BIB_ID
415252
Accession number
MA 5788.16
Creator
Strand, Mark, 1934-2014, sender.
Display Date
Fresno, California, between 1977 and 1978.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 27.9 x 21.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Dear Chaz."
Possible date of writing based on Strand being a visiting professor at California State University Fresno in 1977 and "The monument" being published in 1978.
Possible date of writing based on Strand being a visiting professor at California State University Fresno in 1977 and "The monument" being published in 1978.
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Summary
Praising the Popa translation and giving Simic the dust cover of The monument as a prize; stating that a man in Baltimore wants to do a little book for Strand, so he is sending him a strange poem that he started 8 years ago and hopes to be finished with by Chrismas; wishing they could get together and discussing wine and food.
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