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"Violent, full of passion, with
extraordinary discipline, John
Ciardi makes a weapon of his
poetry-a weapon for justice,
honesty, humanity."
-WEBSTER
SCHOTT,
Kansas City Star
JOHN CIARDI
His newest volume of poetry is:
PERSON TO PERSON
"These poems are beautifully shaped, imaginative, and come
from the heart and mind of a
poet."-Publishers' Weekly
$3.50
Other volumes are:
IN FACT
"The originality and vitality of expression for which Ciardi is
noted are ably demonstrated in this volume."
-Chicago Tribune
$3.50
IN THE' STONEWORKS
"He sees life with understanding, and we are glad to be over–
whelmed by his several kinds of music and his solid per–
ceptions."-America
$3.50
39 POEMS
"... energy, warmth, and sheer humanity ... One of the
delights of Ciardi is that he appears ready for anything."
-Harper's
$3.00
I MARRY YOU
"A fine garland of poems in praise of a happy marriage."
-CHARLES POORE,
N. Y . Times
$2.75
AS IF
"Persuasive and vital . .. Mr. Ciardi's poetry depends on
the world of his imagination as much as it does on the world
in which he
is
living."- I.
L. SALOMON,
Saturday Review $3 .50
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS
New Brunswick, New Jersey