Various (Packard, William (Editor); Bukowski, Charles; Dickey, James; Winans, A.D. et al.)

The New York Quarterly No. 21 (Spring 1978)

New York, NY, USA: The New York Quarterly, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. “We yearn to let our limbs go slack, / and drop the connective tissue, / the neck falling forward, falling / with the shoulders and taking / the whole trunk down, / arms at last to the floor. // The desire of the biped is to crawl, / become four-footed, / the structure of cities / collapsing with him,” (Norman Rosten, “Standing,” pg. 27) This issue of the venerable high-quality poetry journal founded & then-edited by the legendary poet-polymath William Packard (1933-2002) features a Craft Interview with Scottish poet and artist Helen Adam (1909-1993), an early influence on the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance, especially in the combination of writing and performance as an art form. This 1978 issue features contributions of poems by dozens of writers, including Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) (Debritto, B1077, pg. 298), A.D. Winans (b. 1936), Donald Lev (1936-2018), Greg Kuzma (b. 1944), Joyce Milton (b. 1946), Lola Haskins (b. 1943), and former Poet Laureate of the United States, James Dickey (1923-1997) as well as then-future Poet Laureate Billy Collins (b. 1941). Trade-Format Softcover Journal: first edition, first printing, though not explicated as such at copyright page. In relatively near fine condition with mild age-toning to front, back covers, spine, & pageblock; mild rubbing, scratching to same; mild-to-moderate bumping to the fine edges and corners of same; mild spotting, water-staining to front cover, spine edge, and bottom edge of back cover and pageblock; faded black stamp on front cover near top edge reads: “HOOVER LIBRARY / WESTERN MD. COLLEGE / WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND 21157.”. Near Fine. [Item #7481]

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