Thousand-Year-Old Fiancee & Other Poems
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xi, 80. Bound in half gray cloth over green paper-covered boards, silver lettering stamped on spine. Fine in an illustrated dust jacket that shows age-toning to spine. Fine / Very Good+. Item #1620
In 1966 the poet's first collection, Uncle Dog & Other Poems, was published by Putnam in London, followed by two books from Cornell University Press, Kissing the Dancer and then this, Thousand-Year-Old Fiancee. After posts teaching at a variety of schools (Cornell, Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Victoria, BC), the poet now lives in Santa Cruz, CA, where he continues to teach and write. While our favorite poets are outsiders, Sward's teenage stint as a shiv-wielding juvie endears us to the poet like no other. Dust jacket is now housed in a clear, removable archival protector.
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