Various (Kirschenbaum, David (Editor); Jacobs, Brian; Hollo, Anselm et al.)

Pine Street (c. 1994)

Oceanside, NY, USA: Boog City, 1994. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & signed by editor David Kirschenbaum to contributor Brian Jacobs. “With a bright moon / darkness has trouble / I am enveloped / moonbuilt / like the difficulty of a book binding crack / simple / yet more pages / he loves me / with / gifts of sea lion song / diva cries / water rock crash / Point Lobos / and evening white showers of moon ray / like a moon sand whipped brush of sea mist / seducing / undressing / laying me down / down to him / on a cypress bearded cliff / I lay and wait for hard thoughts / light rain / and him.”--Brian Jacobs, “Big Sur.” 1844 Pine St. is a magazine edited by David A. Kirschenbaum that ran for 5 issues (an issue printed each week) at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa during its 20th anniversary in 1994. A Boog City publication, 1844 Pine St. is one of many mags put out by the legendary small press publication. Boog City is a small press and community newspaper of the same name. It has put out over 300 publications, including 35 volumes of poetry, various zines, and a newspaper, featuring work by Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), Bernadette Mayer (1945-2022), and Eileen Myles (b. 1949) among others, and theme issues on baseball, women’s writing, and Louisville, KY. It hosts and curates two regular performance series—d.a. levy lives: celebrating renegade presses, featuring a non-NYC small press, its writers, and a musical act; and Classic Albums Live, where up to 13 local musical acts perform a classic album live. Past albums have included Elvis Costello, My Aim is True; Nirvana, Nevermind; Sleater-Kinney, Dig Me Out; and Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville. Each February and September Boog puts on its Welcome to Boog City Arts Festival, featuring poets, music, poets theater, and film over three to seven days. 1844 Pine St. No. 4 is the penultimate issue of the mag and features a number of writers who happened to be students at Naropa at the time, including; an untitled poem by Mikella Kievman; two poems, one untitled and “Facing North” by Goeff Manaugh; the poem “Spill” by Cassie Terman; “The Grass is Too Green” by John Wright; the poem "Kindly Water Other Level" as a bordered two-page center spread by Anselm Hollo and Jane Dalrymple-Hollo; and “Big Sur” by Brian Jacobs, among many other contributions. This copy is signed and inscribed by editor David Kirschenbaum to Brian Jacobs on copyright page, reading, "Brian- Thanks for your work! / David." From the collection of Brian Jacobs (b. 1969) who, in 1994, had just begun his attendance at the Kerouac School/Naropa University (then Naropa Institute), & was beginning his studies with Ginsberg, Anne Waldman (the very co-founders of the School) et al. Later during his sojourn at Naropa of 1994-1996, Jacobs would become Ginsberg's official assistant. Since those heady days of Beat Anointment in the 1990s, Jacobs has gone on to become a most-distinguished author, publisher & academician, a True Beat Progeny who now resides here in Ann Arbor & is our good friend & colleague. We have been privileged to obtain Jacobs' stellar collection, highlights of which, including this especially lofty gem, are the exclusive focus of this group of New Arrivals. Stapled Wrappers. First & presumably only printing. In very fine condition with minor wear to fine edges and slight fading at front cover. Very Fine. [Item #8579]

Price: $40.00