Norfolk, CT: Partisan Review, 1946. First Edition. Presented here is the Summer 1946 issue of Partisan Review--which was originally sold for a mere ¢50, as seen on the cover. The Partisan Review started as a left-wing, small-circulation quarterly “little magazine” compiling literature, politics, and cultural commentary and was published in New York City. Launched in 1934 by the John Reed Club of New York City — an American federation focused..... More

Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Books, 1965. First Softcover (Library) Edition. Softcover. "This volume presents the Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards annual selections and awards for poems originally published in magazines in 1964. This is the seventeenth annual volume of a continuous series that started with an experiment of selecting original poems published in magazines of the English-speaking world in 1948. borestone Mountain Poetry Awards, a nonprofit literary organization, was founded in..... More

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. When it comes to The Beat Generation, most Beat readers-&-enthusiasts will think of Gregory Corso upon hearing the name Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), American poet, literary critic, and onetime Poet Laureate of the United States (1956-58, under President Dwight D. Eisenhower). The reason for this connection is the infamous, sitcom-like segue of events in which the young, abrasive, brown-bag toting..... More