[Item #5093] Beat Scene No. 98 (Late Summer 2020). Kevin Ring, Richard Brautigan, Jim Burns, William S. Burroughs, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Oliver Harris, Jack Kerouac, Michael McClure, Jim McDonald, Henry Miller, Kenneth Patchen, Kenneth Rexroth, Charles Shuttleworth, Gary Snyder, Tom Swift.
Beat Scene No. 98 (Late Summer 2020)

Beat Scene No. 98 (Late Summer 2020)

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2020. First Printing. Perfect Bound. This number of the essential magazine devoted to the Beat Generation edited, published & with contributions by Kevin Ring in the UK features several articles about Gary Snyder, the great primary Beat- San Francisco Renaissance poet, in tribute to his ninetieth birthday (& still going strong at 92 as of this writing!): Transcript of Snyder's first letter to Allen Ginsberg dated February 24, 1956; conversations with Snyder conducted by Jim McDonald; & "Gary Snyder & the Wobblies" by Jim Burns. With vintage 1963 front cover image of Snyder in Japan. Also in this issue are reviews of the latest reissues of classic works (in one case heretofore unpublished) by William S. Burroughs, all edited & with introductions by by Dr. Oliver Harris, the foremost Burroughsian scholar & our esteemed mentor at the European Beat Studies Network (ebsn.eu) by Burns & Tom Swift; a 1976 interview (unknown conductor) with the great Black Mountain School poet Robert Creeley; "The Sins of Sentience: Jack Kerouac's Struggle with the Dharma" by Charles Shuttleworth; an undated image of the then-recently deceased Beat-SFR icon Michael McClure in the company of cult novelist Richard Brautigan with an informative (uncredited) caption about their friendship; an article by Ring concerning the great poet-artist-martyr Kenneth Patchen, Henry Miller & Kenneth Rexroth forming "...Another Holy Trinity" &, as ever, much more. With further reviews, contemporary images throughout. Another rich issue brimming with Beat significance in this truly indispensable series that never fails to live up to its front cover motto: "This is the Beat Generation." In very fine condition with only a touch of rubbing & faint scratching to front, back covers & spine; a few tiny bumps, creases at thin edges & corners of same. Interior very fine with only tiny bumps at upper corners of a few page leaves. Very Fine. [Item #5093]

Price: $30.00