Description Autographed letter signed, 4 pages. San Francisco. He has been sent Deutsch book to review [Poetry in our time] and “very subtilely I will controvert Comrat Ciardi.” Rexroth's book is being done by a local typographer, H.H. Evans [23 poems...?]. Rexroth is himself anti-Bolshevik, sees his poetry as “another nail in the coffin of`moribund society...' ” But he feels defeated in this, would join the Communist party before joining “the leaders of American Fascism.” (Caroline Gordon, Philip Rahv,...

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Autographed letter signed, 4 pages. Saginaw, MI. Commends [Poetry in our time]. “It's so far superior to the other books of its kind that there is no comparison.” Roethke is incensed at Ciardi's remarks in the Times, but “I still think you give a bit too much to certain `Key' figures, particularly Ez[ra Pound] and Tiresome Tom [T.S. Eliot]. Roethke's [Praise to the end!?] sold only 550 copies, in spite of press. He will consider adopting Deutsch book for classes.

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Typed letter signed, 1 page. Brewster, MA. Thanks her for writing him about his book [Ushant: an essay, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1952?]. She is not alone in disliking the style; he “can cheerfully admit to having had misgivings about it...”

Description Autographed letter signed, 2 pages. San Francisco. eared Deutsch might think his review of [Poetry in our time] vulgar, he wants only to sell the book. He first reviewed books in the Chicago Post while he was in high school. Journalese easy to lapse into: Hecht, Samuel Putnam do, Rexroth's voice on the radio the same that “used to come into the City News Bureau from a speakeasy phone.” Rexroth made a living “reading poetry from a soapbox when I was in my first long pants,” and he was also a...

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Autographed letter signed, 1 page. San Francisco. Disparages lack of “literary journalists,” apparently in answer to Deutsch complaint about a review of her book in Saturday Review. Rexroth's issue of Perspectives is done except for reviews. J[ames] L[aughlin] allows one poet an issue. “It is...a reprint medium."

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Typed postcard. Brooklyn, NY. Quotes Ephesians 6: 23