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Poems to Book

A finished poem may be published individually in a periodical before being collected into a book. Some, but not all, of Levis' poems in Winter Stars appeared previously in this way.

VCU M 426 Box 6 f11 Winter stars mss title page rsz.jpg

Winter Stars - Draft title page 

M 426 B6 f11

What evidence of Levis' thought do you see here? 

VCU M 426 b8 f4 Winter Stars cover proof rsz.jpg

Winter Stars [cover proof]

M 426 B8 f4

This is a proof of the cover for Larry Levis' book Winter Stars. It was published in March, 1985 by the University of Pittsburgh Press.

This item includes two pages.