Of "Passages Toward the Dark" by celebrated poet Thomas McGrath, two reviews by fellow poets praising the book and its author are quoted on the rear cover:

|> This book contains some of the most marvelous poems ever written to children, "The Letters to Tomasito", as well as continuations of "Letter to Imaginary Friend", by one of the great masters of the narrative in the twentieth century. In McGrath a commitment to rebellious vision leads us - leads us, paradoxically, deeper into the human, into the humorous, into a sort of Irish joy of life. <| ... Robert Bly

|> Tom McGrath's sense of reality rests in the land, and his singular eye is always exploring it and the possibilities of direction within it. At times he can seem like Roethke or Yeats or Thomas or Neruda, yet he's consistently his own man. His lines build like Japanese terracing. He's one of the most visionary poets of people on the land that we presently have. <| ... Larry Woiwode

TITLE : Passages Toward the Dark
AUTHOR : Thomas McGrath (1919 - 1990)
IMPRINT : Copper Canyon Press
PLACE : Port Townsend, Washington
DATE : 1982
EDITION : First Edition , Trade Paperback (Paperback and hardcover formats were issued simultaneously)

CONDITION:

A CLEAN AND PRESENTABLE COPY - WITH THE FOLLOWING NOTED

EXTERIOR : Modest surface rub and a few blind indentations as well as some light scuffing; corner tips softly bumped, and there are a few nicks to the edges

BINDING : Solid -- no leaves are loose or detached (It is obvious that the book has been read, at least once - but with care)

INTERIOR : Clean and presentable

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