Published by University of Iowa Press, 1993
ISBN 10: 087745423X ISBN 13: 9780877454236
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Published by University of Iowa Press, c.1996, 1996
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Published by Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1993, 1993
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PAPERBACK, attractive copy, appears unused, very good. CARRUTH, HAYDEN. Sitting in: selected writings on jazz, blues, and related topics. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1993, Expanded edition, 1st printing number line ending in 1, xiii, 223pp., . This collection of essays and poems about the influence of jazz on writing and culture in this country, an expanded edition of the 1986 publication, is a rewarding volume for all those entranced by jazz. The author brings his considerable poetic and literary sensibilities to bear on a topic very near to his heart: "Those who are devoted primarily to jazz, to poetry, to all the arts, are also those who contribute more intelligently than others to our practical and moral, political and social, advancement." - CONTENTS: The Guy Downstairs -- A Chaconnade for Everyone Named Rebecca -- Freedom and Discipline -- Academicism -- Who Cares, Long as It's B-Flat -- Influences: The Formal Idea of Jazz -- Joe Turner -- Song about Earl Hines -- With Respect to the Infuriating Pervasiveness of Optimism -- A Possibly Momentary Declaration In Favor of William Butler Yeats and Charles Ellsworth Russell -- Paragraph -- Got Those Forever Inadequate Blues -- The Intentional Alligator -- Personality of Genius -- Tom McGrath Is Harvesting the Snow -- Authenticity in the Age of Massive, Multiplying Error -- Michigan Water: A Few Riffs before Dawn -- Three Paragraphs -- The Defeated Generation -- The Cowshed Blues -- The Main Thing about Improvisation -- The Blues Scale -- Ben Webster -- The Time of Falling Apart -- The Blues as Poetry -- In That Session -- James Wright's Collected Prose -- Mystery and Expressiveness. - AND MORE. 9780877454236 ISBN 087745423X.
Published by Univ of Iowa Pr, 1986
ISBN 10: 0877451532 ISBN 13: 9780877451532
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Tanned DJ; General wear; Light foxing to top fore-edge. ; 9.1 X 5.6 X 1.0 inches; 192 pages.
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Published by University of Iowa Press, 1993, 1993
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. New and bright all around, gift quality.
Published by Univ of Iowa Pr, Iowa City, 1986
ISBN 10: 0877451532 ISBN 13: 9780877451532
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 192 pages. Light edgewear and sun-fade to dust jacket with two small closed tears to upper edge. Spine slightly cocked. Clean, tight copy. Record # 459597.
Published by Univ of Iowa Pr, 1986
ISBN 10: 0877451532 ISBN 13: 9780877451532
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket.
Published by University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, Iowa, 1986
ISBN 10: 0877451532 ISBN 13: 9780877451532
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine sunned spine dustwrapper.
Published by University of Iowa, 1986, 1986
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
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First edition, first printing Fine and bright in very close to fine glossy dust jacket with crisp bright text throughout. Always fine work by this author and poet.
Published by University Of Iowa Press, 1993
ISBN 10: 087745423X ISBN 13: 9780877454236
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" PRESENTATION COPY, signed and inscribed by author to to Nikolai Goodman, only child of the noted American poet (and his close friend) Denise Levertov: 'For Nikolai with all best wishes and thanks for everything Hayden Carruth 13 Oct 1993.'.