[Offprint]: Vietnamese Oral Poetry

Austin, Texas: Literature East & West, 1975. Softcover. Fine. Offprint from the journal. Octavo. Paginated as it appeared in the journal p. 1217-1248. Stapled into illustrated orange wrappers. About fine. Explanation of Vietnamese poetry with some poems collected by the author. Balaban is a well-regarded American poet and translator of Vietnamese poetry who was a Quaker and conscientious objector during the War in Vietnam, but who volunteered to teach there until he was wounded in the Tet Offensive and was forced to evacuate. Offprints of this sort are usually compiled by the publishers in very small numbers for the author's use. *OCLC* locates no copies of this offprint.