Letters to Yesenin and Returning to Earth

Los Angeles: Center Publications, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Signed and dated by author on half-title page. Octavo (23 cm), pp. [10], 11-70, [2]. Light tan wrappers with antique photo of Sergei Yesenin on the front, and the author with his daughter Anna on the back [Orr & Torrey, A13.a]. Wrappers have minor edge wear, and front cover has faint spot where a price sticker might have once been. From the Sumac Poetry Series, the Yesenin collection emerged from a dark point in Harrison's life, when he began writing letters to the early 20th century Russian poet, who hanged himself after writing his farewell poem in blood (Copper Canyon (truncated) Press). (Inventory #: 40743)