From Scratch

Clayton Eshleman from scratch poetry Black Sparrow Press- excellent copy tight spine - miniscule amount of wear - almost looks unread interesting art textured paper on its covers -red end papers solid copy - nicely put together - printed acid-free paper -paperback- very good - From Scratch - suite of sinewy new poems, each exploring a station on one poet's way toward self-creation. Growth of Clayton Eshleman's creative psyche from mud-caked Midwestern taproot to mature cosmopolitan flower,inchoate youth to subtle mythologist of the caveman,of Paleolithic consciousness ("a single smoking road runs from Indianapolis to Lascaux!"). Hymns of praise-great image-makers of the late Ice Age to their modern descendants (Soutine, de Kooning, Nora Jaffe);tributes to the master-spirits of the poet's inner life (Blake, Vallejo, Artaud). Eshleman's is a highly individual poetry, DEMONSTRATING how each of us belongs, not just to our self,also to those numberless selves who've gone before -to the collective human consciousness that underlies all our thoughts. - From scratch Author Clayton Eshleman Publisher Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa California 1998 ISBN 1574230700, 9781574230703 Paperback 190 pages Subjects Poetry /American /General Regional & Cultural --Ruth Reaser LAXVespa Los Angeles /- see pictures maybe this will do it maybe it won't -Expedited Shipping available-by request/ price adjust-..Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa shipped -United States Post to fulfill your order, Los Angeles I carefully pack your book,hop on my Vespa visit the PO to have it placed in our mail system.. your books wrapped,not co-mingled,you get the copy you were viewing. Carefully packed...Gift just let me know..-From scratch 4113 K Cole poetry SB