New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book of prose by this important 20th century American poet - one which selects "her most important critical statements - some occasional, even impromptu in nature. . the book is a lively, relevant definition of artistic form and function, and an aid to understanding the 'new poetry,' including her own." Includes a section on life in war - that is, on how the Vietnam War affected poets and poetry - and writings on individual poets from H.D. to Robert Creeley and Ezra Pound. Index 275 pp. ISBN: 0-811204928.