New York, NY, USA: National Poetry Foundation, 1985. Softcover. "The Present State of American Poetry- sounds like one of those phony topics they cook up at cultural centers for spiffy debates...Even so, now that the New York Quarterly is back in action once again, what better job at hand than to take a hard cold look at the Present State of American Poetry..." (Editorial) This exciting number of the venerable..... More

New York, NY, USA: The American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Inc., 1965. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage 1965 number of the venerable literary & cultural journal then-chiefly edited by William Phillips & Philip Rahv Features a (somewhat snooty if you ask us) review of Saul Bellow's (1915-2005) now-classic novel Herzog by Richard Poirier (1925-2009), the noted American literary critic who co-founded the canonical Library of America (pgs. 264-271). Also in..... More

New York, NY: The New York Poetry Review Foundation, Inc., 1975. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This vintage number of the venerable high-quality poetry journal—founded & then-edited by the legendary poet-polymath William Packard (1933-2002)—features contributions of poems by A.R. Ammons, cult favorite Charles Bukowski (Debritto, B1007, pgs. 287-288), Erica Jong, Jackson Mac Low & many other varied, distinguished poets. There is an in-depth interview with the acclaimed &..... More