Various (Kowit, Steve (Editor); Burroughs, William S.; Bukowski, Charles; Carver, Raymond; Coleman, Wanda; Corso, Gregory; di Prima, Diane; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Field, Edward; Ginsberg, Allen; Kyger, Joanne; Locklin, Gerald; Lopate, Philip; Norse, Harold; Snyder, Gary et al.)

The Maverick Poets: An Anthology

ISBN: 0961045426
Potrero, CA: Gorilla Press, 1988. First Edition, Third Printing. Softcover. "The poets in this collection have been called mavericks not to turn them into members of some new school but rather to emphasize that they share a common resistance to the pervasive style of late 20th century verse, with its debilitating preference for the tepid, mannered and opaque. But if the term also implies that the poets gathered here are spirited, outspoken, fiercely independent and happily disinclined to run with the herd- well, so much the better." (back cover) A compilation of daring, against-the-grain twentieth-century American poets' works edited & with an Introduction by Steve Kowit (1938-2015), the noted American poet, author, academician & activist. With contributions of exemplary poems by a roster of canonical & lesser-known Beat-&-Beyond poets who are most-familiar to our Third Mind constituency, including Charles Bukowski (1920-1994, Debritto, C135, pg. 460); Raymond Carver; Wanda Coleman; Gregory Corso; Diane di Prima; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Edward Field; Allen Ginsberg; Joanne Kyger; Gerald Locklin (a key Buk protege); Philip Lopate; Harold Norse; Gary Snyder & many more. With several illustrations throughout, including Norse's depiction of William S. Burroughs (pg. 113). Trade-format softcover, first softcover edition, "First Edition Third Printing 1992" as stated at copyright page. A rich & rewarding literary collectible, of particular interest to the Bukowski collector-completist. In relatively fine condition with generally mild rubbing, mostly faint scratching, some faint creasing & a hint of age-toning to front, back covers & spine; mild wear & some tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same; small area of faint hand-marginalia in blue ink at upper left blank margin of back cover; light rubbing, age-toning to edges of text block. Interior fine with slight age-toning to blank inner covers; one short vertical-angled line in black ink at middle of rear cover; a touch of age-toning to page leaves (chiefly at blank margins/edges); tiny bumps & very small, mostly faint creases at esp. upper corners of a few leaves. Fine. [Item #8956]

Price: $40.00