Shippensburg, PA: John Taggart, 1971. Limited Edition. Softcover. "Probably the outstanding contribution of the day was the speech delivered by Professor Charles Olson, in which he pointed out the inherent barbarism in man, the emotional forces that drove men into battle - ending with the warning that only by substituting a cause with as great an emotional appeal as war, only by fighting war with the fanaticism of religious maniacs..... More

Philadelphia, PA: Sidney H. Berg, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Folded Sheets. "the wisdom of the | bubmblebee crawling | the handle of the | water pitcher is | enormous as the | sun comes through | the kitchen win- | dow I think again | of the murder of | Caesar and down in | the sink are three | dirty water glasses | the doorbell rings | and..... More

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1984. First Softcover Edition. “From Kenneth Rexroth to the Czechoslovakian secret police, from Marianne Moore to the F.B.I., from Diana Trilling to Time magazine–Allen Ginsberg’s work has always drawn a spirited response. Now, for the first time, those responses–remarks, reviews, and essays–have been collected in a single volume. Beginning with William Carlos Williams’s early letters of support and ending with James Breslin’s biographical..... More

New York, NY, USA: Partisan Review, 1947. First Printing. Softcover. "My greetings to you, sir, whose memory,/ the striped coat and colors- What is one man?/ a man remembered still in the jacket/ of his success? of the winning club?/ in himself- successful? one man, alone?" (William Carlos Williams, "The Apparition," first five lines, pg. 296) This vintage 1947 number of the prestigious American literary journal chiefly edited by William..... More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1986. First Printing. Softcover. This winter 1986 number of the scholarly literary journal features an essay on William Carlos Williams' poetry by Audrey T. Rogers, appreciations of poet David Ignatow including one by Michigan poet Diane Wakoski, excerpts from Ignatow's notebooks, an article on the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop by Carolyn Handa & more. Also reviews of works by Robert Duncan, Kenneth Rexroth &..... More

Chicago, IL: American Library Association, 1987. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "Voices & Visions is the most ambitious television production ever attempted on American poetry, and the most comprehensive. In 13 hour-long programs, the series traces the course of the art during the last century and a quarter as it was shaped by some of our most important poets. Using vintage photographs and film footage, paintings, newsreels, original manuscripts and archival..... More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1990. First Printing. Softcover. Another very eclectic number of the scholarly journal, with a wide variety of subjects: Essays on John Ashbery's work by Margueritte S. Murphy, Elizabeth Bishop's by Jacqueline Vaught Brogan, Robert Bly's by Victoria Frenkel Harris & William Carlos Williams' by William Doreski; notes on Bob Dylan's poetry-lyrics by James W. Earl; reviews of works on Beat-related poets Robert Creeley &..... More

New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc., 1961. First Printings. Softcovers. Two contiguous, early vintage numbers of the legendary literary journal chiefly edited by Barney Rosset & published by his Grove Press imprint: (1) Evergreen Review Vol. 5 No. 16 (January - February 1961)- this issue features a section from Naked Lunch, the breakthrough work of William S. Burroughs & one of the cornerstones of the Beat Generation & beyond. At..... More

New York, NY: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1995. First Printing. Softcover. "Quarterlia" is the quarterly publication of the Quality Paperback Club. Edited by Kathy Kiernan, this issue contains a plethora of intriguing contributions worth the price of admission alone. Among these are Jerry Tallmer's essay "Jack Kerouac: Back to the Village--But Still On the Road"; reminsces of Robert Lowell from one of his cousins; and a contribution from poet Deborah..... More