San Francisco, CA: North Point Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. "The Ideal Bakery is Donald Hall's first collection of short stories, written over twenty-five years and published in Esquire, The New Yorker, and Antaeus and other literary quarterlies. Best known for his poetry and essays, Hall writes stories that gather power from repeated thematic images, like his poems, and from the intensity of descriptive language, like his essays. But these..... More

Philadelphia, PA: Drexel University, 1994. First Printing. Softcover. This Fall 1994 number of the academic literary, cultural & art journal chiefly edited by the acclaimed, prize-winning author Richard Burgin (1947-2020) features the poem "Wise" by Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), the cult favorite poet-denizen of the dive bar & racetrack- an exemplary late reminiscence of his & a female companion's soon-to-be running out of booze. (pg. 33; Debritto, B1781, pg. 409) Also..... More

Paris, France: Sadruddin Aga Khan, 1961. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage 1961 number of the venerable literary, art & cultural journal then-chiefly edited by George Plimpton features a "Russian Poetry Portfolio" including poems by Boris Pasternak (translated or "Adapted" by Robert Lowell), Ossip Mandelstam, Andrei Vozneisenski & other twentieth-century Giants of Russian poetry. Also in this issue: Fiction by Cecil Dawkins & others; interviews including of Marianne Moore conducted by..... More

Fremont, MI: The Sumac Press, 1971. First Printing. Softcover. This number of the respected poetry journal edited by Michigan eminences Dan Gerber & the late legend Jim Harrison features contributions by Russell Banks (who would go on to become a most successful novelist); the profound & prolific Clayton Eshleman; the late, great Donald Hall; the award-winning David Ignatow (whose life span, I am compelled to note, coincided almost precisely with..... 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

Farmington Hills, MI: Witness Publishing, Inc., 1988. First Printing. Softcover. This early number of the literary journal in its original Michigan incarnation features contributions by Donald Hall (1928-2018), the great prize-winning poet who at one time was a member of the University of Michigan faculty; & Joyce Carol Oates, the acclaimed, super-prolific novelist. With much more, including a portfolio of disturbing photographs by Danny Lyon that accompany his article on..... More