Speaking with George Oppen
Subtitle: interviews with the poet and Mary Oppen, 1968-1987
By: edited by Richard Swigg
Contributors: Swigg, Richard, 1938-
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780786467884
Subjects: Authorship; Interviews; Poetry; American Poets
Description: "Seventeen interviews with George and Mary Oppen, conducted between 1968 and 1987, are brought together for the first time. These conversations provide a unique account of a major American poet's evolution. It is Oppen's detailed commentary on his own writing, and his explanations of how individual poems unfold, which gives special importance to these new collected interviews"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes index.