Matson, Clive

Mainline to the Heart

New York, NY, USA: Poets Press, 1966. Presumed First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “Fuck you, Huncke. | Leave me | hung up for junk, waiting | alone in a dark room candles | you lit burn down in. | They unwind curls of smoke | like incense I remember we offered | weeks ago. | It is Nostalgia.” (First stanza, “Teardrop in my Eye”) The first published work by Clive Matson, noted educator & a protege-member of the Beat Generation during the NYC literary scene of the early 1960s. Published by Diane di Prima’s Poets Press. From the collection of Albert Glover (1942-2026), who was a leading authority on Charles Olson (1910-1970), the great American poet's-poet who is our favorite Maximus Obscurist; Glover studied under & was anointed by the Maximus Master himself at SUNY Buffalo in the 1960s & served outstandingly since then as the premier Olson torch-bearer. Large-format chapbook in stapled wrappers. Presumed First Edition, though not stated as such. In Near Fine condition with moderate spotting & smudging to front, back covers & stapled spine; moderate bumping & creasing to edges & corners of same. Interior Fine with light staining to some page leaves; mild creasing to edges & corners of some leaves. Near Fine. [Item #8653]

Price: $50.00