Robert Grenier

 

Whale Cloth Press is pleased to announce the discovery (in a storage unit in Massachusetts) of a cache of 26 forgotten/‘extra’ copies from the original (1978) printing of Robert Grenier’s legendary work Sentences.  

A founding document of the Language Writing movement, Sentences (500 poems centered on 500 5 x 8” index cards contained in a blue, folding, Chinese cloth box) was published in an edition of only 200 copies—all of which were distributed at the time of issuance, so that (though the text is often referenced in scholarly accounts of Grenier’s work & the history of Language Writing generally) the ‘thing itself’ has been out of print & unavailable for more than 30 years. 

These 26 copies, newly lettered A-Z and signed by the author (in their original blue Chinese boxes), are in very good condition and are for sale to libraries and collectors for $1,000 (with the proceeds going entirely to the author). 

Interested persons are encouraged to contact the publisher, Michael Waltuch, at waltuchm [at sign] gmail.com.