CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 9/22/2024

Essential Reading: 'The Collected Poems of Mary Ellen Solt'

Spreads from Primary Information new release The Collected Poems of Mary Ellen Solt, assembled and edited by her daughter Susan Solt with a foreword by Aram Saroyan. Collecting nearly five decades of work by the beloved critic and concrete poet, we were surprised and delighted to discover that it is printed on a variety of lovely, even textured, papers to indicate different bodies of work. Saroyan writes, “One wonders how such a definitive poet’s collected work has been so long in coming and, alas, posthumously. But then it’s only in recent years that concrete poetry, with its centuries-long international lineage, has begun to be recognized as part of our literary-artistic canon. Better late than never, here is the gift of this generous, abiding, and I find it impossible not to say, happy poet—a cause for gratitude and celebration.”