Provisions: Lost Prose (signed by William Matthews)

First Edition, First Printing. Illustrated with original artwork by Cris Cristofaro. One of only 200 copies. Fine in original blue-black cloth with pictorial onlay on front cover. Bill Matthews, one of the most important contemporary poets, left behind a large archive containing numerous prose poems and short stories. However, Matthews included only one prose poem in any of the dozen or so books published during his lifetime. Here, we have a selection of the poet's lost prose pieces, presented here for the first time in book form, comprising eight short stories and fourteen prose poems. Provisions is a terrific read, and important for future scholars working on Matthews. Edited and introduced by Sebastian Matthews. Octavo. 79 pp. An absolutely love copy.