Selected Poems of Philip Lamantia, 1943-1966: Pocket Poets No. 20 Horror_Gift_Guide gripping action

gripping action

I just adored it

its celebration of relativity as well as the lush materiality of language yields equal imagery and musicality

such as ‘Can I drink water and coffee while fasting

overnight dishes

Selected Poems of Philip Lamantia, 1943-1966: Pocket Poets No. 20 Horror_Gift_Guide gripping actionThe original American surrealist returns in a new edition of the 1967 classic."I am eager to do a book of yours," Lawrence Ferlinghetti wrote to Philip Lamantia in Nerja, Spain in 1966. "What about SELECTED POEMS OF PHILIP LAMANTIA?" The missive came at the right time, as Lamantia had recently reembraced the surrealism of his youth and sought to publish his current work alongside his key poems of the 1940s, when the then 15 year old poet was published