Early in his career, Robert Creeley believed that his greatest contribution
to literature would be in prose. Although he has since established himself
as one of the most influential poets of the twentieth century, his
remarkable body of prose work--instilled with a deep understanding of
language and narrative form--remains an essential part of his oeuvre. In
addition to his first book of short stories The Gold Diggers, a novel The
Island, a radio play Listen, and Mabel: A Story, this omnibus edition
includes two previously uncollected stories.