Elmwood Park, IL; New York, NY: The Review of Contemporary Fiction; Viking/Penguin, 1984; 1985. First Editions. Softcover; Hardcover. (1) This loaded-syringe-of-a-bundle begins the "William S. Burroughs Number" of The Review for Contemporary Fiction from Spring 1984, a must-have for the True Burroughsian or anyone with a real commitment to surveying what's been written about WSB. This is especially true when it comes to surveying the first decade of scholarship after..... More

Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Described by its author as an "interpretive biography," Caponi's "Paul Bowles: Romantic Savage" aims "...to penetrate the underlying imaginative structures common to all and then to link them to a larger cultural context." In crafting the work, Caponi "...relied heavily on Bowles' autobiography, "Without Stopping," to a great extent. I have done so for two reasons: first, through family letters..... More

Arlington, MA: Tough Poets Press, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. "In The Whole Shot, Rick Schober has assembled a fascinating collection of interviews with Gregory Corso, gathered from far-flung sources and dating from the mid 1950s to the mid 1980s. These are supplemented with a number of informative notes furnished by the editor, and the collection is further enriched with a foreword by Dick Brukenfeld who was an early friend and..... More

New York, NY: New Directions, 1961. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Rexroth sees the entire spectrum of world culture as being within the range--of understanding and enjoyment--of the average intelligent reader if only the critic will write, not down to him, but with the reader's legitimate everyday-life interests in mind: information, human values and moral issues. These 'Assays' range from an explanation of Kabbalism...notes on ancient Chinese science...American Indian Songs..... More

Elmwood Park, IL: The Dalkey Archive Press, 1989. First Printing. Softcover. This fall 1989 number of the venerable literary journal is partly dedicated to articles by & about Kathy Acker, the late experimental writer often cited as a literary post-punk progeny of William S. Burroughs among other influences. Includes the transcript of a conversation between Acker & Ellen G. Friedman, as well as articles by Acker herself, Naomi Jacobs, Robert..... More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1984. First Printing. Softcover. This winter 1984 number of the distinguished literary journal produced by the Department of English at the University of New Mexico features an item regarding Kenneth Rexroth- a 1947-vintage bibliography of poets & critical writers who were the subject of an academic discussion group lead by Rexroth, a group that included Robert Duncan, Philip Lamantia & others. This issue also..... 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

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1986. First Printing. Softcover. This spring 1986 number of the academic literary journal features several essays & articles on the work of Wallace Stevens by poet David Ignatow & others; a review of a critical study of Robert Frost & more. Another great scholarly collectible in this series, in very fine condition with only very mild browning & spotting to spine, tiny bump-creases at..... More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1987. First Printing. Softcover. This winter 1987 number of the scholarly journal features two reviews by Randy Roark concerning Allen Ginsberg, a founding father of the Beat Generation: On the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg, a compilation of critical essays edited by Lewis Hyde; & Collected Poems 1947-1980, the door-stopper collection of Ginsberg's poetry. This issue also includes a symposium on the status of American..... More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1988. First Printing. Softcover. This spring 1988 number of the academic poetry journal features a reflection on poet & publisher James McLaughlin by Eva Hesse, an essay on the poetry of Thomas McGrath by Gene Frumkin, an essay on early work of William Carlos Williams (mentor & inspiration to Allen Ginsberg) by R. Peter Stoicheff, & more. Another collectible issue for the aficionado of..... More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1989. First Printing. Softcover. The particularly eclectic spring 1989 number of the vintage literary journal. Featuring essays on the Michigan poet Clayton Eshleman by Paul Christensen, the feminist icon Hilda "H.D." Doolittle, Gertrude Stein & more. Also in this issue are reviews of works on Freud (who treated H.D. as a patient), Herman Melville, Beat-related poet Charles Olson & Robert Penn Warren. Quite an..... More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1990. First Printing. Softcover. This spring 1990 number of the esteemed literary journal features essays on the early poetry of Denise Levertov by Audrey T. Rogers, Thomas McGrath's work by Frederick C. Stern, James Merrill's by Timothy Materer & more. Another collectible issue in very fine condition, virtually mint inside & out except for the tiniest bumps at top & bottom corners of front..... More

Chicago, IL; New York, NY: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1985. First Printing. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by Clayton Eshleman to James Perrizo. This number of the literary journal chiefly edited by Barry Silesky features two poems ("At Forest Lawn" & "The Oven of Apollo," the former a prose-poem) by Clayton Eshleman, the venerable American poet, translator & educator who has long resided near us in Michigan, our friend & mentor. Also..... More