Sanctity and Sin: The Collected Poems And Prose Poems Of Donald Wandrei

by Donald Wandrei, Howard Wandrei (Illustrator), S.T. Joshi (Editor)

Genres: Poetry, Horror, Fantasy

196 pages, Paperback

First published February 14, 2008

About the author

Donald Albert Wandrei was an American science fiction, fantasy and weird fiction writer, poet and editor. He was the older brother of science fiction writer and artist Howard Wandrei. He died in St. Paul in 1987.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/d...
Along with August Derleth, he was co-founder of Arkham House publishers.

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's good to have such a complete collection of the poetry of Donald Wandrei, and Hippocampus Press deserves praise for publishing it, even if the contents are a mixed bag. Wandrei's association with the weird fiction and poetry scene of the early twentieth century is significant, although compared to his correspondent Clark Ashton Smith, Wandrei is clearly the lesser talent both in metrical poetry and prose poetry.

So even though I'm giving this collection a middling rating, I'm glad to have had the chance to read it, since it helps to fill out the picture of that productive period for weird poetry, and it contains several pieces that are well worth reading on their own merits.