980). 28 x 22 cm.

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“A Message from the Wanderer” (n.p.: Alan Ligda, 1980). 45 x 20 cm. Edition of 25 numbered copies printed on Leaf handmade paper. Published as a gift from Sandra Kroupa to Robert Monroe.