Mondragon, Sergio

Yo Soy el Otro/ I Am the Other

Mexico City, Mexico: Plumed Horn Editions, 1965. “delirium of the bird that devours my heart, | heart that resounds, imprisoned, in dark galleries | denied the light of your eyes, | delirium of knives opening my entrails, | chamber of larva and Spanish fly. | delirium of young girls signing in the | sea’s eye, tireless sea that gnaws at my chest, | delirious chest maimed by the mast | that holds me:” (From Delirium, first stanza, p. 9, Sergio Mondragon) This is the first book by Sergio Mondragon, the Mexican poet and editor. El Corno Emplumado / The Plumed Horn was published as a bilingual quarterly focused on Beat poetry from 1962 through 1969 by Mondragon with his wife and co-editor Margaret Randall. They published 11 books under the Colección acuario (Aquarius Collection); this piece is Vol. V. The Plumed Horn was forced to close after taking a stand in support of Mexico’s 1968 student movement. As The Plumed Horn was a bilingual publisher, this title is in both English and Spanish. Illustrations for this book were done by Arnold Belkin, a Canadian-Mexican muralist, continuing the series’ tradition of using left-wing muralists for the artwork. The translation was done by Randall. For another piecefrom Colección acuario (Aquarius Collection); see Item #8037. From the collection of scholar, poet and our dear friend Robin Eichele (b. 1941), noted Mimeograph Revolutionary & co-founder (with the late, great John Sinclair [1941-2024]) of the Detroit Artists’ Workshop. Trade-format softcover original. Limited First Edition of 1,000 copies, per colophon. In relatively Fine condition with moderate scratching and rubbing to front & back covers; some tiny bumps and some creasing at edges & corners of same. Interior Fine with some mild spotting and age-toning throughout. Fine. [Item #8272]

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