New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc., 1982. First Edition. Softcover. "This anthology does not seek to deal comprehensively with the full range of recent American poetry, but with that poetry written in America since the Second World War which, by its vitality alone, became the dominant force in the American poetic tradition...they have been called variously by literary critics and observers projectivists, the poetic "underground," the New York School, the... More about The Postmoderns: The New American Poetry Revised

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 about American Poetry, Vol. 7, No. 2, Winter 1990

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2007. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. In Beat Scene No. 54, Kyle Schlesinger kicks off the issue with a studious analysis of typography in the work of Robert Creeley. The essays span the sea-wide scope of Creeley's output in a concise and informative thirteen pages that detail and illuminate the respect poet's product & process. Also featured are articles on poet Harold Norse, John Clellon Holmes... More about Beat Scene No. 54 (Autumn 2007)

Chicago, IL & New York, NY: Follett Publishing Company, 1968. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Here is the first book of criticism to explore the influential generation of American poets now in their early 40s (as of circa 1968). Ten outstanding poems by leading members of the generation are discussed in these ten essays...In addition, Paul Carroll's long essay "Faire, Foul and Full of Variations: The Generation of 1962" defines and... More about The Poem in its Skin

Berkeley, CA: Oyez Press, 1971. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "I don't want anyone who's interested in contemporary poetry to be put off by any sense of formality in these studies of a group of poems and poets out of the last twenty years of the American poetic experience...What I've tried to do in these studies is to get down some of my own responses to writing that seems to have... More about Some Poems/Poets: Studies in American Underground Poetry Since 1945

New York, NY: Bard College, 1982. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. This third number of the prestigious literary journal features four poems including "This Wall" & "For the New Year" by Robert Creeley, among the primary poets of the Beat Generation & the Black Mountain School; a one-act play, "The Deuces: A Black Valentine," by Michael McClure, another leading figure of the Beats, the San Francisco Renaissance & beyond; an interview... More about Conjunctions 3, Autumn 1982

New York, NY: Bard College/Collier Books & Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. First Softcover Printing. Softcover. This eleventh number of the prestigious literary journal features the short story "John Billy" by David Foster Wallace (1962-2008), which would shortly be published in his first story collection, Girl with Curious Hair. Also an essay, "Wisdom as Such: In Respect of Robert Duncan" by his fellow contemporary Robert Creeley; the poem "Ilex" by Barbara... More about Conjunctions 12

New York, NY: Bard College/Collier Books & Macmillan Publishing Company, 1989. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. This number of the prestigious literary journal features an interview of Salman Rushdie conducted by Catherine Bush, after the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses & shortly before the notorious "fatwa" death threat issued against him by Ayatollah Khomeini. Also the short story including two poems, "The Beginning of the Life of Rimbaud," by... More about Conjunctions: 14

New York, NY: Scribners, 1963. First Trade Edition & Association Copy. Softcover. Signed & Inscribed by Robert Creeley to Ken & Ann Mikolowski, Founders of Detroit's "Alternative Press"; with Laid-In Handwritten Notation including Additional Signature, Phone Number, & Directions. In the introductory note to "The Island," Creeley states the book's essential allegorical properties & on the page beside it dedicates the work to the poet Charles Olson, the influential giant... More about The Island

New York, NY: Scribners, 1965. First Trade Edition. Softcover. Signed & Inscribed by Robert Creeley to Ken & Ann Mikolowski, Founders of Detroit's "Alternative Press." Hugh Kenner once said that Robert Creeley was "the Samuel Taylor Coleridge of his generation." "Had I lived some years ago," writes Creeley in the introduction, "I think I would have been a moralist, i.e., one who lays down, so to speak, rules of behavior... More about The Gold Diggers and Other Stories

Robert Creeley, Ken Mikolowski, Ann Mikolowski. New York, NY: Scribners, 1969. First Trade Edition. Softcover. Softcover Original in Sewn Binding. "Pieces" is the 1969 release from the acclaimed poet & educator affiliated with the Black Mountain School & Beat Generation, Robert Creeley. As early as 1950 Charles Olson (in a letter to Creeley) declared: "say I: this man can...truly return us to the antient Anglo-Saxon heart." Olson would go on... More about Pieces

Detroit, MI: The Alternative Press, Circa 1970s. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Robert Creeley. A broadside (8"x12") with the title poem by Robert Creeley (1926-2005), among the most important poets in the American canon, associated with the Beats & the Black Mountain poets. Produced by the fabled Alternative Press when it flourished in Detroit, of unknown limitation & date, probably issued in the early 1970s. Hand-signed by Creeley directly... More about For Betsy and Tom

London, England: Calder & Boyars, 1971. First UK Edition. Cloth. "This collection of poems from the celebrated American poet Robert Creeley, is drawn from his very early work and indeed begins with the first poem he ever remembers writing. Creeley's work has long been recognized for its depth and innovation, and this collection is particularly important for the light it sheds on the progressive development of his poetry and the... More about The Charm