Yours Presently: The Selected Letters of John Wieners [Paperback]

The letters collected in this volume are greatly enhanced by Eileen Myles's preface and Stewart's thorough introduction, notes, and brief bios of the poets, writers, artists, and editors with whom Wieners corresponded.Michael Seth Stewartteaches English at the University of Alabama. He is also the editor ofStars Seen in Person: Selected Journals of John Wieners.The passion, intelligence, and humility of John Wieners shines beautifully inYours Presently. Michael Seth Stewart skillfully draws out the history and discusses constructions of literary coterie, small press activities, editing, funding, and performance to illustrate the primary concerns of poets in the mid-twentieth century while also locating those terms within the often troubled and sensitive reality of Wieners's experience.--Dale M. Smith, coeditor ofAn Open Map: The Correspondence of Robert Duncan and Charles Olson