2012 Reprint. Soft cover.  995pp.

Edward Dorn’s Collected Poems enables readers to experience for the first time the full scope of his poetry, from poems of the 1950s and 60s to his posthumous Chemo Sabe (2001), and a wealth of previously unpublished poems, Gunslinger (1968-75) Dorn’s masterpiece and one of the great American poems, is included in its entirety. Passionate, searing, witty and committed, Dorn’s Collected Poems is one of the century’s essential bodies of work. The book includes a preface by Jennifer Dunbar Dorn, the poet’s window, and afterwords by Jermy Prynne and Amiri Baraka. Dorn’s prefaces to his collections, publication histories and bibliographies enrich the poems in this indispensable edition.