New York, NY: Unmuzzled Ox, 1975. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage number of the venerable literary, art & culture journal edited by the longtime poet-activist Michael Andre, & designed by his former wife Erika Rothenberg, features a wealth of Beat-&-Beyond contributions: A poem by Daniel Berrigan; two by Gregory Corso including a group of five short poems augmented with his drawings of birds & cats, & a photo of Corso..... More

Sterling Heights, MI: Modern Publishing Services, 1990. First Printing. Staplebound. This second number of the Michigan literary journal features the work of many creative writers from our home state, including Detroit-centric poet Dennis Teichman & a very early untitled poem from Amy Wright. Mostly poetry, a few prose works & several visual reproductions, including a photograph & painting by the one-named Jaber. A most obscure & apparently forgotten collectible we... More

Hamtramck, MI: Past Tents Press, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. A volume of poems by native Detroit poet & publisher Dennis Teichman. Divided into two sections entitled "V-8" & "Tales from the Landfill," the poems are all about the Motor City, its signature industry & struggles circa the 1980s, by a dedicated poet who "...lives, works and recreates in Detroit" (from mini-bio on last page leaf) through today, & whose imprint... More

Fremont, MI: The Sumac Press, 1971. First Printing. Softcover. This number of the esteemed literary journal is subtitled as the "Final Regular Issue" & is edited by the eminent Michigan writers Dan Gerber & the late, larger-than-life Jim Harrison. Among the co-editors of this issue is Thomas McGuane, designated "Fiction Editor" & destined to become the acclaimed novelist, very early in his career. Also featuring an interview of McGuane conducted... More

Fremont, MI: The Sumac Press, 1971. First Printing. Softcover. This number of the respected poetry journal edited by Michigan eminences Dan Gerber & the late legend Jim Harrison features contributions by Russell Banks (who would go on to become a most successful novelist); the profound & prolific Clayton Eshleman; the late, great Donald Hall; the award-winning David Ignatow (whose life span, I am compelled to note, coincided almost precisely with... More

San Francisco, CA & Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1983. First Limited Trade Edition. "The book title...does not denote an intersection, but rather they are two addresses, in Dublin and London, where Mr. Straub lived and wrote fiction and poetry." (from rear flap) A volume of poetry by Peter Straub, the acclaimed novelist & poet most famous for his horror fiction, such as the best-selling Ghost Story. The mood of this collection... More

Washington DC: Counterpoint, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. "This monumental collection gathers the essays, travel journals, letters, poems, and translations of one of the most influential voices of the twentieth century." (from front flap) A definitive compendium of twentieth-century productions by Beat-&-Beyond Giant Gary Snyder, with generous excerpts from all his epic cycles including the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Turtle Island" (1975). Foreword by poet & Snyder acolyte Jim Dodge; Author's Note; Chronology... More

Venice, CA: Fred and Barney Press, 1979-1980. First Editions. Stapled Wrappers; Folded Sheets. A collection of six productions by Jack Skelley, an enigmatic poet & editor (Barney: The Modern Stone-Age Magazine) who was active in Venice, California during the late 1970s through early 1980s. Consisting of: (1) Untitled pamphlet, single folded-in-half sheet with date of "10/79" on back cover, with four poems including "Alphonso's Dancing." (2) "Plastic Surgery and Your... More

New York, NY: New Rivers Press, 1977. Limited First Edition. Softcover. "Armand Schwerner has a remarkable and complex ear. His poems in this collection are ecstatic and lyric. They are beautiful songs; in some cases, hymns. He follows truly in the tradition of Whitman singing the song of pantheistic joy for the beloved self living in the beloved world. The voice is compelling, wondrous, alive with sensuous music." (entire back... More

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1971. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. A quintessential radical-chic polemic by 1960s countercultural Yippie icon Jerry Rubin (1938 - 1994). Written while incarcerated in the Cook County Jail as a defendant in the infamous "Chicago Seven" trial in the wake of mayhem during the 1968 Democratic Convention, this highly illustrated series of rants is "...dedicated to the Weather Underground." With praise for the Black Panthers... More

Indianapolis, IN & New York, NY: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. "An "adventure story and satire," this political allegory points up the dehumanizing effects of American technology. The play revolves around a sophisticated Air Force computer in the form of a huge snake, which escapes into the American desert. The snake-computer becomes the focus of a multitude of forces- a black militant plot, Indian religious ceremonies, the... More

Berkeley, CA: Ammunition Press, Circa 1991. First Printing. Stapled Sheets. "We profoundly resent members of the greedy class stepping over the corpses of the have-nots to gorge and congratulate themselves in the name of surrealism." (from a reproduced flyer) Subtitled "Report on a Group Action in Response to Anxious Visions: Surrealist Art at the University Art Museum in Berkeley," this document is what we might term an Anti- phony "Surrealist"... More

Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/ Doubleday, 1978. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by Editor Jerome Rothenberg to Gary Snyder & his then-wife, Masa Uehara. A (very big indeed) comprehensive compilation of Jewish poetry & visionary writings from the Bible to the Beats, spanning the long, rich history of Judaism. Edited & with a "Pre-Face" & contributions by Jerome Rothenberg, the venerable poet & founding member of the ethno-poetics... More