ALTERNATE MEANS OF TRANSPORT

New York: Knopf, 1985. First edition. Burgundy cloth; dustjacket; 8vo. 76 pp. Number 19 in the Knopf Poetry Series, the author's fourth collection. Fine in a fine DJ. McDonald, who began her artistic career as an opera singer, was a late starter as a poet. She founded with Stanley Plumly one of the great creative writing programs at the University of Houston where she was the long-time director. She died in August 2015 at 87. (Inventory #: 64363)