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Winter 1970 • Vol. XXXII No. 1 • Book Reviews |

Some First Volumes

By Richard Howard

Firstborn by Louise Gliuck. New American Library, $4.00.

The Storm & Other Poems by William Pitt Root. Atheneum Publishers, $4.95.

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Joyful Body

By Richard Howard

Stand Up, Friend, With Me by Edward Field. Grove Press, $1.45. Variety Photoplays by Edward Field. Grove Press, $1.95. Already have an account? Log in Join KR for even more […]

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