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Lawrence McGaugh

Bay Area poet Lawrence McGaugh, author of "A Fifth Sunday" passed away on July 26, at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.

Lawrence McGaugh Selected Bibliography

Lawrence McGaugh - A Fifth SundayA Fifth Sunday
Berkeley: Oyez, 1965. Beautifully Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh in an edition of 500 copies. Stapled in wrappers featuring a photo of the poet. Unpaginated, 32 pp.
full-size image of cover
image of title page
image of two poems from the book

Vacuum Cantos
Berkeley: Oyez, 1969. The edition of 530 books consisted in 500 copies in wrappers; 30 copies were printed on handmade Torvil paper, clothbound in various colors of cloth (issued sans dustjacket), numbered and signed by the author. Beautifully designed and printed by Clifford Burke.

Dreamheads: Love Poems 1978-1983
N.p., 1983. An edition of 400 copies, wrappers, 47 pages.

2 Sonnets
N.p.: Red Hill Press for Oyez, 1989. Broadside (folded card.). The sonnets are "Arabus" and "Lover-In-The-Mist." The back cover states, "2 Sonnets are from Venus's Slipper, a work-in-progress." Printed by John McBride

Venus's Slipper: Flower Sonnets & New Poems.
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