Yours, Al: The Collected Letters of Al Purdy, Purdy, Al; edited by Sam Solecki. Published by Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, B.C., 2004. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 560pp. Contents in fine, unread condition with light outer edge dusting lower front edge. Dustjacket has very light rubbing to edges and is otherwise, fine.
Includes the private exchanges with Pierre Trudeau, Carol Shields, Earle Birney, Anna Porter, Charles Bukowski, Margaret Laurence, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Gwendolyn MacEwan, Jack McClelland, Northrup Frye, William Golding, Darryl Sittler, Alistair MacLeod, Susan Musgrave, Irving Layton, Lynn Crosbie, George Bowering, Anthony Burgess, Joseph Brodsky and many other notables. Yours, Al is an uncensored, intimate glimpse into the life of Canada’s most celebrated poet
