Do You Dig John Cowper Powys?

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I nearly got 'A Glastonbury Romance' out of the library, but was put off by its vastness and massivosity. Should I go back and get it? What are his best books? Why are they so expensive secondhand? Apart from being out of print, I mean.

― Puddin'Head Miller (PJ Miller), Friday, 14 January 2005 12:30 (twenty years ago)

Get Wolf Solent. you can usually find that pretty cheap. i always regret not buying his autobiography when i saw it years ago in a used book store for 25 bucks. i've never seen it again. i actually dig his poetry too, but that stuff is probably even harder to find. I got turned on to him when i read henry miller's The Books In My Life/ along with hamsun, giono, and others.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

Amazon UK have lots secondhand, but very expensive. He seems to have written an awful lot of letters.

― Puddin'Head Miller (PJ Miller), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:31 (twenty years ago)

although i never did read any henty or haggard. two of miller's boyhood faves.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:31 (twenty years ago)

yeah, he was a big letter-writer. i haven't delved that deep. i do know that the autobiography is supposed to be prettty great.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

I got the Glastonbury one from the library (they didn't have any others). Perhaps I will Report Back.

― Puddin'Head Miller (PJ Miller), Saturday, 15 January 2005 11:04 (twenty years ago)

I enjoyed 'A Glastonbury Romance' but not enough to finish it. It's moved with me 4 times--that shit is heavy.

― adam (adam), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)

Yes, it is a whopper.

― Peter Stringbender (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 21:52 (twenty years ago)

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