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| Author | Richard Brautigan |
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| Cover artist | Bill Brock |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Publisher | Richard Brautigan |
Publication date | 1968 |
| Media type | Print (Softcover) |
| Preceded by | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace |
| Followed by | The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster |
Please Plant This Book is the sixth poetry publication by American writer Richard Brautigan. The collection consists of a glued folder containing eight seed packets, with a poem printed on the front of each. The book was Brautigan's last self-publishing venture and the edition ran 6,000 copies. The entire edition was offered for free distribution; permission to reprint the collection was explicitly granted, as long as the new printing was also offered free of charge. Although a relatively large edition for an early Brautigan work, it is a rather hard item to find.
The eight poem titles and associated seed packets are as follows:[1]
Dinefwr Literature Festival
This project was re-created for the Dinefwr Literature Festival, which took place in June 2012 in West Wales. The start of the festival was celebrated through events inspired by the author. In addition to reprinting the poetry folders, the public was taken on a walk through the grounds where a pomegranate tree, nicknamed "the Brautigan pomegranate", was planted. Lanthe Brautigan, Brautigan's daughter, had flown in from San Francisco to join in the celebrations.
External links
References
- ↑ "Richard Brautigan > Please Plant This Book". www.brautigan.net. Retrieved 2022-08-17.