Madison, MN: The Sixties Press, 1962. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage number of the literary journal edited & with contributions by the acclaimed American poet Robert Bly (1926-2021) features an extensive critical essay on the poetry of Gary Snyder (b. 1930), the canonical primary poet & environmentalist of the Beat Generation/ San Francisco Renaissance-&-Beyond (still active & with us at age 95 as of this writing) by James Wright (1927-1980)..... More

Wilson, NC: Loblolly Press, 1988. First Printing. Softcover. This number of the North Carolina literary journal chiefly edited by Tom Braswell features an essay, "Back Country Poet," by Gary Snyder (b. 1930), the Great Beat Generation- San Francisco Renaissance-&-Beyond poet-environmentalist who is still with us at age 94 as of this writing, & has taken his place in the canon of the Library of America. As noted preceding this most-enlightening..... More

Washington DC: Paycock Press, 1981. First Edition. Large-Format Softcover. “The first decent history I ever read on the local literary scene was Jack Foley’s “A Bank of Violets,” published in Aleph no. 1 in 1975. The piece was good at putting the 60s explosion of local magazines and literary presses into perspective, but hardly touched on what had gone before, save to trot out Walt Whitman, Charles Olson, Ezra Pound..... More

New York, NY: Evergreen Review, Inc., 1962. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage number of the legendary literary & arts journal chiefly edited by Barney Rosset features "Introduction to Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine, Novia Express; Episodes from Novia Express" by William S. Burroughs (pgs. 99-109). At this juncture, the first American edition of Naked lunch had not yet been published by Rosset's Grove Press, it would be later that year..... More