The American Model: Influence and Independence in Australian Poetry.

Syndney: Hale and Iremonger (1982). First edition. 178 pp. Slight tanning to pages, else near fine in wrappers. Edited by Joan Kirkby, this is a collection of ten essays about American poetry’s influence on Australian poetry by a variety of influential Australian and American poets, including Bruce Dawe, Galway Kinnell, Thomas Shapcott, Louis Simpson, and John Tranter. INSCRIBED by Kirkby on the title page.