A Festschrift for Djuna Barnes On Her 80th Birthday. Occasional Papers No.9
Kent, OH: Kent State University Libraries, 1972. 1st Edition. Quarto, publisher's stapled stiff brown paper wraps with die-cut oval center to upper wrap.
"You are your name, Djuna Barnes—three syllables resounding the profane and sacred juxtaposition of art" (Ned Rorem). Festschrift of tributes honoring cult modernist writer Djuna Barnes on the occasion of her 80th birthday. Published ten years before her death in 1982, this collection is composed of poems, essays, letters, and reminiscences about Barnes and her work by the likes of such writers as Kay Boyle, Hayden Carruth, Lawrence Durrell, Richard Eberhart, David Ignatow, Anais Nin, and others. Full-page sepia photo portrait of Barnes by Berenice Abbott. Fine. Item #13294
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