{"product_id":"song-of-the-sun","title":"Song of the Sun: Collected Writings by Leah Bodine Drake (Hippocampus Press, 2020) Limited Edition Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeah Bodine Drake. \u003cem\u003eThe Song of the Sun: Collected Writings\u003c\/em\u003e. Edited by David E. Schultz. New York: Hippocampus Press, 2020. Hardcover edition. 770 pages. Limited to 200 copies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e As New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription from the publisher: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdited by David E. Schultz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e770 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFifteen original interior illustrations by Jason C. Eckhardt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover design by Daniel V. Sauer, incorporating a painting by Leah Bodine Drake's mother\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN 978-1-61498-266-1 Limited cloth: 200 copies only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmerican poet Leah Bodine Drake (1904–1964) attained celebrity with the publication of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Hornbook\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor Witches\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1950), the first book of poetry issued by the legendary small-press publisher Arkham House. But that slim volume is only the tip of the iceberg of her writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrake published only one other book of verse,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tilting Dust\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1955), and an anthology,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Various Light\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1964), coedited with Charles Arthur Musès. She had assembled another volume of poetry,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMultiple Clay,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebut it was never published. This volume gathers, for the first time, the entirety of Drake’s poetic output—more than 360 poems, including hundreds of uncollected and unpublished poems. Drake published her work in such distinguished magazines as the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMost of her poetry is not weird, but her fantasy and horror verse did grace the pages of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWeird Tales,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMagazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand other venues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition, this volume contains four of her short stories (two of which were published in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/em\u003e), an assortment of her essays and reviews, and letters to August Derleth, Anthony Boucher, Joseph Payne Brennan, and select others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe editor, David E. Schultz, has consulted Drake’s own scrapbooks of her poetry, allowing for chronological arrangement of her versem presenting a thorough account of Drake’s life and a comprehensive bibliography of her published and unpublished work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrake’s well-crafted poetry draws upon myth, legend, and history to underscore her deep understanding of human life and emotions. This definitive compilation will establish Leah Bodine Drake as a significant voice in twentieth-century poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003ePRAISE FOR LEAH BODINE DRAKE\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“one of the great poets of our time” . . . “poet of the century.”—Alfred Dorn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eA Hornbook for Witches\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis] a gem in all senses of the word. Some of the poems are as magical as Walter de la Mare . . .”—Clark Ashton Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiss Drake’s lines sing, and her subjects are never very far from that enchantment which many feel to lie at the heart of real poetry. . . . [T]here is more poetry in these pages than is to be found in a dozen of the coterie poets of our day. . . . I recommend\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Tilting Dust\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor its delightful images, for its often memorable flights of fancy, and for a quality which, for want of a better term, can best be called luminosity.”—August Derleth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The work of Leah Bodine Drake is particularly notable for its warm and enticing imagery. . . . she is not merely a sensualist. Her enormous range of subject-matter includes myth, legend, folk and fairy tales, human Interest features and the history of every period. [. . . H]er finest power is attained in her verses of closer metrics and greater technical discipline.”— George Abbe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“observant, imaginative, evocative”—Anthony Boucher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eA Hornbook for Witches\u003c\/em\u003e] set a standard of excellence never equaled . . . before or since.”—Stanley McNail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcane Offerings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48411054637226,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/8407\/1082\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_5be1a7c4-58f6-413c-8ad9-fc997fe3da94.jpg?v=1781550247","url":"https:\/\/arcaneofferings.com\/products\/song-of-the-sun","provider":"Arcane Offerings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}