Various (Hertz, Uri (Editor); Amram, David; Artaud, Antonin; Beck, Julian; Burroughs, William S.; Cohen, Ira; Kerouac, Jack; Malina, Judith et al.)

Third Rail: A Review of International Literature and the Arts No. 6 (1984)

Los Angeles, CA: Third Rail, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. "I don't see that writing is going to undergo any drastic changes. It hasn't...and indeed, it's hard to say how this could even happen. The medium has very definite limitations." (William S. Burroughs, pg. 94). Offered today is Third Rail: A Review of International Literature and the Arts No. 6 (Schottlander, C575, pg. 90). Third Rail burst onto the American literary scene in 1975 with a fresh take on how far a poetry magazine could go beyond the editorial and graphic conventions of its genre to link writing with cultural-historical movements and political and artistic changes of the era. Third Rail immediately cut an uncompromising and expressive path across a broad spectrum of writing and the arts starting with the publication of its earliest issues. Founded & edited by Uri Hertz, the magazine set out its editorial concept based on a historically-minded approach to literature as a living cultural force. The dynamic appeal of Third Rail caught the interest of leading writers such as Henry Miller (1891-1980), Robert Bly (1926-2021) and the Beat Generation's Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982), Jack Micheline (1929-1998) & William S. Burroughs. Featured is an interview conducted by Hertz with Burroughs (pgs. 52-53, 94) where they discuss Burroughs' "Cut-Up Method" of writing, censorship, capitalism, communism & the limitations of writing as an artistic medium. also in this issue: An interview conducted by Hertz with David Amram (b. 1930) about Amram's friendship with the Beat Generation's tragic hero Jack Kerouac (1922-1969; pgs. 54-56); "Movement II" (pgs. 14-16) by French Dramatist Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) featuring photographs from American photographer Ira Cohen (1935-2011); The poems Ornette Comes Home (pgs. 61-62) & Camera Obscura(pg. 75), contributed by Cohen; as well as excerpts from the film Signals Through the Flames, starring American actor Julian Beck (1925-1985) & German actress Judith Malina (1926-2015). With contemporary ads & so much more. From the collection of our good friend & colleague Brian E.C. Schottlaender (b. 1952), the most-distinguished American librarian-academician who is the author of "Anything But Routine: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography of William S. Burroughs," now in its fifth edition- an indispensable Burroughsian Resource which we always consult for our WSB curations, as above. Large-Format Softcover: First Edition, first & only printing per publication customs. A most collectible Burroughsian artifact in its rarest contemporary form, with ultra-relevant association & very distinguished provenance. In relatively fine-to-very fine condition with mild age-toning, rubbing, bumping of corners & scratching to front, back covers & spine; an occasion of spot-staining to front cover near bottom corner/lower fine edge; mild age-toning & rubbing text block; occasion of spot-staining to bottom of same. Interior fine-to-very fine with mild age-toning mostly to blank margins & fine edges of page leaves; mild bumping of corners to some of same. Fine-Very Fine. [Item #8698]

Price: $40.00