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Donald Evans (American poet)

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64:, many stories about his bohemian lifestyle circulated. Evans single-handedly founded and managed the Claire Marie press, intending to publish "New Books for Exotic Tastes". He stated its goals as thus, "Claire Marie believes there are in America seven hundred civilized people only. Claire Marie publishes books for civilized people only. Claire Marie's aim, it follows from the premises, is not even secondarily commercial." Evans was an early admirer of Gertrude Stein. He first published her 249: 268: 308: 298: 45:. He married Leah Winslow in 1907, and later divorced her. A second marriage, to Esther Porter, began in 1918. Evans enlisted to fight in 20: 303: 293: 288: 128: 244: 61: 50: 42: 29:(July 24, 1884 - May 26, 1921) was an American poet, publisher, music critic and journalist. 253: 69: 120: 136: 282: 273: 112: 38: 104: 240: 54: 46: 49:
in May 1917. He served as a sergeant. Associated with the avant-garde scene of
73: 262: 53:, his works relate a strong sense of irony as well as his own personal 258: 41:, he worked in newspapers from 1904 to 1915. Evans was educated at 91:. It is suspected that Evans' death in 1921 was a suicide. 57:, coupled with the deep influence of 1890s aestheticism. 72:; it is said that the two planned to write a book of 157:. Volume XLVII: March, 1918-August, 1918. Page 643. 181:Black Riders: The Visible Language of Modernism 8: 183:. Page 19. Princeton University Press, 1993. 60:Somewhat comparable to fellow bohemian poet 19:For other people named Donald Evans, see 209:Zaturenska, Marya & Horace Gregory. 274:Poems by Donald Evans at Poetry Archive 211:A History of American Poetry, 1900-1940 155:The Bookman: a Review of Books and Life 147: 213:. Page 255. Brace and Harcourt, 1946. 7: 200:. Page 66. UMI Research Press, 1983. 230:. Moffat, Yard & Company, 1918. 170:. Page XIII. Signet Classic, 2003. 14: 194:Wallace Stevens and company: the 68:in 1914. Evans was also close to 266: 168:Three Lives & Tender Buttons 125:Nine Poems From a Valetudinarian 166:Souhami, Diana (introduction). 250:Works by or about Donald Evans 1: 309:Suicides in the United States 21:Donald Evans (disambiguation) 299:20th-century American poets 265:(public domain audiobooks) 109:Sonnets from the Patagonian 81:Sonnets from the Patagonian 325: 79:His works include 1914's 18: 117:Two Deaths in the Bronx 85:Two Deaths in the Bronx 226:Cook, Howard Willard. 179:MacGann, Jerome John. 259:Works by Donald Evans 241:Works by Donald Evans 228:Our Poets of Today 245:Project Gutenberg 192:MacLeod, Glen G. 62:Maxwell Bodenheim 51:Greenwich Village 43:Haverford College 316: 270: 269: 254:Internet Archive 214: 207: 201: 198:years, 1913-1923 190: 184: 177: 171: 164: 158: 152: 324: 323: 319: 318: 317: 315: 314: 313: 279: 278: 267: 237: 223: 218: 217: 208: 204: 191: 187: 178: 174: 165: 161: 153: 149: 144: 97: 70:Wallace Stevens 35: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 322: 320: 312: 311: 306: 301: 296: 291: 281: 280: 277: 276: 271: 256: 247: 236: 235:External links 233: 232: 231: 222: 219: 216: 215: 202: 185: 172: 159: 146: 145: 143: 140: 139: 138: 130: 122: 114: 106: 96: 93: 74:one-line poems 66:Tender Buttons 34: 31: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 321: 310: 307: 305: 304:1921 suicides 302: 300: 297: 295: 292: 290: 287: 286: 284: 275: 272: 264: 260: 257: 255: 251: 248: 246: 242: 239: 238: 234: 229: 225: 224: 220: 212: 206: 203: 199: 195: 189: 186: 182: 176: 173: 169: 163: 160: 156: 151: 148: 141: 137: 134: 131: 129: 126: 123: 121: 118: 115: 113: 110: 107: 105: 102: 99: 98: 94: 92: 90: 86: 82: 77: 75: 71: 67: 63: 58: 56: 52: 48: 44: 40: 32: 30: 28: 22: 16:American poet 227: 210: 205: 197: 193: 188: 180: 175: 167: 162: 154: 150: 132: 124: 116: 108: 100: 95:Bibliography 88: 84: 80: 78: 65: 59: 39:Philadelphia 36: 27:Donald Evans 26: 25: 294:1921 deaths 289:1884 births 87:and 1919's 55:bohemianism 47:World War I 283:Categories 221:References 76:together. 196:Harmonium 83:, 1916's 33:Biography 263:LibriVox 101:Discords 37:Born in 252:at the 135:(1919) 133:Ironica 127:(1916) 119:(1916) 111:(1914) 103:(1912) 89:Ironica 142:Notes 261:at 243:at 285:: 23:.

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Donald Evans (disambiguation)
Philadelphia
Haverford College
World War I
Greenwich Village
bohemianism
Maxwell Bodenheim
Wallace Stevens
one-line poems





Works by Donald Evans
Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Donald Evans
Internet Archive
Works by Donald Evans
LibriVox
Poems by Donald Evans at Poetry Archive
Categories
1884 births
1921 deaths
20th-century American poets
1921 suicides
Suicides in the United States

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