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The Crystal Text - Clark Coolidge Bob Kaufman New York Public Library BestThe Crystal Text Clark Coolidge ISBN 9780872869042 168 page paperback published by City Lights *** Clark Coolidges book length meditation on a crystallong considered a masterpiece of American avant garde poetryreturns in a new edition. No other poet ever has so exquisitely, and sometimes also turbulently, written sheer sonic wonder into poetry.Lyn Hejinian In the summer of 1982, Clark Coolidge received an unexpected gift of a crystal; small, clear,