San Francisco, CA: Beatitude Press, 1976. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside-poster (measuring 8.5 x 11') advertising a Beatitude Magazine benefit reading that took place on June 21st, 1976, and featured several Baby Beat luminaries in concert with a few Beat predecessors. Among the predecessors, we have David Meltzer, for example — whose inclusion in Don Allen’s legendary anthology of 1960, The New American Poetry, 1945-1960 firmly established him as..... More

San Francisco, CA: Mother's Hen, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. “Barbara Alexandra Szerlip was in San Francisco during the 1970s having just come from a stint as a student of [Kenneth] Rexroth’s at UCSB. She lived in a cottage on his property during her senior year in college and spent much time with Rexroth, having had full access to his extraordinary library. Some mentorship, this! which served her in good stead..... More

San Francisco, CA: Beatitude Magazine, 1975. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Counted first among the quite-nearly nonpareil rarities of the Second San Francisco Renaissance is this issue — No. 21 — of Beatitude Magazine, which was founded by Bob Kaufman (1925-1986) & John Kelly in 1959. Its founding, heavily influenced by Allen Ginsberg, was something of an annunciation for what it meant to be “Beat.” While Jack Kerouac and Herbert Huncke..... More

Cullowhee, NC: New Native Press, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by editor, publisher & subject Thomas Rain Crowe. "This is a collection that will be new to readers both outside and inside of the U.S. A collection of interviews with such a broad brushstroke, such a wide arc of voice and achievement as to be unique...This, then, is a major sampling of poets that would best represent the qualities of..... More