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Samuel French Morse was the editor of Opus Posthumous, Wallace Stevens' uncollected works. He also edited the only paperback anthology of Stevens available in this country, and his biography of Stevens was authorized by the widow and daughter of the poet after his death in 1955. As long as ten years ago Frank Kermode was eagerly anticipating the Morse biography in the first paragraph of his book on Stevens. Now Wallace Stevens: Poetry as Life has been published, and it probably rasies more questions than it answers...
...analysis buttressed his findings, he invented breezy names (Frigid Woman; Now I've Got You, You Son of a Bitch; I'm Only Trying to Help You) and published Games in 1964. Intended for therapists, the book scored a sales blitz (650,000 hardcover, 2,000,000 paperback). It also attracted criticism from Berne's colleagues...
...other paperback stores are stars. Paperback Booksmith (37a Brattle St.) is open 24 hours a day for those dark nights of the soul when nothing but a book will still the pain. For these times, PB has the best science-fiction selection around, and a lot of good and hard-to-get books on other subjects. The staff is also very cool, and they won't case you out if you spend four hours making up your mind whether you want to buy anything...
...Harvard Bookstore (124 Mass Ave.) is also good, especially for paperback fiction books. They have second-hand textbooks, and at the end of the summer you can sell them yours for pretty good prices...
...Phillips Books (7 Holyoke St.) has a good hardback selection, and a limited paperback selection upstairs. The Grolier Book Shop (6 Plympton St.) specializes in poetry, and is a lot of fun to poke around in. The Star Book Shop (29 Plympton St.) buys and sells old and rare books. It is, incidentally, located right in the back of the Lampoon Building, which is impressive for its ugliness...