Various (Gill, Michael G. (Editor); Blackburn, Paul; Burroughs, William S.; Creeley, Robert; Dorn, Edward; Duncan, Robert; Jones, LeRoi; Meltzer, David; Olson, Charles; Snyder, Gary; Wieners, John et al.)

The Yale Literary Magazine Vol. CXXXI No.s 3 & 4 (New Poetry 1963 Special Issue, April 1963)

New Haven, CT: Yale Literary Society, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. “Now there is a Love of which Dante does not speak unkindly / Tho it grieves his heart to think upon men / who lust after men and run / –his beloved Master, Brunetto Latini, among them– / Where the roaring waters of hell’s rivers / Come, heard as if muted in the distance, / like the hum of bees in the hot sun. / Scorchd in whose rays and peeld, these would-be lovers / Turn their faces in the fire-fall peering, / to look to one another / As men searching for an other / in the light of a new moon look. / Sharpening their vision, Dante says, like a man / seeking to thread a needle, / They try the eyes of other men / Towards that eye of the needle / Love has appointed there / For a joining that is not easy.”--Robert Duncan, “Sonnet I,” pg. 29. The Yale Literary Magazine, founded in 1836, is the oldest student literary magazine in the United States. With a legacy as lauded as it is enshrined in history, The Yale Literary Magazine has been publishing experimental, exciting new poetry since its founding. Offered today is the April 1963 issue, Yale Literary Magazine Vol. 131, Nos. 3 & 4. This issue features: “Some Statements on Projective Verse,” by editor (at the time) David Schaff about Charles Olson’s (1910-1970) ground breaking poetics and its implications on poetry more broadly and the poem “A Prophecy”; “Call the Old Doctor Twice?” by the legendary Beat founding-father and our Patron-Saint-Demon William S. Burroughs (1914-1997), a short fiction piece that seemingly references the line from The Ticket That Exploded (1962) “You Only Call the Old Doctor Once” (with points in Maynard & Miles, C55, pg. 122.; Schottlaender, C63, pg. 35; Shoaf, 43, pg. 129); “Sonnet I,” “Sonnet II,” and “Sonnet III For Robin Blaser,” by Robert Duncan (1919-1988); “Rhythm and Blues,” by LeRoi Jones (1934-2014) a/k/a Amiri Baraka the massively controversial, yet important poet, writer, and political activist; “From Maximus IV,” “An Ode on Cape Anne,” and “Letter 27” by our favorite Maximus Obscurantist, Charles Olson; “Free Fall,” and “A Dull Poem (for L. Z.)” by Paul Blackburn (1926-1971) the legendary Black Mountain Poet; “Juvenilia” by San Francisco Renaissance poet John Wieners (1934-2002); “The Mountains” by Edward Dorn (1929-1999) the Black Mountain associated poet; and “Four at Sea,” and “The Levels” by legendary Beat poet Gary Snyder (b. 1930), among many other great contributions! From the collection of our good friend & colleague Brian E.C. Schottlaender, 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 here.Trade-format softcover. First & presumably only printing. In relatively fine-very fine condition with minor wear to fine edges, moderate discoloration to front, back covers & throughout interior due to age-toning, and slight scratching/staining to same. Fine-Very Fine. [Item #8716]

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