TITLE: The Real West Marginal Way AUTHOR: Richard Hugo YEAR OF COPYRIGHT: 1986 GENRE: Non-fiction, memoir How Many Pages: 260 pp. SHORT DESCRIPTION: Subtitle is ?A Poets Autobiography. ??for all who care about Hugo's work, the craft of letters, and what it is to live an American life.? (book jacket) Includes personal essays, and interviews. ISBN #: 0-393-02326-5 LONGER DESCRIPTION: Richard Hugo was a major American poet, an influential and inspiring teacher, and a master of the personal essay. Many of these essays have now been assembled and arranged by Ripley Hugo, the poet's widow and a writer and teacher, and by Lois and James Welch, writers and close friends of the poet. Together the essays constitute a compelling autobiographical narrative that takes the poet from his lonely childhood, through the war years and his working and creative life, to an interview just before his untimely death in 1982. The introduction is by William Matthews, also a friend of Hugo's. Richard Hugo, author of eight volumes of poetry, directed the University of Montana's creative-writing program and edited the Yale Younger Poets Series. Making Certain It Goes On: The Collected Poems was published in 1984. Ripley Hugo lives in Missoula, Montana, as do the Welches. VOLUNTEER COMMENTS: This book of non-fiction was scanned using Kurzweil K-1000 version 10.05. Pages were normalized, headers removed, ranked spelling was run. Very few errors. Submitted in RTF, KES copy still available if desired. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.