Imogene Knode. Olga Broumas. Telephone Books. 1979.

Imogene Knode.

Telephone Books, 1979. Item #2811

Illustrated poetry broadside, 19 x 13 in. Imogene Knode was the name of a woman who was murdered by her husband in 1977, after having written an editorial to the local paper asking for help. The poem ends with the lines:

"I was a woman, gentle, and I did not live. 
I call this poem to be a weapon. 
I give this poem authority to kill."

Price: $75.00

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