“The greatest beauty is organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe.” -- from “The Answer” by Robinson Jeffers Within his lifetime, the work of Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) was at various points revered, deliberately shunned, and generally neglected. In 1932, the poet was featured on the cover of Time magazine; but by 1948 his publisher, Random House, saw fit to add a “Publisher's Note” to his collection The Double Axe in which they expressed their “disagreement over some of the political views pronounced by the poet in the volume.” By the time of his death he had already passed into irrelevance, with younger poets such as Kenneth Rexroth attacking him and his work rarely anthologized. Still, his work was read and studied by other poets such as Gary Snyder (who noted his work show... [more California’s Wild Coast: Poet Robinson Jeffers]
Blog posts by Jesse Rossa
Jesse Rossa is the proprietor of Triolet Rare Books, currently based on the Central Coast of California. Prior to entering the trade he apprenticed to a hand bookbinder and was a special collections librarian. The firm's specialties include idiosyncratic modern poetry, literature, and fine press material.
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by Williams, William Carlos
New York : New Directions , 1958
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by [Pennyroyal Press]. S.G. Goodrich. Anne O'Connor, ill
[Easthampton] : Pennyroyal Press , 1975
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by Ruscha, Ed
[Los Angeles] : Edward Ruscha , 1969
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by Stein, Gertrude
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by Ernst, Max, ill. Paul Eluard
Paris : Éditions de la Revue Fontaine , 1945
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by Stein, Gertrude
New York : The Grafton Press , 1909
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