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Espy, Willard R.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1910-12-11 - 1999-02-20

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Another Almanac of Words at Play / Espy, Willard R. ; Smith WJ ; Burroughs WS ; Dante ; Ginsberg A ; Fisher E ; Kostelanetz R ; Updike J ; Wincor R ; Smith Sv ; Harlam S ; Morgenstern C., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-36209-37996
Scope and Contents

The concrete poems that appeared in this anthology were composed by William Jay Smith, Richard Kostelanetz, Ed Fisher, Sam Harlan, Louis Phillips, and Richard Wincor. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Another Almanac of Words at Play / Espy, Willard R. ; Smith WJ ; Burroughs WS ; Dante ; Ginsberg A ; Fisher E ; Kostelanetz R ; Updike J ; Wincor R ; Smith Sv ; Harlam S ; Morgenstern C., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-14211-14517
Scope and Contents

The concrete poems that appeared in this anthology were composed by William Jay Smith, Richard Kostelanetz, Ed Fisher, Sam Harlan, Louis Phillips, and Richard Wincor. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Espygrams / Espy, Willard R.., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-14059-14364
Scope and Contents

Espy defines Amagrams as "...huddle of letters indifferent arrangements make different words. 'Endearments,' for instance, turns into tender names, and 'the detectives' into 'detect thieves.' An Espygram is a word game in which the player unscrambles the anagram to complete the missing words in limericks and verses. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

O Thou Improper, Thou Uncommon Noun / Espy, Willard R.., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-13783-14088
Scope and Contents

Subtitled "An Etymology of Words That Once Were Names," the author presents 1500 words that have their origins in the names of people and places. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978