Various (Eshleman, Clayton (Editor); Baraka, Amiri; Coolidge, Clark; Duncan, Robert; Feldman, Morton; Lippard, Lucy R.; Mendieta, Ana; Schneemann, Carolee; Snyder, Gary; Watkins, Ben et al.)

Sulfur 22 (Vol. VIII No. 1, 1988)

ISBN: (ISSN)0750305X
Ypsilanti, MI: Eastern Michigan University, 1988. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by editor & contributor Clayton Eshleman. A vintage number of the deep & varied literary-arts journal subtitled "A Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art," founded, chiefly edited & contributed to by the great Clayton Eshleman (1935-2021), the award-winning American poet, editor, translator & academician. Originally published in California, by the previous year (1987) Sulfur was headquartered near us in Ypsilanti, Michigan under the auspices of Eastern Michigan University, where Eshleman lived & taught for the remainder of his life. It was here that he became our good friend & literary mentor. This issue is largely a tribute to the Cuban-American artist Ana Mendieta (1948-1985), with essays & poems by many contributing artists & writers including Eshleman, Lucy R. Lippard & Carolee Schneemann; as well as a portfolio of Mendieta's "Earthworks" artworks. Also a short prose piece by the Beat-&-Beyond master poet Robert Duncan, who had just passed away, appropriately concerning mortality & somberly bordered in tribute; poetry by Amiri Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones), Beat Generation/ San Francisco Renaissance primary icon Gary Snyder & others; & prose including a short essay by poet Clark Coolidge on the music of Morton Feldman; & a portfolio of images by photographer Ben Watkins. With a robust section of notes, correspondence & reviews including by Eshleman; a few contemporary ads including for Shaman Drum, the long-gone legendary bookstore founded by our beloved friend & mentor the late Karl Pohrt, & Borders Book Shop, when it was still a single revered store a few doors down from Shaman Drum on State Street here in Ann Arbor. On the title page, just below upper edge, Eshleman has hand-written his signature in bold black ink. Trade-format softcover. Another rich & rewarding issue in this eminently collectible series, signed by its founder & mastermind, our dear departed friend Clayton Eshleman. In very fine condition with only very slight rubbing to front, back covers & spine; a bit of wear & a few tiny bumps at edges & corners of same. Interior very fine with only tiny bumps at upper corners of a few page leaves. Very Fine. [Item #4372]

Price: $30.00