Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press, 1987. First Edition. “Paul Breslin’s distinction as a critic of contemporary poetry is that he is willing to say things against, as well as for, the poet he’s writing about. Thus his criticism has a bite, too often absent from more single-minded approaches. The Psycho-Political Muse combines aesthetic and cultural responses in an exhilarating way, helping us think about both the poetry and the age..... More

New York, NY, USA: Foundation for Cultural Projects Inc., 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Large-Format Softcover. Presented here is the Fall 1956 issue of Partisan Review edited by William Phillips and Philip Rahv— which was originally sold for a mere $1.00, 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..... 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

New York, NY: New Directions, 1975. First Printing. Softcover. "For forty years, the successive volumes of 'New Directions in Prose and Poetry' served as vehicles for the presentation of variant trends in world literature. The latest number in the series is dedicated to the late John Crowe Ransom, a man whose critical perceptions were instrumental in developing the interpretative tools appropriate to modernism" (from Back Cover). Offered here is a...... More