Various (van Aelstyn, Edward (Editor); Artaud, Antonin; Bukowski, Charles; Castro, Fidel, Porter, Charles O.; Whalen, Philip et al.)

Northwest Review Vol.6 No. 4 (Fall 1963)

Eugene, OR: Northwest Review, 1963. First Printing. “Still, a more serious problem remains for this hearing: the issues arising from the murder of seventy men, that is to say, the greatest massacre we have ever known. The guilty remains at liberty with weapons in hand - weapons which continually threaten the citizens. If all the weight of the law does not fall upon the guilty, because of cowardice, or because of domination of the courts, and if then all the magistrates and judges do not resign, I pity you. And I regret the unprecedented shame that will fall upon judicial power. I know that imprisonment will be as hard for me as it has ever been for anyone, filled with cowardly threats and wicked torture. But I do not fear prison, as I do not fear the fury of the miserable tyrant who took the lives of seventy of my comrades. Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.”--Fidel Castro, “History Will Absolve Me,” Declarations of Havana, pg 78. Northwest Review was first published by the University of Oregon in 1957. The inaugural issue sold for fifty cents and included Oregonian Ken Kesey’s first publication, a short story called “The First Sunday in September.” In its fifty-four year history, the University of Oregon’s Northwest Review published multiple winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Offered today is the Fall 1963 issue, Northwest Review Vol. 6 No. 4. This issue, like most issues of Northwest Review, is packed full of incredible literary and cultural artefacts that are as awe-inspiring as they are surprising. This particular issue features: the poem “Breakthrough” by Beat-adjacent, literary-outlaw-legend, Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) with points in Debritto, B146, pg 145; transcription of the radio broadcast “To Have Done With the Judgement of God” by French artist, poet, and playwright Antonin Artaud (1896-1945); a series of poems by zen buddhist, poet, San Francisco Renaissance & Beat legend Philip Whalen (1923-2002); and an interview with Cuban president, and Communist revolutionary Fidel Castro (1926-2016), conducted by American lawyer, World War II vet, and senator Charles O. Porter (1919-2006), with 22 photographs of Cuba taken by Porter, among many other works and contributors! Softcover. First & presumably only printing. In Fine condition with moderate wear to fine edges, some staining and scratching to front and back covers, and significant rusting to interior staples. Fine-Very Fine. [Item #7711]

Price: $75.00