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

New York, NY: Beatitude Press, 1961. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Ah, Beatitude Press…that cherished, (Beat-) credentialed institution whose mythic origins trace back to the heady emergence of the “San Francisco Renaissance” and its peripatetic, sui generis founder, Bob Kaufman (1925-1986). An interesting, if little known fact about Beatitude Press is that—for a brief moment in the early 1960s—editorial control of the press was informally passed back and forth like some..... More

New York, NY; Santa Fe, NM: Spuyten Duyvil/ AWAREing Press, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. "Vivid personal stories of the poets and writers who leaped out of the literary traditions of the 1950s, blending with other artists to create the excitement of a new art mix called multimedia. Light Years tells the story of a unique group of poets, novelists, playwrights and book people who associated with visual and performing artists..... More

New York, NY: Sadruddin Aha Khan, 1968. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Ted Berrigan at his interview with Jack Kerouac. This vintage number of the legendary literary journal then-chiefly edited by George Plimpton with, among others, American poetry giant Donald Hall & (as "Poetry Editor") the Beat-&-Beyond prolific poet & biographer Tom Clark, features an interview with Beat Generation Founding Father Jack Kerouac, conducted by the great New York School..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 2022. First Edition. Softcover. “’Get the Money!’ was Ted Berrigan’s mantra for the paid writing gigs he took on in support of his career as a poet. This long-awaited collection of his essential prose draws upon the many essays, reviews, introductions, and other texts he produced for hire, as well as material from his journals, travelogues, and assorted, unclassifiable creative texts. Documenting his innovative..... More

Ventura, CA: X-Ray Book Company, 2005. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. "...the cell pretends / protection but I sit unsatisfied / with oral walls which whisper words / & say 'the life's prolonged / supposition here is strong.'" (from Title Poem, "Cat Digging Walls"). A limited edition poetry broadside measuring 5" x 7" and printed letterpress on card stock by Master Printer Johnny Brewton at the X-Ray Book Company. Issued..... More

Essex, England: Once Books, 1966. First Printing. Stapled Sheets. Inscribed & signed by Tom Clark. The first published work by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the esteemed poet & biographer of Jack Kerouac, Charles Olson & Ed Dorn; the epitome of those in our "Prolific & Underappreciated" category whom it is our special mission to spotlight & resurrect. A poet-printer product of the mid-late stages of the mimeograph Revolution, this collection features..... More

Bolinas, CA: Angel Hair Books, 1969. Limited First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. Signed by Tom Clark (twice) & Lewis Warsh. A large chapbook of poems by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the great poet, editor & biographer; in collaboration with Lewis Warsh, poet-polymath who at the time was married to NYC Beat-&-Beyond icon Anne Waldman. The book as a whole is dedicated to the writer Edwin Denby (1903-1983), & each poem is dedicated..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Tom Clark, & with signed ephemera. 'Nothing inside/ a space/ the surface of which/ is filled/ with tiny messages" ("TV," pg. 15) A collection with the title poem & many other short works along with the final, longer "A Sailor's Life," by Tom Clark (1941-2018). Clark, the prodigious & prolific poet, editor & biographer, has left us..... More

Santa Fe, NM; New York, NY: Goliard & Grossman Publishers, 1972. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Chopped red meats still beat and twitch/ on the floor/ of The museum of modern heart/ where Art and Terror commingle/ It's real theatre, just like politics/ & television's dreaming sex/ all manipulated by the Crab People/ city folks/ who are/ very unpleasant" ("John's Heart: for Ted Berrigan," first stanza) An early collection of poems..... More

Los Angeles, CA; Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1974; 1978. First Editions. Stapled Wrappers. A Conversation With Hitler signed by Tom Clark. "I leaned back against the wall and laughed a crazy laugh./ I punched myself in my face with my fist, combed my hair,/ And made it out the door to the El station." ("Chicago," Part I, first stanza) Two numbers of Black Sparrow Press's series of monthly..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Little Caesar Press, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Tom Clark. "But one cannot rest in cognizance./ There dangles before us forever/ That bright hard medal/ Of character. It is/ Of a curious alloy./ One face hides a comical/ Smile behind its hand/ When it speaks the other's/ Name. And the other is serious." ("Cognizance is Good," pg. 35) A collection of poems written during 1978-1980 by..... More

Santa Barbara, CA: Am Here Books/ Immediate Editions, 1981. Limited First Editions. Stapled Sheets. Both editions signed by Tom Clark. "...at noon, darker, lighter, both ways, down/ always, never up, dark, wet, cold,/ cracked, split, frazzled, spots in eyes/ joints leak, pain, monkeys, thin/ wines of suicide sucked in by/ zombies through glass straws/ broken catheters, screams, tapes/ of wet cloth across mouths, big/ open impossible O-mouth screams/ not audible..... More