signed first edition Softcover
1984 · Pittsburgh
by PETRIE, Paul
Pittsburgh: Slow Loris Press, 1984. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Philip Levine. Spine a little toned, very good or better in printed wrappers. Inscribed to fellow poet J. D. McClatchy. Winner of the 1984 Capricorn Award, sponsored by the Writer's Voice of the West Side YMCA and judged that year by Philip Levine. In his introduction, Levine describes Petrie's poetry as "extraordinarily accomplished" and writes "...I wonder how it is possible [these poems] are not better known, and... I have no answer.
(Inventory #: 598705)