V.R. Lang: Poems & Plays with a Memoir By Alison Lurie
by: Lurie, Alison and Lang, V. R.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. This is Lurie's tribute to Lang after Lang died of cancer at the age of 32. Lang was a gifted poet who was one of the founders of the Poet's Theatre in Cambridge, MA in the early 1950s. She also helped promote the works of young writers and artists including John Ashbery, Edward Gorey, Kenneth Koch, James Merrill, Frank O'Hara and Richard Wilbur. Book includes Lang's work as well as a lengthy memoir written by Lurie, an acclaimed author in her own right.