Books by Kenward Elmslie and Complete Book Reviews
Edited by Chip Livingston. Univ. of New Mexico, $29.95 (312p) ISBN 978-0-8263-6416-6
Livingston (Owls Don’t Have to Mean Death) delivers a revealing collection of letters between short story writer Lucia Berlin (1936–2004) and poet and lyricist Kenward Elmslie (1929–2022). Their correspondence began in 1994 after they attended...
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Kenward Elmslie, Author . Skanky Possum $12 (88p) ISBN 978-0-9703952-1-4
In "stories, poems, song lyrics & remembrances," the sentimental, magnanimous, ebullient and sorrowful Elmslie (Nite Soil) offers a winning homage to his many longstanding intimates, living and dead, in the New York School. Frank O'Ha
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Kenward Elmslie, Author Coffee House Press $15.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-56689-077-9
A various, campy, never-tiring display of verbal skyrockets and sweet, soap opera dilemmas, Elmslie's oeuvre makes for joyous reading. Among many books and projects, here culled by journeyman publisher Bamberger, Elmslie's musical The Glass Harp hit
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