Synopses & Reviews
Poetry. ACE, complete! This reprint of
one of Raworth's most well-received
works includes "Bolivia: Another End of
Ace," as well as drawings by Barry Hall
only seen in the very limited British
edition. In the early 1970s Ted Berrigan
wrote of him: "When I read the best of
Tom Raworth's poems, I feel proud. They
are a human accomplishment, a poet's."
Raworth is the author of over 40 books
including MEADOW, CLEAN and WELL LIT:
SELECTED POEMS 1987-1995, Eternal Sections
, and The Relation Ship
. Of his selected early poems,
TOTTERING STATE, Lyn Hejinian has
written "These are among the greatest
writings of our times."
Synopsis
Poetry. The author of TOTTERING STATE and CLEAN and WELL LIT, Tom Raworth originally wrote ACE in Chicago during the winter of 1973 and the early spring of 1974. At that time, an edition of 350 copies were printed, but while the books remained at the printers a freak thuderstorm destroyed all but 35 copies. Although the Figures reprinted ACE in 1977, that edition of this delightful long poem has been unavailble for years. This version by Edge Books includes the original illustrations by Barry Hall. A necessary book for anyone interested in the work of the great English experimentalist poet, ACE deals/ in information/ secret/ you are all/ ready/ for anything.
About the Author
Tom Raworth was born and grew up in London. During the 1970s he travelled and worked in the USA and Mexico, returning to England in 1977 to be Resident Poet at King's College, Cambridge, in which city he still lives. Since 1966 he has published more than forty books and pamphlets of poetry, prose and translations, in several countries. His graphic work has been shown in France, Italy, and the USA, and he has collaborated and performed with musicians (Steve Lacy, Jo‰lle L‚andre, Steve Nelson-Raney, Esther Roth, Nino Locatelli), painters (Giovanni D'Agostino, Mica‰la Henich), and other poets (Franco Beltrametti, Corrado Costa, Dario Villa). He was editor of three literary/art magazines: outburst (1961-63); Before Your Very Eyes! (1964); and Infolio (1986-87). During the 1960s he also ran two small presses - Matrix and Goliard. Since the early 1970s he has read his work in more than 20 countries, including at many International Literary Festivals, and has been invited to teach, or to be a visiting writer, in France, Italy, the USA, and the Republic of South Africa. Tom Raworth's Collected Poems were published in 2003. His latest collection is Caller and Other Pieces (2007).