n/p: Unknown, 1982. First Printing. Single Sheet. A small (appx. 3&1/2"x8&1/2") broadside-flyer announcing a journey to the prehistoric cave art of France, led by Clayton Eshleman, poet-publisher-translator-educator-cave art authority. The journey was for sixteen days, from June 12-28, 1982. With descriptions of sites to be visited, seminars by Eshleman, biographical-bibliographical information, etc. Below the printed text, right on the bottom line-margin, is Eshleman's hand-signature. As quoted in italics from the..... More about Announcement: A Journey to the Prehistoric Cave Art of France

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico, Circa 1985. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Clayton Eshleman & Diane Wakoski to James Perrizo. A broadside-poster (11"x17") announcing the University of New Mexico (UNM) Poets & Writers Series presentation of a series of readings during September, October & November of an unstated year which we believe to be approximately 1985. The featured poets & writers, listed in the following order, were: William... More about Broadside-Poster for University of New Mexico Poets & Writers Series Readings

Dearborn, MI: Henry Ford Community College, circa 1986. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Clayton Eshleman. A letter-size (8&1/2"x11") flyer-announcement of "A Dramatic Reading from the Letters, Essays, and Poems of Antonin Artaud" featuring Clayton Eshleman, the esteemed poet, translator & educator; & the actor Earl Kingston. The event took place at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, MI on December 1 of what was most likely the year of... More about Announcement of A Dramatic Reading

Ann Arbor, MI: Shaman Drum Bookshop, 1987. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed & dated by Clayton Eshleman to James Perrizo. A broadside-poster (8&1/2"x14") announcing a party for the French poet-philosopher Michel Deguy at Shaman Drum Bookshop in Ann Arbor, Michigan held on October 10, 1987. Shaman Drum hosted many important readings & receptions during its three decades as Ann Arbor's premier independent bookstore, serving as a legendary gathering place &... More about Shaman Drum Bookshop Invites You to a Party for Michel Deguy

n/p: Unknown, 1988. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed & dated by Clayton Eshleman to James Perrizo. A broadside-poster (approx. 11"x17") announcing a poetry reading by Clayton Eshleman, the prolific poet, editor, translator & educator. The event was held on October 19, 1988, perhaps at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan where Eshleman was then a professor. At the bottom edge, the poet has hand-written: "For Jim Perrizo. (signed) Clayton Eshleman... More about The Department of English presents A Poetry Reading by Clayton Eshleman

Chicago, IL: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed & dated by Clayton Eshleman to James Perrizo. A broadside-poster (11"x14") announcing the title event at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago held on March 18, 1988. Michigan-based poet Clayton Eshleman is the leading translator into English of the works of Caesar Vallejo (1892-1938), the great Peruvian poet & playwright. At this event... More about The Poetry Center Presents Homage to Cesar Vallejo: An Evening with Clayton Eshleman

San Francisco, CA: Golden Mountain Press, 1958. Second Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. "Tentative Description..." is an arresting, poignant political poem that takes bold stabs at the sublime mediocrity of Eisenhower America. On verso is the title and author's name with Ferlinghetti's bold, flamboyant signature (last name only, as customary) in the space between them. The use of black ink throughout (including the Publisher's Device) and the absence... More about Tentative Description of a Dinner Given to Promote the Impeachment of President Eisenhower

Conshohocken, PA: Poster Prints, 1970. First Printing. Single Sheet. A very large poster (24"x36") with an untitled poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, one of the great figures of the Beat Generation & beyond as poet, publisher & proprietor of the iconic City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco. The poem, the first line of which is "Sometime during eternity," was originally the fifth-numbered poem on page 15 of his classic, A Coney... More about Untitled Poster

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1977. First Edition. Broadside. Broadside (10 & 3/4" x 17") with: Flyer, San Francisco, N/D. "On September 24, 1975, the South African (Afrikaner) poet, painter, and anti-apartheid activist Breyten Breytenbach was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment under South Africa's "terrorism" laws. The verdict in the Breytenbach case followed Breytenbach's own confused "confession" to the court. The circumstances of Breytenbach's trial are very disturbing, and... More about White on White broadside with: Flyer announcing Reading and Performances

San Francisco, CA: Privately Printed by the Author, 1979. First Printing. Broadside. A broadside (8" & 1/2" x 11") reprinting a poem-editorial originally published in the New York Times on May 12, 1979. "A Nation of Sheep" is a litany on the molding of the continent resultant from the atomic burst of money-grabbing entrepreneurial activity that gave birth to super industry America. Yet another of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's time-tested classics, the... More about A Nation of Sheep

Cambridge, MA: The Pomegranate Press, 1974. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. Signed by Poet Frederick Morgan & illustrator Karyl Klopp A broadside (approx. 11&1/2"x18&1/4") with the title poem, a translation of ancient Chinese text by the acclaimed American poet Frederick Morgan (1922-2004). The five stanzas are musings on the four directions of the compass, & the center from which they emanate. With illustrations by noted artist Karyl Kloop. One of..... More about From the Kuan-Tzu

Boulder, CO: Naropa Institute, Circa 1974. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (12"x19") entitled "Dawn of Tantra," announcing a poetry reading presented by the Naropa Institute (now Naropa University) at Macky Auditorium in Boulder, Colorado on Tuesday, July 30 of an un-noted year which we are reasonably certain was 1974. The reading featured three iconic poets of the Beat Generation & beyond: Diane di Prima, Allen Ginsberg & Anne Waldman... More about Broadside Announcement of a Poetry Reading, "Dawn of Tantra"

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, circa 1977. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Allen Ginsberg. A broadside-poster (11" X `7") announcing events at a Fine Arts Festival at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill which took place during March 16-27 of 1977 (though no year is mentioned, our curatorial research has determined that year with certainty). The first event noted in the... More about The University of North Carolina Fine Arts Festival