Gonzalez, Ray

Cool Auditor: Poems

ISBN: 9781934414293
Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed, signed & dated by Ray Gonzalez to Dan Rzicznek. "I see the unwritten books, the unrecorded experiments, the unpainted/ pictures, the interrupted lives, a staircase leading to a guarantee, the/ glowing frame of wisdom protecting me from harm after I escape the/ questions of a lifetime. I see the turning of the pages in a book I have/ not read, its story proclaiming the reader is going to escape without/ knowing how the equation injured the moment- sacred leaves rotting/ in a bottle of rubbing oil, their black designs sinking farther than my/ reach." ("Beginning With Two Lines from Kenneth Rexroth," first paragraph/stanza, pg. 11) A collection of prose-poems by Ray Gonzalez (b. 1952), the acclaimed Texas-born American poet & academician whose themes & styles include Surrealism & his Mexican heritage. Trade-format softcover original, first edition as stated at copyright page, first printing as indicated by number sequence thereon. At title page, Gonzalez has cursively hand-written, signed & dated in bold blue ink: "To Dan,/ Best wishes/ and thanks/ (signed) Ray Gonzalez/ AWP(?)/ 4-8-10." "Dan" is Dan Rzicznek (b. 1979), an esteemed Ohio poet & professor at Bowling Green State University. Rzicznek has hand-written his ownership signature, "F. Daniel Rzicznek," in black ink nearest upper right edge of shorter title page/ recto first leaf. An essential, rich & rewarding exemplary sui generis Gonzalez collectible in its rarest contemporary form, greatly enhanced by the poet's inscription & signature dated not long after publication; with distinguished poet-to-poet association & provenance. In very fine condition with only slight rubbing, faint scratching to front, back covers & spine; a hint of wear & some tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same; small area of light rubbing at lower edge of text block nearest side-edge of same. Interior very fine with only miniscule bumps at corners of some page leaves. Very Fine. [Item #8440]

Price: $40.00