Near Fine Hardcover Follett Publishing Company, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Clean pages and bright like new covers. Spine has slight slant. Little bumps at corners. Jacket in good shape for its vintage, with rubbing at corner tips. Scarce. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, CA library.. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: ACCEPTABLE FIRST EDITION SOFTcover (not HARD-) solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library; shelfwear / storage-wear; some underlining, marginalia; previous owner's name inside; WE SHIP FAST. Carefully packed and quickly sent. 201601717 William Kilborn Knott (17 February 1940 – 12 March 2014) was an American poet. Born in Carson City, Michigan, US, Knott received his MFA from Norwich University and studied with John Logan in Chicago. His first collection of poems, The Naomi Poems: Corpse and Beans, was published in 1968 under the name Saint Geraud, a fictional persona whose backstory included a suicide two years prior to the publishing. The Naomi Poems was well received and brought him to the attention of such poets as James Wright, who called him an "unmistakable genius." Knott taught at Emerson College for more than 25 years, published many books of poetry, and was awarded the Iowa Poetry Prize and a Guggenheim fellowship. Early in his career, Knott was noted for writing unusually short poems, some as short as one line, and untitled. Later he became interested in metrical verse forms and syllabics. He was not a believer in poetic "branding" and throughout his career refused to restrict himself to one particular school or style of writing. His poetry's subjects, themes and tones were also wide-ranging. His work often displayed a wry, self-deprecating sense of humor, and he was critical of what he saw as an epidemic of humorlessness in contemporary American poetry. We recommend selecting Priority Mail wherever available. (No shipping to Mexico, Brazil or Italy.)