Springfield, IL: Apple Magazine, 1970. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "I have always been attracted to the work of William Carlos Williams by his use of the art of writing as an instrument by which a man may arrive in his place and maintain himself there. I am still involved in comprehending the implications of such a labor, but this has been the fascination and the solace I have found in..... More

Brooklyn, NY: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2008. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers in Loose Over-Wraps. "He'd taken so much heroin it must have knit his bones./ He'd skip school to bike the city up and down,/ a scream and a careen, a grimace and a glide./ Then ice his poor knees with a bag of frozen peas." (Gretchen Primack, "Sylvia 1A," first stanza) This sixteenth number of the poetry journal, titled "Deflates..... More

Jefferston, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1983. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This first number of the prestigious scholarly journal, edited by Lee Bartlett & Peter White, features a "Forum" section of essays under the topic-heading of "Sexual Poetics: Notes on Genre and Gender in Poetry by Women," with contributions by four distinguished American female poets including Denise Levertov & Diane Wakoski, the acclaimed & prolific poet who..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This early eighth number of the collectible series of pamphlets published by the venerable Black Sparrow Press & dated May 1973 on front cover, features the title poem (or rather the series of short prose-poem paragraphs) by David Antin (1932-2016), the esteemed & pioneering poet, critic & performance artist. On front cover, as with other issues in this series..... More

West Chester, PA: West Chester University, 2000. First Printing. Softcover. The legendary number of the academic literary journal published by West Chester University, chiefly edited by Kostas Myrsiades. Subtitled "Teaching Beat Literature," this issue is entirely devoted to scholarly essays on the Beat Generation & its primary figures including William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Kaufman, Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder & others. With contributors representing a whose-who of scholars who..... More

Warwickshire, England: Beat Scene Press, 1996. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This early issue of Kevin Ring's exceptional Beat Scene Magazine from 1996 begins with an obituary for Herbert Huncke, titled "Huncke the Hipster;" it continues in a somewhat different format for those familiar with the later, or more recent issues of the celebrated Beat-&-Beyond quarterly. We have a "Beats and Co." compilation of recent publications and news related to Beat..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2021. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The Winter 2021 issue of Beat Scene Magazine--the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK--is the "Beats in Britain Part 2" issue. As the title intimates, it focuses entirely on The Beat Generation's impact on, relations to, & travels-'n'-dealings within the UK. This scholarly angle unearths some hitherto overlooked Beat-fossilized delights, beginning with a...... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 1996. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage mid-1996 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features the transcript of a telephone interview with William S. Burroughs conducted by Ron Whitehead on June 19, 1996, slightly over a year before WSB's death. Also in this issue, an obituary of & the final interview with Jan Kerouac, Jack's..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 1999. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Book. This vintage number of the magazine-format journal devoted to the Beat Generation, published by Kevin Ring in the UK, is "A Jack Kerouac Special Issue Marking Thirty Years Since His Death." (front cover) Among the outstanding Kerouac-related articles, essays, interviews & reviews are an interview with the indefatigable musician David Amram (still active at age 92 as of this..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2000. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage 2000 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features an insider's memoir of William S. Burroughs by Jim McCrary, a writer who was part of WSB's most intimate circle of friends during his last years in Lawrence, Kansas; an article by Colin Cooper on John Fante, a writer rediscovered by..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2003. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage 2003 number of the magazine-format Beat Generation journal published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a lengthy anecdotal memoir on cult favorite Richard Brautigan by his close friend Greg Keeler, & two very interesting articles on the legendary Charles Bukowski by Jean Francois Duval & Adrian Manning. Also in this issue is an essay on the fiftieth..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2009. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This special issue of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK is devoted to Jack Kerouac, Founding Father of the Beat Generation, & begins with a robust, rollicking prose letter from John Clellon Holmes to Kerouac written in 1958. This rare, often overlooked letter was remarkably not included in the Kerouac Selected Letters..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2013. Book. Stapled Wrappers. This Spring 2013 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a very important article by David Krajicek about Lucien Carr, a most key figure in the earliest, embryonic group that became the Beat Generation. Krajicek writes that with William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac & then-most recently Carr all having..... More