Various (Achebe, Chinua; Acker, Kathy; Davis, Lynn; Forcade, Thomas King; Goldman, Albert; Guest, Barbara; Kelley, Robert; Lauterbach, Ann; Low, Jackson Mac; McClure, Michael; Michener, Diana; Morrow, Bradford; Tarn, Nathaniel; Waldrop, Keith; Wallace, David Foster et al.)

Conjunctions: 17

Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: Bard College, 1991. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. This number of the prestigious literary journal is its tenth anniversary issue. Featuring the poem "Spirit's Desperado" by Michael McClure, a primary poet & playwright of the Beat Generation, the San Francisco Renaissance & beyond; & the short story "Order and Flux in Northampton" by the late, acclaimed David Foster Wallace. Also an interview with Nigerian-born novelist Chinua Achebe conducted by chief editor Bradford Morrow; an excerpt from the novel referred to as My Mother (later published as My Mother:Demonology in 1994) by avant garde author & William S. Burroughs acolyte Kathy Acker; an essay-profile of High Times founder Thomas King Forcade by Albert Goldman, biographer of Lenny Bruce & Elvis Presley; the poem "Winter Horses" by Barbara Guest; the poem "Reading Li Shang-yin: Falling Flowers" by Robert Kelly; two poems including "Net Murder at Sea" by Jackson Mac Low; the poem "Bartok in Udaipur" by Nathaniel Tarn; three poems including "Transparent Like the Air" by Keith Waldrop, & much more. With front & back cover photograph & an interior portfolio of photographs by Lynn Davis; another portfolio of photographs by Diane Michener with an introduction by Ann Lauterbach; brief notes on contributors; contemporary ads, etc. A milestone in this collectible series, rich with contributions by significant poets & writers. In very fine condition with only tiny bumps & wear at edges & corners of front, back covers & spine; light vertical creases across spine edges of front, back covers; very mild rubbing of front cover; slight vertical bend toward front. Interior very fine with only tiny wave-creases at top corners of a few page leaves. Very Fine. [Item #2500]

Price: $25.00