Ed Dorn

Tape comes with two inserts. One reproduction of a Ed Dorn Poetry Reading Flyer and one with a quote of Ed Dorn. Edition of 80 copies. Edward Merton Dorn was born in Villa Grove, Illinois. He grew up in rural poverty during the Great Depression. He attended a one-room schoolhouse for his first eight grades. He later studied at the University of Illinois and at Black Mountain College (1950-55). At Black Mountain he came into contact with Charles Olson, who greatly influenced his literary worldvie…