Various (Ring, Kevin (Editor); Auden, W.H.; Bodwell, Joshua; Burns, Jim; Burroughs, William S.; Cassady, Carolyn; Cherkovski, Neeli; Coley, Lem; Cooper, Colin; Creeley, Robert; Dawson, Fielding; di Prima, Diane; Felver, Chris; Ginsberg, Allen; Gordon, Michael Robert; Kaufman, Bob; Kerouac, Jack; Montgomery, John; Plymell, Charles; Plymell, Pamela Beach; Ronan, Stephen; Snyder, Gary et al.)

Beat Scene No. 112 (Winter/Spring 2025)

Coventry, England, UK: Beat Scene Press, 2025. First Printing. Perfect Bound. This latest (as of this writing) number of the indispensable magazine-format literary journal dedicated to the Beat Generation edited, published & with contributions by Kevin Ring in the UK features several important pieces on our Iconic-Favorite-Of-Them-All, William S. Burroughs: An insightful essay on WSB by Lem Coley that was originally published in 1977; & a 1978 interview conducted by Allen DeLoach, who published WSB in his Intrepid journal during the 1960s. Also in this blockbuster-cornucopia of an issue: A heretofore unpublished interview with Carolyn Cassady (Neal's long-suffering widow & author) conducted by the great photographer Chris Felver in 2003; a memorial tribute to Neeli Cherkovski (1945-2024), the recently deceased prolific poet & biographer who was a Giant Founding Figure of the Baby Beat Generation/ Second San Francisco Renaissance, by Joshua Bodwell, his editor at the venerable Black Sparrow Press (with all due respect, Cherkovski's critical position in the BBG/SSFR with his co-founder Thomas Rain Crowe is given little-to-no acknowledgement here, & Third Minds are directed to our item No. 3071, Starting From San Francisco); Colin Cooper's article on the legendary Berkeley Poetry Conference of 1965 starring Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg & Gary Snyder; a "personal appreciation" of Black Mountain-&-Beyond author Fielding Dawson by Jim Burns; a short-but-sweet caption-tribute to Bob Kaufman on the occasion of his centenary (uncredited but probably by Ring) with a page-length image of the Great Beat Poet-Legend; excerpts from a newly published volume of 1954 "Dharma Fragments" writings by Jack Kerouac; an essay concerning an early Kerouac piece that may have been a predecessor to On the Road by Ring; transcript of a recorded 1990 conversation between Stephen Ronan & Kerouac associate John Montgomery; a recent interview with Charles Plymell & Pamela Beach Plymell- the incomparable Literary Outlaws & our beloved friends- conducted by Michael Robert Gordon; & yet more- including, as ever, a robust review section & many captioned vintage images throughout, including of an over-all clad Ginsberg with the worn-but-lighted canonical poet W.H. Auden near the end of the latter's life (1973) at inner front cover & of a young, enchanting Diane di Prima at inner rear cover. Another rich & rewarding issue in this most-collectible series that never fails to gloriously fulfill its front cover motto: " This is the Beat Generation." See our many other back-issues of Beat Scene & other special BSP productions. In very fine as-new condition with only a touch of rubbing, faint scratching to front, back covers & spine; a few tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same. Interior very fine with only tiny bumps & small, faint creases at esp. lower corners of page leaves. Very Fine. [Item #7814]

Price: $40.00