Plymell, Charles

Over the Stage of Kansas

New York, NY: Telephone Books, 1973. First edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Charles Plymell "Plymell and his friends inventing the Wichita Vortex contribute to a tradition stretching back from Lamantia thru Sherwood Anderson to Poe and earlier American vibration artists of those provinces. I interpret his statement as prophetic fragment memory of innocence, visionary great fear, & warm glimmer: a new species?"(Allen Ginsberg, quoted on back cover) This is an extremely rare early item by Charles Plymell, a volume of poems published a few years after The Last of the Moccasins, an icon of the post-Beat canon. Besides Ginsberg, there are back cover comments by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jeff Nuttall & Brown Miller of the Small Press Review. This copy is signed by Charles Plymell on the title page. A top Plymell collectible in very fine condition, with only some spotting to covers & edges, & staples in process of rusting. Very Fine [Item #1545]