Aaron Shurin

Woman On Fire [Signed]

San Francisco: Rose Deeprose Press, 1975. Very Good. Item #46925

San Francisco: Rose Deeprose Press, 1975. First Edition, one of 500 copies. 18mo (14cm). Side-stapled chapbook with illustrated paper wrappers. Unpaginated. Wrappers have some spotting and rubbing. Corners square. Pages clean and unmarked.

In "Woman on Fire," Shurin's first published book, he explores drag and gender themes. San Francisco poet Steve Abbott once wrote that this poem “advanced the idea of drag as a revelation, not a mask, of personality.” Signed with inscription by the author on the dedication page: "For Steven, from Aaron, 1975."

References:

The Poetry Project Newsletter #275 – Winter 2024, "Making the World: An Interview with Aaron Shurin" by David Grundy

Los Angeles Review of Books, "The Articulated Unknown: Tiff Dressen interviews Aaron Shurin about 'Elixir: New and Selected Poems.'"
August 8, 2025.

Price: $100.00