Various (Kruchkow, Diane (Editor); Bennett, John; Bukowski, Charles; Carver, Raymond; Fox, Hugh; Johnson, Curt; Lifshin, Lyn; Morris, Richard et al.)

Stony Hills: News and Reviews of the Small Press Vol. V No. 1 (No. 13, May 1994)

New Sharon, ME: Stony Hills Productions, 1994. First Edition. Folded Sheets. As a student at the University of New Hampshire in the 1960s, Diane Kruchkow became fascinated with historical movements focused on breaking away from the corporate domination of literature and publishing. The era of the small press included her little magazine Zahir as well as the small press review out of Maine Stony Hills. This thirteenth issue of Stony Hills focuses on the death of Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), the prolific American cult favorite writer & outlaw poet-denizen of the dive bar. Contributors here on his death include John Bennett (b. 1938), the founder of Vagabond Press and the former editor of the small press magazine Vagabond; Hugh Fox (1932-2011), novelist, poet, and co-founder of the Pushcart Prize for literature who was the first to publish a critical study of Buk’s work; & Richard Morris (1939-2003), founder and director of the Committee of Small Magazine Editors and Publishers. Morris recounted a reading by Buk in San Francisco: “The reading that Ferlinghetti set up wasn’t an ordinary one. At least it bore little resemblance to those which are sponsored by universities, for example. The stage of the auditorium in which Buk read had been furnished with a table, a chair and a microphone. Four or five feet behind these stood a refrigerator….Reading his first poem apparently caused a great thirst, for he put down his manuscripts, walked over to the refrigerator, and took out a can of beer,” (pg. 8). An obscure small-press memorialization of the outlaw poet who left an impact on every reader and everyone he met. (Debritto, F673, pg. 629) Side folding tabloid newspaper: presumed first edition, first-&-only printing though not explicated as such. With an address label affixed to the back of the folded tabloid as well as a stamp and postmark in a box with the printed return address of the distributor. In relatively near fine condition with moderate bumping to the fine edges and corners of folded pages; several small, closed tears are present at edges of several pages; and mild-to-moderate age toning. Near Fine. [Item #7853]

Price: $40.00