Niigata, Japan: Blue Jacket Press, 1988. First Printing. Stringbound in Wraps. This issue of the rare Japanese Beat-devoted literary periodical "...featuring Beat and Post-Beat Independent and modern writings" edited by Yusuke Keida is partially a tribute to Allen Ginsberg, who had died on April 5 of the previous year. The magazine contains (among many other things) an excellent and intimately-revealing essay titled: "Naked Awareness" by Michael White, in which White..... More

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1990. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Unlike many regional anthologies, Bluestones and Salt Hay is not merely a gathering of writers linked by geographic proximity, but rather an anthology of place and how the poet's vision reflects local history, geography, and culture. Special care was made in the selection of the poetry so that New Jersey is a recurring theme throughout the volume. The Pine..... 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