Various (Ring, Kevin (Editor); Allen, Don; Berkson, Bill; Brainard, Joe; Burroughs, William S.; Clark, Tom; Creeley, Robert; Damiani, Glenn; Fleisher, Frederic; Johnston, Alastair; Kerouac, Jack; Kyger, Joanne; Meltzer, David; McClure, Michael; Morgan, Bill; Notley, Alice; Waldman, Anne; Warsh, Lewis; Whalen, Philip et al.)

Beat Scene No. 51 (Late Summer 2006)

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2006. First Printing. Book. This 2006 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a special section of articles & especially interviews by Ring & others which spotlights the tightly-knit aggregate of poets that resided in Bolinas, California, a small coastal community an hour or so away from San Francisco. The subject Beat-&-Beyond poets include Don Allen, Bill Berkson, Joe Brainard, Tom Clark, Joanne Kyger, David Meltzer, Alice Notley, Anne Waldman & Lewis Warsh. Also in this issue is an essay on Black Mountain Master Robert Creeley's publishing imprint Divers Press by Alastair Johnston; an interview with Allen Ginsberg's archivist & biographer Bill Morgan conducted by Ring; transcript of an interview & correspondence with Jack Kerouac conducted by Frederic Fleisher in Sweden during 1958; a piece on the early life & work of the recently deceased San Francisco Renaissance primary poet & playwright Michael McClure by Glenn Damiani; a memoir of Beat poet-monk Philip Whalen by Johnston; & more. With an as-ever extensive review section including an interview with Rob Johnson on his new book, The Lost Years of William S. Burroughs: Beats in South Texas; a volume of Ginsberg's earliest journal writings & poems; & more. With many vintage contemporary images throughout, including Waldman with Warsh on front cover & McClure on back cover. Another superbly rich issue in this most collectible series that always excels in fulfilling its front cover motto: "This is the Beat Generation." In very fine condition with only the slightest wear & a few tiny bumps at edges & corners of front, back covers & stapled spine; staples in process of rusting with only miniscule middle-interior bleeding. Interior very fine with only tiny bumps at mostly upper corners of page leaves; bit of rusting noted above. Very Fine. [Item #4113]

Price: $30.00