ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI TRAPPIST KENTUCKY 40073

 

April 21,1968

Dear Cid:

It is a long time since I have written: can't k ep up with corres—
pondence at all. It is just too much, most of the time. Especially
as I have had the foolhaﬁdiness to start a small magazine of my own,
which however is only to run temporarily. Four issues, no more. I'll
send you a copy when I can get some more together. I'd be very hapny
to have something of yours in it, or some translation from Japanese
or French.

The Ponge issue of Origin was very interesting to me. I read his
Pine Hoods with great curiOSity and pleasure. To me the earlier notes
had scne fine things which more and more tended to get pushed out as
he worked it into ”poetic" form, and in the poems everything was lost.
Very French. A salutary example. The Kiedesker poems too, very fine.

I don't remember if I sent my ten, but here. I ha nen to have some
money for the time being.

Your book from England has come in and looks very good. Also other
things of yﬁurs that have come one way or other, fret Elizabeth ?ress
and elsewhere. I have spoken about these things to New Directions,
and will do so again, but Laughlin is now very slow to take on anyone
new (to him). I really don't understand much about publishing ofn po—
etry in «merica. There is one small new press that does nice work in
California, Unicorn, 317 East de la ﬁuerra, Santa Barbara, with also
a new review (Unicorn Journal). It is quite good I think.

And also: thanks for your splendid Basho. n joy.

I do hope you can send something for my magazine, Hon‘

5 Fond.Short
prose fine, translation fine,anything that has not been d

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one in US.

Best always,