Codrescu, Andrei

The History of the Growth of Heaven

New York, NY, USA: George Braziller, 1973. First Softcover Edition Thus. Softcover. “Oh I believe that all of us real poets string pickers / all of you great geniuses of my changing crystals / all of you and all beasts / have been growing hungry from a fast in us. / Now now here is the presence of mind / needed to stand up in the refrigerator and turn on the light / sprouting from the butter, eerie eggs / of mind presence snowing near the gardens. / Dear God, Cauliflower & Broccoli are so Beautiful Together! / And the frozen ducks in the cracked cellophane pushing / a slice of pizza into the side of a clam can! / And the cheese sinnging! / Oh I believe that all of us / are ready!” (“Us,” p. 1). An early book of poems by Andrei Codrescu, -- the acclaimed & prolific Romanian-American poet, essayist, screenwriter & radio commentator, -- with the poem quoted above & several other evocative, probing & rather surreal pieces. First Softcover Edition Thus: "First Printing,” per copyright page — preceded only by the Grape Press Limited Edition of 1971. From the collection of scholar, poet and our dear friend Robin Eichele (b. 1941), noted Mimeograph Revolutionary & co-founder of the Detroit Artists’ Workshop with the late, great John Sinclair (1941-2024). Book in strong near fine condition with only moderate shelf-wear, rubbing, age-toning & light bumping to fine-edges & corners of front, back covers & spine-edge at select locales, though all wear generally mild & interior pristine; original price-sticker remaining at upper left-hand corner of back cover, otherwise clean. Fine. [Item #6550]

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