Great Barrinton, MA: The Figures, 2001. First Printing. Softcover. The second installment of a two-volume series of verse by Clark Coolidge (b. 1939): a poet, theorist, and forerunning participant in the Mimeograph Revolution (having attended the Vancouver Poetry Conference in 1963). Coolidge, to this author, is known primarily for his categorical and ultimately heroic understanding of the philosophy of composition and literary method practiced by Jack Kerouac (1922-1969). Alternately referred..... More

New York, NY, USA: Angel Hair, 1967. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "Look, how the rain fallen through the night/ Leaves the woods hot, moist and calm,/ how the bird skims across the grass/ and no car in sight,/ waiting your return." (John Wieners, "Invitation au Voyage II," first stanza, unpaginated) The third number of the poetry journal co-edited, published & with contributions by Anne Waldman (b. 1945), the acclaimed poet-performer..... More

Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. "Amassed from the riches of the Naropa University audio archives, this collection offers an exciting new look at the Beats- whose influence lives on in the art and politics of our time. In these conversational talks and interviews readers are introduced to the hard truths behind being a Beat woman, the haunting accuracy of William S. Burroughs' world-view, the passion and..... More

Brightlingsea, England: Tom Clark, n/d (c. 1966). First Printing. Stapled Sheets. "There is more than one way to kill a chicken, and there is more than one way to live a life. Some people think that life is just a river and that we just float around it trying not to drown. This is not true. Life is not just a river. Life is wonderful, and you can do with..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 2023. First Edition Thus. Softcover. “In the summer of 1982, Clark Coolidge received an unexpected gift of a crystal. Small, clear, entirely unexceptional, the crystal nonetheless provoked the poet into writing what has long been considered his masterpiece, The Crystal Text. Composed over the course of 10 months, in daybook-like entries of varying length, The Crystal Text is multifaceted and elusive, constantly interrogating itself..... More

Ypsilanti, MI: Eastern Michigan University, 1988. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Clayton Eshleman. The twenty-third number of the now-classic "Literary Bi-annual of the Whole Art," edited & with contributions by the acclaimed, award-winning American poet, translator & scholar Clayton Eshleman; co-(managing) edited by his wife Caryl, & with a prestigious masthead that includes Charles Bernstein, Clark Coolidge & Jerome Rothenberg. There is a wonderful photograph of the entire group including..... More