The Wounded Alphabet: Collected Poems

by George Hitchcock

Poetry. George Hitchcock was a surrealist with a vast, playfully serious spirit in the universe of poetry. His is an art of carnivals, parades, and big brass instruments with top-hatted showmanship lit up on the page. His wild, vaudevillian style is saturated with a pure joy for words, but always with a reverence for meaning. THE WOUNDED ALPHABET collects over five decades of writing and contains twelve early collages that illustrate his ongoing painterly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935635433
• ISBN13: 9781935635437
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Tavern Books
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 4.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 7.4"