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"The Sock" in John Cheney's Literary Magazine, No. 3/4
[San Diego], John Cheney, 1983. A double issue, bound back to back. Includes (in issue No. 3) a two-page story by Davis that was collected, much revised, in Break It Down in 1986. In the story the narrator has dinner with her ex-husband and his new wife. (Davis and Paul Auster divorced in 1977; in 1981 Auster married Siri Hustvedt.) Also includes Kathy Acker's "Narrative Breakdown for Carla Harryman." Laid in is a typed letter signed by the editor, Don Cheney, from August, 1983, in which he submits three works (not included) for consideration in Magazine. Several small spine tears; near fine in stapled wrappers. [#030710] SOLD

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