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Lay The Marble Tea
''Lay the Marble Tea'' is a 1959 poetry collection by American writer Richard Brautigan. It is Brautigan's first collection and third poetry publication. It was published by Carp Press, the name of the self-publishing project of Brautigan and his wife, Virginia Dionne Alder. Alder was heavily involved in the production process. The couple printed 500 copies at a local printshop for just under $100. The cover is a drawing by Kenn Davis of a man and women having tea while sitting on gravestones. The man is holding onto a tree, which Davis says was pointedly phallic because "Richard was always looking for something to kind of gently throw in the public's face." The woman in the drawing is intended to be Emily Dickinson—it was from :wikisource:The grave my little cottage is,, one of her poems, and included by Brautigan as an epigraph, that the book's title was taken: The book is 16 pages long, with 24 poems. Nine of the poems were reprinted in the 1968 collection ''The Pill versus ... [...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] |