Various (Stettner, Irving (Editor); Cone, Jon; McKinnon, Pat; Miller, Henry; Resnick, Joseph; Trantino, Tommy et al.)

Stroker No. 49 (1991)

Shavertown, PA: Stroker Magazine, 1991. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “What is popularly called Transcendentalism among us, is idealism. The materialist insists on facts, on history, on the force of circumstances and the animal wants of man: the idealist, on the power of Thought and of Will, on inspiration, on miracle, on individual culture. The Transcendentalist believes in miracles, in the perceptual openness of the human mind to new influx of light and power; he believes in inspiration and in ecstasy.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson, pg. 10. This number of the literary-art-cultural journal edited by NYC St. Marks Place underground denizen Irving Stettner (1922-2004) features (as does almost every issue in this series) a contribution by Henry Miller (1891-1980), the great American author & artist whose earlier works were an influence & inspiration to the Beat Generation (watercolor, and “Excerpt from ‘Black Spring,’” and back cover illustration pp. 11, 42; Shifreen & Jackson, C750, C751, C752, pg. 833)). Also featured are a piece of fiction by Stroker’s founding editor, Irving Stettner as well as the front cover illustration (“Paris, Mon Amour”); ink drawings and “Open Letter” by convicted murderer, artist, and writer, Tommy Trantino (b. 1938); an ink drawing by Japanese artist Mihoko Kato; two poems by William Joyce (b. 1959); the poem “Flight” by American poet, Joseph Resnick; and an ink drawing by Ernst Richter, among many other great contributions and contributors! Chapbook-format journal in stapled wrappers, presumed first-&-only printing. Another rich & varied issue in this series that exemplifies the later Mimeograph Revolution NYC Lower East Side Zine era, as usual of particular interest to Miller devotees. In relative exceptionally very fine condition with only a touch of rubbing, faint scratching & slight fading to front, back covers. Very Fine. [Item #7829]

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