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Barbara Guest

Barbara Guest (1920–2006) was the author of more than a dozen books of poetry, including Fair Realism (1989), Defensive Rapture (1993), and Quill, Solitary Apparition (1996). In 2008, Wesleyan University Press published her Collected Poems.

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Jacket 10 - Barbara Guest Poem: Five pieces from 'The Confetti Trees'
Jacket 15 - Barbara Guest Poem: To Kenneth
Jacket 16 - Barbara Guest Poem: Homage
Jacket 25 - Barbara Guest Other: Barbara Guest reads from 'The Red Gaze'
Jacket 25 - Kathleen Fraser Interview: Barbara Guest and Kathleen Fraser in conversation with Elisabeth Frost and Cynthia Hogue
LINEbreak: Barbara Guest in conversation with Charles Bernstein
Three poems by Barbara Guest
Typescript of two early poems by Barbara Guest

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