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Russell Edson

Russell Edson was an American poet, novelist, writer, and illustrator. He was the son of the cartoonist-screenwriter Gus Edson and Gladys Cedar Edson.

Selected bibliography
Prose poems collectionsSee Jack (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009) • ''The Rooster's Wife: Poems'' (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2005) • The Tormented Mirror (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001) • The Tunnel: Selected Poems of Russell Edson (Oberlin College Press, 1994) • The Wounded Breakfast (Wesleyan University Press, 1985) • With Sincerest Regrets (Burning Deck Press, 1980) • The Reason Why the Closet-Man Is Never Sad (Wesleyan University Press, 1977) • ''Edson's Mentality'' (OINK! Press, 1977) • The Intuitive Journey and Other Works (Harper & Row, 1976) • ''Gulping's Recital'' (Guignol Books, 1984) • The Clam Theater (Wesleyan University Press, 1973) • The Childhood Of An Equestrian (Harper & Row, 1973) • Ceremonies in Bachelor Space (Grapnel Press, Black Mountain College, 1951) ChapbooksWuck Wuck Wuck! (with linocut by Richard Mock, Red Ozier Press, 1984) Novels • ''Gulping's Recital'' (Guignol Books, 1984) • The Song of Percival Peacock: A Novel (Coffee House Press, 1992) Short fiction and fablesTick Tock: Short Stories (illustrated with woodcuts, Demitasse/Coffee House Press, 1992) • What a Man Can See: Fables (with drawings by Ray Johnson, 1969) • The Brain Kitchen: Writings and Woodcuts (Thing Press, 1965) • The Very Thing That Happens: Fables and Drawings (New Directions Publishing, 1964) • Appearances: Fables and Drawings (Thing Press, 1961) • ''A Stone Is Nobody's: Fables and Drawings'' (Thing Press, 1961) PlaysThe Falling Sickness: A Book of Plays (New Directions Publishing, 1975) MusicKetchup opera in 2 acts. Text By Russell Edson, music by Franklin Stover. Scored for 2 voices & chamber orchestra. • The Song of Percival Peacock - an entertainment for reed quintet and narrator set to prose poems of Russell Edson, by Franklin Stover. (Edition Hohenstaufen, 2017) ==Honors and awards==
Honors and awards
• 1992 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship • 1989 Whiting Award • 1981 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship • 1976 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship • 1974 Guggenheim Fellowship ==References==
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