31 letters and 13 dreams: Poems

By Richard Hugo

Book Overview

Each letter is written from a specific place that Hugo has made his own (a "triggering town," as he has called it elsewhere) to a friend, a fellow poet, an old love. We read over the poet's shoulder as the town triggers the imagination, the friendship is re-opened, the poet's selfhood is explored and illuminated. The "dreams" turn up unexpectedly (as dreams do) among the letters; their haunting images give further depth to the poet's exploration. Are we overhearing them? Who is the "you" that dreams?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393044904
• ISBN13: 9780393044904
• Release Date: November 1977
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"