Santa Barbara, CA, USA: Capra Press, 1973. First Edition Thus. Softcover. “If I die and there is a hell, my hell will be a shopping mall. I will trudge down its aisles forever, with only rides on the escalators for relief.”― Andrei Codrescu. Andrei Codrescu (b. 1947) is a Romanian-born American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter and commentator for National Public Radio. While Codrescu is, generally, not as well known as..... More

New York, NY: Coronet Communications, Inc., 1971. First Printing. Softcover. The third number of the exemplary series of commodified radicalism in the wake of the 1960s, as it continued to sour from peaceful flower-power into anger. With articles & poetry including a lengthy interview of anarchist-Yippie firebrand Abbie Hoffman conducted by editor Dotson Rader & co., illustrated with three photographs; two early poems by since-acclaimed writer & journalist Andre Codrescu..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1994. First Printing. Softcover. The sixth number of the literary & cultural-political journal edited & with contributions by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), published by his iconic City Lights Books imprint. For our purposes, this issue is most distinguished by a transcript of William S. Burroughs' speaker-amplified telephone call to an audience at the Beat Generation Conference held at New York University during May 1994 (pgs..... More

Mexico City, Mexico: The Plumed Horn, 1967. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Clayton Eshleman & Diane Wakoski. "From January, 1962 through July, 1969, El Corno Emplumado / The Plumed Horn was on the cutting edge of independent publishing. The bilingual quarterly, which ran from 100 to almost 300 pages per issue, published some of the best new work to come out of Latin and North America—with occasional sections from Canada..... More

Tucson, AZ: Ironwood Press, 1972. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This very first number of the distinguished literary journal edited by Michael Cuddihy features three poems by Diane Wakoski, the acclaimed & prolific Beat-influenced poet then-associated with the Deep Image School pioneered by Robert Kelly. Above the first poem, "When the Shoe Fits," below her printed name, Wakoski has hand-written her signature with characteristic series of vertical doodles..... More