New York, NY, USA: The Poetry Project, 1974. Mimeograph Facsimile. Stapled Sheets. A contemporary mimeograph facsimile of the early twelfth number of the venerable New York School-&-Beyond Poetry Project's newsletter, edited by Bill MacKay. The primary figures among the various cutting-edge groups mentioned for live events or tributes here are too dizzyingly numerous to mention them all, but include: Gregory Corso, Kenward Elmslie, Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno, Michael McClure, Jerome..... More

New York, NY: Angel Hair, 1967. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “Laundry so near the ocean bothered Frank. / The lack of medicine on the shelves / also confused his emotional stance. / A moth fluttered against his leg. / A gust of wind made his Pepsi keen / as its foam trickled down inside” (from “Duo-Tang” Kenward Elmslie, p. 4). The fourth number of the poetry journal co-edited, published &..... More

New York, NY: Frank O'Hara Foundation / Columbia University Press, 1971. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. Signed (Twice) & Inscribed by Kenward Elmslie to Ken & Ann Mikolowski, close friends of Elmslie's & founders of Detroit's "Alternative Press," publishers of many Beat/New York School/Black Mountain-related authors. "O peruser...These poems are good. In fact, very good. Truthfully, The Blurb finds them excellent. Some, superb. Others, less so...As for what the poems..... More

Melville, NY: Belwin-Mills Publishing, 1974. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. Signed (Twice) & Inscribed to Ken & Ann Mikolowski, close friends of Kenward Elmslie & cofounders of Detroit's visionary "Alternative Press," publishers of many Beat/New York School/Black Mountain-related authors. Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright who became a unanimously acknowledged "master of the modern short story," who influenced James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, and other early 20th century masters. "First performed..... More

Washington DC: Burning Deck Press, 1979. First Printing / Association Copy. Stapled Wrappers. Signed (Twice) & Inscribed to Ken & Ann Mikolowski, close friends of Kenward Elmslie & founders of Detroit's visionary "Alternative Press," publishers of many Beat/New York School/Black Mountain-related authors. (1/500 Initially Unsigned, Unnumbered Copies). "Kenward Elmslie’s perverse, scabrous, gorgeous poetry and prose have astonished his fans for over fifty years—decades during which he remained the pride of..... More

Flint, MI: Bamberger Books, 1987. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Signed with Original Postcard Collage by Kenward Elmslie. From the Collection of Ken & Ann Mikolowski, founders of Detroit's visionary "Alternative Press." "If you like the idea of Ma and Pa Kettle meeting Raymond Roussel, then CITY JUNKET is your jug of Pernod. Its primitive country cousins and surrealistic city slickers draw us into a world that is flawlessly realized and..... More

Flint, MI: Bamberger Books, 1993. First Trade Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed (twice) by Kenward Elmslie to Ken & Ann Mikolowski. "Postcards on Parade explores the glorious traditions of the American musical, gives them a spin, and injects them with surreal pizzaz and linguistic highs in this concept musical for the 1990s. Three gatherings of dealers and collectors of old postcards provide a reality that is constantly confronted and undermined..... More

New York, NY: Granary Books, 2000. First Trade Softcover Edition / Association Copy. Softcover in Stiff Wraps. Signed (Twice) by Kenward Elmslie. From the Collection of Ken & Ann Mikolowski, founders of Detroit's Visionary "Alternative Press," Publishers & Friends of Many Beat/"New York School"/"Black Mountain"-affiliated Authors. "'Cyberspace' was created in a millennial visionary frenzy by two confirmed Luddites on the cusp of Y2K. Time keeps the world from happening at..... More

New York, NY: Nadada, Inc., 1965. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The second & last number of the exceedingly rare & significant literary-art journal edited & with contributions by Timothy Baum, Robert Cordier & Gerard Malanga, the esteemed poet & photographer who at the time of this issue was a key associate of Andy Warhol. Baum's specialty in his subsequent writing & curatorial career has been Dada & Surrealism, & this..... More

New York, NY: The Poetry Project, 1967. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Offered here is an especially alluring issue (No. 9) of the Anne Waldman-edited, co-parented Brainchild of St. Mark’s Poetry Project, “The World.” The poets at the famed Poetry Project started “The World” in part to showcase how wide a breadth of creative ferocity was coursing through the veins of literary New York at that time. Similar to the Editorial..... More