Author: ATINSON, RUTH, DOROTHY BENSON, SARA LEE DORSAY, WESLEY AND NELLIE GORDON, ET AL (EDITORS)
Title: The Singing East Bay and Beyond Fifty Years of the Poets' Dinner 1927-1976
Description: Oakland, CA: Wuerth Letter Shop, 1976. Limited Edition. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; Limited to 550 numbered copies, this is #17. This is a trade paperback book with heavy cardstock covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning edge wear, bumping and rubbing to the spine ends, spine joints and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Year after year, beginning on March 15, 1927, they have arrived at the Poets' Dinner. They've come from all over: Eureka to Santa Barbara, from Downieville to the east, and even at times from out of state. "They" are folks with an addiction to poetry who look for others with a like affliction. They come to the awards program to hear a guest speaker tell of a particular take on poetry. They have entered their poems, sent them anonymously to the Contest Chair, and they come to find out whether any of their poems are read aloud in that designated area following the banquet and the speaker. Authors identified, applause is instantaneous and spirited, and the prizes are meted out.". Very Good+ .
Keywords: Californiana Ruth Atinson Dorothy Benson Sara Lee Dorsay Oakland Poets Dinner Contests Californiana
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Title: The Singing East Bay and Beyond Fifty Years of the Poets' Dinner 1927-1976
Description: Oakland, CA: Wuerth Letter Shop, 1976. Limited Edition. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; Limited to 550 numbered copies, this is #17. This is a trade paperback book with heavy cardstock covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning edge wear, bumping and rubbing to the spine ends, spine joints and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Year after year, beginning on March 15, 1927, they have arrived at the Poets' Dinner. They've come from all over: Eureka to Santa Barbara, from Downieville to the east, and even at times from out of state. "They" are folks with an addiction to poetry who look for others with a like affliction. They come to the awards program to hear a guest speaker tell of a particular take on poetry. They have entered their poems, sent them anonymously to the Contest Chair, and they come to find out whether any of their poems are read aloud in that designated area following the banquet and the speaker. Authors identified, applause is instantaneous and spirited, and the prizes are meted out.". Very Good+ .
Keywords: Californiana Ruth Atinson Dorothy Benson Sara Lee Dorsay Oakland Poets Dinner Contests Californiana
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 33821
- Book number: 33821
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