Buy this book on-line Wilder, Thornton : ALS postcard from Thornton Wilder to Gladys CampbellThe S.S. Le Grasse, at sea: Thornton Wilder, 1937.
Postcard from Thornton Wilder to Gladys Campbell. El Greco painting "St. Martin and the Beggar" on recto. Verso: "S.S. le Grasse July 11, 1937 approaching England to the tune of a fog horn. Dear Gladys: George Dillon:'Our habits are trained for writing a kind of poetry that in the face of calamities of the world seem even to ourselves a kind of parlor talk.' Habits, training & kinds of --have nothing to do with poetry. Poetry is telling one's truth and so catch your truth and tell it. And the poet is one who knows that the calamities of an external world are nothing compared to the calamite and glory of seventy years--living in any time and age. You write poetry and don't get indoctrinated by other people's flagging courage and private Drama, I did [illegible] pass thru Chicago without seeing you and I'm devoted to you. Thornton" Gladys Campbell (1892-1992) was a poet and educator in Chicago who had been one of Wilder's students when he taught at the University of Chicago from 1930 to 1937. Postcard in Very Good plus condition; writing clear, dark and legible. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Wilder, Thornton : ALS postcard from Thornton Wilder to Gladys Campbell. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, collectables, libri rari, out of print books and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |