New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. “Becoming a Poet is the first full-scale critical-biographical consideration of a writer who is coming more and more to be seen as a major mid-century American figure. Though much admired and much honored in her lifetime, Elizabeth Bishop has emerged since her death in 1979 as a dominant presence in modern letters – a meticulous craftsman, a strikingly..... More

Glasgow, Scotland: The Kerouac Connection, 1992. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage number of the UK literary journal of the Beat Generation & especially Jack Kerouac, edited by James Morton, features a lengthy article by John Rupert which parses Kerouac's famous, not always well-understood "Spontaneous Prose" method, with many references, quotes & scholarly footnotes. Also in this issue are more densely informative articles including "W.H.O. On First?," about a mysterious..... More