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Please Plant This Book
''Please Plant This Book'' is the sixth poetry publication by American writer Richard Brautigan. The collection consists of a glued folder containing eight Seed, seed packets, with a poem printed on the front of each. The book was Brautigan's last self-publishing venture and the edition ran 6,000 copies. The entire edition was offered for free distribution; permission to reprint the collection was explicitly granted, as long as the new printing was also offered free of charge. Although a relatively large edition for an early Brautigan work, it is a rather hard item to find. The eight poem titles and associated seed packets are as follows: * California native plants, California Native Flowers * Calendula * Carrots * Lettuce * Sweet Alyssum, Sweet Alyssum Royal Carpet * Squash (plant), Squash * Leucanthemum × superbum, Shasta Daisy * Parsley Dinefwr Literature Festival This project was re-created for the Dinefwr Literature Festival, which took place in June 2012 in West Wales. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Brautigan
Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935 – c. September 16, 1984) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. A prolific writer, he wrote throughout his life and published ten novels, two collections of short stories, and four books of poetry. Brautigan's work has been published both in the United States and internationally throughout Europe, Japan, and China. He is best known for his novels ''Trout Fishing in America'' (1967), ''In Watermelon Sugar'' (1968), and ''The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966'' (1971). Brautigan began his career as a poet, with his first collection being published in 1957. He made his debut as a novelist with ''A Confederate General from Big Sur'' (1964), about a seemingly delusional man who believes himself to be the descendant of a Confederate States of America, Confederate general from Big Sur. Brautigan would go on to publish numerous prose and poetry collections until 1982. He died by suicide in 1984. Early life Background Braut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |