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For the new generation of poetry readers the work of Carl Rakosi will be an exciting discovery. Rakosi was well known in the Thirties, a leading member of the Objectivist Group, which also included William Carlos Williams, Louis Zukofsky, Charles Reznikoff, and George Oppen. New Directions published his Poems in 1941. Then, to the great disappointment of his admirers, Rakosi stopped writing; he had become disillusioned with the state of our society and felt there was no place in it for a poet. The world seems little better off today, but at least we can be grateful that Rakosi began to write poetry again three years ago and has now given us this selection from his poems, old and new. Rakosi's poetry has affinities with that of the other Objectivisits, but his voice is very much his own. His lines have distinctive tone and finish, deriving in part from a buoyant and ironic wit, in part from a rather unexpected vocabulary. Born in Berlin, educated in Hungary and the American Middle West, Rakosi studied both law and medicine, and brought to his work a unique, fresh, almost gnomic perception. ... Read more

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One of 500 copies. ... Read more

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Printed for the National Poetry Festival at Thomas Jefferson College. ... Read more

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Single sheet folded twice to make six pages. One of 700 copies printed specially signed by Rakosi. ... Read more

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A leading member of the Objectivist group in the Thirties, this was his first book of poems in 26 years. ... Read more