Carolyn Kizer — Knock Upon Silence

New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1965 . First edition. Cloth. A smart presentation copy of this collection of lyrical and incisive poems by Pulitzer Prize–winner, Carolyn Kizer, inscribed by the author.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition.A presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, "To Bill, and Reunion! love, Carolyn, September 65."Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.A poetry collection by American poet Carolyn Kizer, including poems such as : "Singing Aloud," "Night Sounds," "The Skein," "Winter Song," "Pro Femina," and "Too Much Heat, Too Much Work," among many others. Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014) was an influential American poet, translator, and founding editor of Poetry Northwest. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1985, she was known for her formal skill, feminist perspective, and engagement with politics and art.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with just the slightest trace of shelf wear to extremities. Author's presentation inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper, very smart. Slight rubbing to extremities resulting in one or two very small chips, closed tears and creases. Slight gae toning and spotting to perimeters, more apparent to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edge. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.