Tell Me a Story. Broadside. Limited edition.

Warren, Robert Penn (1905-1989)

Published by Minneapolis] Coffee House Press., 1987

About this Item

Broadside in 3 colors. Printed by Coffee House Press. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, 22" x 15", poetry broadside printed in red, blue, and black, excerpted from Warren's Audubon: A Vision, on the occasion of the appointment of Robert Penn Warren as the Nation's first Poet Laureate. One of 500 numbered copies. Soft center fold mark; slightly wavy. On February 26, 1986, Librarian of Congress Daniel J. Boorstin announced the appointment of Robert Penn Warren as the first Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. In making the appointment, Dr. Boorstin said of Warren, who had previously served as Consultant in Poetry from 1944-45:Second stanza:Robert Penn Warren is a characteristically American man of letters in the range and versatility of his writings and in his feelings for the promise and the frustrations of American life. He has high attainments in poetry, fiction, criticism, and social commentary. If there is any person today whose work unites our American in its splendid variety, that person is Robert Penn Warren.Warren served one term as poet laureate, finishing his duties in spring 1987. . . . Tell me a story.In this century, and moment, of mania,Tell me a story.Make it a story of great distances, and starlight.The name of the story will be Time,But you must not pronounce its name.Tell me a story of deep delight.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tell Me a Story. Broadside. Limited edition.
• Publisher: Minneapolis] Coffee House Press.
• Publication Date: 1987
• Condition: Good
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