Moe, H. David

The Ghosts Have Cameras (Playscript) with: Ephemera

San Francisco, CA: Privately Printed, 2001. First Printing. With hand-dated, written & signed cover letter by H. David Moe to Thomas Rain Crowe. H.D. Moe, a.k.a., David Moe (1937-2013) was an American poet deeply fascinated with surrealism and a core, if not slightly older, member of the Second San Francisco Renaissance/Baby Beat Generation. His poetic activities included publishing Lovelights, the Erotic Poetry/Art Newspaper of San Francisco (at one time the most widely-distributed poetry publication in the world); curating two art galleries; and, in 1978, coordinating the San Francisco Poetry Festival. He published over 30 books of poetry, which include Ozone Allah (1978), The Logic of Snowflakes (1979), Quarks Heart (1980), Immortal Amebas Jigsawpuzzle Electron Gambling Hong Kong—The Cup Lands On The Saucer (1980), and Muse News (City Lights, 1988). Living in Berkeley, CA, he participated in numerous poetry readings throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, contributed to Beatitude Press and edited the Berkeley Review of Books. He also published a book of Utopian fantasy, Royal Poetopia and the Wild Law Civilization. His death brought forth a spontaneous outpouring of poems, memories, stories, commentaries from the San Francisco poetry community. Offered today is the 2001 play The Ghosts Have Cameras. Like Our Wings Are Pregnant Seesaws (see item #7686), The Ghosts Have Cameras is a surrealist miasma of a play; the narrative bending and twisting at awkward angles, bleeding with a sense of impending doom and an ephemeral familiarity, and a humor that is signature to Moe. The Ghosts Have Cameras is as confusing as it is profound, as playful as it is intense, and is as experimental as it is formulaic. One of Moe’s most interesting and unique works! Included is a handwritten cover letter from Moe to Thomas Rain Crowe, seemingly detailing the background, writing of, and details of a performance of The Ghosts Have Cameras although it is largely indiscernible due to Moe’s handwriting. Hand written cover letter in very fine condition with only minimal wear to fine edges and light fading to text/ink. From the archive of Thomas Rain Crowe (b. 1949), scholar, writer and co-founding member of the Baby Beat Generation. For more information on the Thomas Rain Crowe archive (assembled & curated by Third Mind Books), see our book Starting From San Francisco: Thomas Rain Crowe in Conversation with Third Mind Books (item #3071) & the catalog for the Crowe archive (see item #1010), which contains several excerpts and quotations from the book as well as a full listing of the archive’s contents, which are now being offered for sale individually on the Third Mind Books site. Stapled sheets. First & presumably only printing. In Very Fine condition with minor wear to fine edges, slight fading to text block due to age, and minimal rusting at staple. Very Fine. [Item #7684]

Price: $75.00