Steven Ford Brown "Heart's Invention: On the Poetry of Vassar Miller" Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1987-001
The Steven Ford Brown Papers consist of materials related to the publication of "Heart's Invention: On the Poetry of Vassar Miller." This includes correspondence, typescript drafts, and galley proofs.
English
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In 1988, "Heart's Invention: On the Poetry of Vassar Miller" was published as volume 5 in the American Poets Profile Series by Ford-Brown & Co. Heart's Invention was the first book-length critical study to focus on the work of Texas poet Vassar Miller. It included a preface from novelist Larry McMurtry. The book was edited by Steven Ford Brown.
Steven Ford Brown is a prolific editor and translator. His recent books include Astonishing World: The Selected Poems of Angel Gonzalez, 1956-1986 (as editor and translator) and Invited Guest: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Southern Poetry (as co-editor). Originally from Alabama, and a resident of Houston for five years, Brown currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
This collection was donated by Steven Ford Brown in 1987.
Julie Grob, 2002
Part of the University of Houston Libraries Special Collections Repository