Each letter is written from a specific place that Hugo has made his own (a "triggering town," as he has called it elsewhere) to a friend, a fellow poet, an old love. We read over the poet's shoulder as the town triggers the imagination, the friendship is re-opened, the poet's selfhood is explored and illuminated. The "dreams" turn up unexpectedly (as dreams do) among the letters; their haunting images give further depth to the poet's exploration. Are we overhearing them? Who is the "you" that dreams?

Author: Richard Hugo
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/01/1977
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.19d
ISBN: 9780393044904

About the Author
Hugo, Richard: - Richard Hugo was for many years the director of the creative writing program at the University of Montana, Missoula Campus. He received the Theodore Roethke Memorial Prize and was twice nominated for the National Book Award.