"The Letter Book comprises the entire content of a long letter Aram Saroyan received from his father, the novelist William Saroyan, in 1968. Aram composed the book by breaking up the text of the letter into discrete fragments and typing each in the center of a separate sheet of paper. The first sentence, published in Adventures in Poetry, yielded 16 recto pages of poetry; the whole letter yields 195 recto pages."--Publisher's website. "This publication is dedicated to Larry Fagin and Tom Clark. It was printed and bound at The Source Unltd Print and Copy Shop in the East Village, New York. The archival boxes were made by Talas in Brooklyn."--Publisher's website. Edition of 29 copies, of which 26 are lettered A-Z and 3 are numbered I-III, all signed by the author. Special Collections has lettered copy "Q," signed by the author. IaU
Summary:
"The Letter Book comprises the entire content of a long letter Aram Saroyan received from his father, the novelist William Saroyan, in 1968. Aram composed the book by breaking up the text of the letter into discrete fragments and typing each in the center of a separate sheet of paper. The first sentence, published in Adventures in Poetry, yielded 16 recto pages of poetry; the whole letter yields 195 recto pages. ... It was printed and bound at The Source Unltd Print and Copy Shop in the East Village, New York. The archival boxes were made by Talas in Brooklyn."--Publisher's website. https://www.granarybooks.com/book/1194/Aram_Saroyan+The_Letter _Book/
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1061559473
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.