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First edition of each. Hazo is a National Book Award finalist, author of numerous books (including poetry, fiction, and essays), founder of the International Poetry Forum, and was Pennsylvania s first State Poet, serving from 1993 to 2003. Collection includes: THANK A BORED ANGEL: Selected Poems (NY: New Directions, 1983), the scarce simultaneous hardcover issue, fine in near fine dust jacket with "army" in "army lieutenant" hand corrected to "marine" on front flap, presumably by Hazo. ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED "To Karl -/ With my best to you and/ yours and with similar/ memories of Camp Barrett and/ beyond See p.84./ Sam Hazo/ 10/14/85." While the full identity of "Karl" is not known, his is the first name in Hazo s poem on p. 84, "Toasts for the Lost Lieutenants." | THE POWER OF LESS: Essays on Poetry and Public Speech (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2005), collects 8 essays on the subject, paperback original, fine in pictorial paperwraps, INSCRIBED, "For Allen Mears--/ Marine, man of letters/ and, above all, friend/ Sam Hazo/ 6/23/2008." | THE POWER OF LESS: Poetry and Public Speech. (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 2007), prints Hazo s February 1, 2007, lecture for the university s American Experience Lecture Series, fine in stapled paperwraps, INSCRIBED "To Allen Mears -/ Best to you and yours/ Sam Hazo/ 4/29/2008." | SEXES: THE MARRIAGE DIALOGUES (No-place: Byblos Press, 2007), poetry collection, fine in stapled paperwraps, INSCRIBED "For Allen Mears-/ with high regard and/ good memories -/ Sam Hazo/ 6/23/2008." | THE SONG OF THE HORSE: A Selection of Poems 1958-2008 (Pittsburgh: Autumn House Press, 2008), fine in fine dust jacket, INSCRIBED "To Allen Mears -/ A man of vision and/ good words -/ With my best to you/ and yours -/ Samuel Hazo/ 5/29/2008" (only 1500 copies printed according to the publisher). | THIS PART OF THE WORLD: A Novel (Syracuse: Syracuse University, 2008), fine in fine dust jacket [*not signed]. | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHERS OF EVERYBODY: A Mosaic Portrait of the International Poetry Forum (No-place: International Poetry Forum, circa 2009), gilt-stamped white paperwraps, 182 pages, illustrated with photographs of poets and performers, number 138 of an undisclosed number of copes SIGNED by Hazo, fine condition. TOGETHER WITH printouts of a few emails sent to Hazo from the collector Allen Mears; few copies of letters sent to Hazo from Mears; AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED by Hazo to Mears on Hazo s personal stationary dated 5/15/08 discussing his essay, "The Power of Less," in original mailing envelope with enclosure (photocopy of Op Ed written by Hazo); email correspondence with Autumn House Press answering a few questions about the publication of THE SONG OF THE HORSE; and one-page PRINTED LETTER SIGNED by Hazo to Mears answering further questions about the contents of the book, and conveying his gift of a few of the above inscribed books, housed in International Poetry Forum [IPF] mailing envelope with enclosures (IPF brochure and Hazo s personal IPF business card). Seller Inventory # 55538
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