[Item #5101] Wildflowers: A Woodstock Mountain Poetry Anthology, Vol. V (July 2004). John Giorno, Tuli Kupferberg, Judith Malina.
Wildflowers: A Woodstock Mountain Poetry Anthology, Vol. V (July 2004)
Wildflowers: A Woodstock Mountain Poetry Anthology, Vol. V (July 2004)
Wildflowers: A Woodstock Mountain Poetry Anthology, Vol. V (July 2004)

Wildflowers: A Woodstock Mountain Poetry Anthology, Vol. V (July 2004)

Woodstock, NY: Shivastan Press, 2004. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. “real men do not knit or drink herbal tea / real men eat steak & freedom fries / real men do not eat tofu / real men do not want to protect the environment / real men are a bunch of animals / real men like dogs, not cats / real men like pussy more than anything / … / real men do not do foreplay or wear condoms / real men accomplish their goal / & roll over / & go to sleep / … / & real men are always circumcised so that it looks like a weapon / like a shiny nuclear missile / not like a benevolent baby / elephant’s trunk.” (from “Real Men,” by poet, publisher of Shivastan Press, and Woodstock’s friendly neighborhood bookstore owner, Shiv Mirabito). Continuing, perhaps in the tradition of the great Ira Cohen’s “Bardo Matrix” and the many Cohen-orbiting printer-publisher projects of Ira’s beloved Kathmandu, Nepal is Shiv Mirabito—publisher of this here volume (among many others) and author of the adeptly executed poem quoted at length above. The bevy of heavies appearing besides Shiv in this issue include John Giorno (“Poets & Money”); Tuli Kupferberg (“Redacting the O.T.”); Judith Malina (“Ancient Alliterations”) & more. Yet another great issue of this Upstate NY labor-of-[Pure-Poetic]-Love. From the collection of the late Erin Black Matson, the artist-poet who, along with her then-husband the acclaimed poet & educator Clive Matson, was a member of the Beat Generation- morphing into the hippie counterculture during the 1960s. The Matsons were protégés & colleagues (in lifestyle as much as literature) of Herbert Huncke, Bonnie Bremser et al. One of a limited edition of 333 copies “craftprinted (sic) on handmade paper in Kathmandu, Nepal by SHIVASTAN Publishing” (per colophon) & hand-numbered at limitation-title page (this copy being No. 247/333). In very fine condition, virtually as new with only faintest shelf-wear, select exhibits of bumping & (similarly faint) rubbing to fine-edges & corners of front, back covers; some rusting, but remarkably little bleeding to staples at interior. Very Fine. [Item #5101]

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