New York, NY: Sadruddin Aga Khan, 1970. First Printing. Softcover. The first thing one sees when opening the Fall 1970 issue of The Paris Review is a contemporary ad for the release of the now-legendary "Anthology of New York Poets" co-edited by Ron Padgett and David Shapiro. Turn a few pages further to our illustrious list of contributors and the surprise (and treat) waiting there quietly reveals itself: "The Basketball..... More

Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, 1984-85. First Printings. Stapled Wrappers. Offered here is yet another essential bundle of the Kerouac-themed publication helmed by the late Joy Walsh, "Moody Street Irregulars." We begin with Issue No. 14--the special "On the Road Conference" Issue, which opens with a piece by Susan Edwards titled "Dialogue with Someone Great: Jack Kerouac"; next, we have a contribution from our esteemed friend-&-colleague at the European..... 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

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 1994. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage late 1994 number of the magazine-format literary journal published & edited by Kevin Ring in the UK features a supplementary discography of recordings by William S. Burroughs which fills in some items missing from a previous issue; articles on Jane Bowles, Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac (the latter two by Ring) & others; a 1975 interview with the..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 1998. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage 1998 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features an excerpt from Keith Abbott's memoir of Richard Brautigan, Downstream from Trout Fishing in America, along with an article about the circumstances of Brautigan's suicide in 1984 by Ring. Also, a very lengthy & informative article by Jay Jones on..... More

Coventry, England: The 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..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2003. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers; Single Sheet. This vintage winter 2003 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features an interview with Aubrey Malone about his biography of Charles Bukowski, The Hunchback of East Hollywood, conducted by Ring; an article-review on a Bukowski documentary, Born Into This, directed by John Dullaghan; a delightful "open letter" from..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2006. First Printing. Book. This 2006 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a special section of articles & especially interviews by Ring & others which spotlights the tightly-knit aggregate of poets that resided in Bolinas, California, a small coastal community an hour or so away from San Francisco. The subject Beat-&-Beyond poets include Don..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2011. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This 2011 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK includes three wonderful features concerning William S. Burroughs: A profile of WSB by poet Bill Butler first published in London's Guardian newspaper issue of November 27, 1965; a very useful & concise timeline of his life & work mostly credited to the..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2015. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This 2015 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a talk-based essay by Peter Anastas describing a visit to the great "Maximus" poet Charles Olson by none other than the Founding Father of the Beat Generation himself, Jack Kerouac, during October of 1968, the twilight of both literary giants' lives..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2016. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This winter 2016 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK begins with Ring's intriguing article on little-known Beat poet Kirby Doyle. Although Doyle is lesser-known to the masses, such credible giants of American poetry as Diane di Prima & Lawrence Ferlinghetti (who just passed away as of this writing at age..... More