We Are the Fire, a Selection of Poems by Toby Olson, American Poet - Novelist 1984 First Edition in Paperback Format. Vintage New Directions Poetry Book

This is the First Edition in Paperback Format of "We Are the Fire" by noted American poet Toby Olson. The book was published in 1984 by New Directions. The paperback and hardcover formats were issued simultaneously. Toby Olson is an award-winning novelist / poet, whose work has been esteemed by both critics and readers. the themes in his poems reflect much of what happens in his fiction. Said poet Robert Creeley of Olson's poetry, "Toby Olson proves a writer of remarkable range and capability, and these poems join the established situation of his prose to make a singular human articulation of those inner lives we lead in this world of adamantly 'outside' reality.Haunting s recollection, provocative as familiar feelings must always be, there is no end to the preoccupations of these texts." TITLE : We are the Fire AUTHOR : Toby Olson (b. 1937) IMPRINT : New Directions (New Directions Paperbook NDP580) PLACE : New York DATE : (1984) EDITION : First Edition in Paperback Format (Issued simultaneously with the hardcover) PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade paperback : 118 pages; 5 1/8" x 7 7/8"; photo-pictorial wraps, glued. The front cover has a photograph of Toby Olson; the rear cover has promotional text. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD PLUS -- A previously owned book that is clean, bright and attractive, with the following noted : EXTERIOR — Mild surface rub, else bright and attractive with negligible wear. Text block edges are clean and spine has no creasing. BINDING — Solid and tight INTERIOR — Clean and free of marking.…