Austin, TX: Cuneiform Press, 2009. Limited First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. A collaborative work by poet Bill Berkson (1939-2016) & artist George Schneeman (1934-2009) dedicated to their mutual friend & collaborator Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), the giant of the New York School of poetry & a canonical category onto himself. As noted in colophon, this is one of an edition of 500 (un-numbered) copies published during autumn 2009, in the same dimensions... More about Ted Berrigan

New York, NY: Situations, 1998. First Separate Edition. Stapled Wrappers. The title work along with eleven other short prose-poem stories by Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), the great New York School poet's-poet & a canonical category onto himself. A note preceding this collection states that it first "...appeared in Angel Hair #4, Winter 1967/68, thanks to editors Lewis Warsh and Anne Waldman, and has not been published since..." This first separate publication... More about Great Stories of the Chair

Berkeley, CA: Blue Wind Press, 1980. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed to Ken & Anne Mikolowski by Ted Berrigan. A landmark collection of poems by Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), among the giants of the New York School of poetry & an acclaimed category onto himself with his own inimitable style. First trade softcover edition issued in the spring of 1980. With front cover illustration by Donna Dennis & artworks... More about So Going Around Cities: New & Selected Poems 1958-1979 with: Laid-in Ephemera

Berkeley, CA: Rumor Books/Listening Chamber, 2007. Limited First Edition. Softcover. A slim volume of translations by Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), the canonical New York School poet's-poet; in collaboration with noted scholar Gordon Brotherston. Among the great poets whose works are translated here are Guillaume Apollinaire, Heinrich Heine & Pablo Neruda. With short introductions by Beat-&-Beyond legend Anne Waldman & the esteemed Finnish-born poet & translator Anselm Hollo (1934-2013). Original languages &..... More about River under the House: poems translated by Ted Berrigan & Gordon Brotherston

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. Limited First Softcover Edition. Softcover. An early collection of poems, journal entries, "One-Liners" & various other forms of writing by Joe Brainard (1942-1994), the sui generis avant-garde writer & artist associated with the New York School. This is the first trade softcover edition published by the venerable Black Sparrow Press in an edition of 1000 copies during July 1973, as noted in colophon... More about New Work

Washington D.C. Titanic Books, 1977. Author's Copy / Limited First Edition w/Original Artwork by Author. Stapled Wrappers. Signed (Twice) & Inscribed by Kenward Elmslie to Ken & Ann Mikolowski, close friends of Elmslie's & founders of Detroit's "Alternative Press," publishers of many Beat/New York School/Black Mountain-related authors. (1/26 Signed & Lettered Copies [This Copy Unlettered]). This typically-lettered limited edition of "The Alphabet Work," an unheralded 1977 underground classic from Kenward... More about The Alphabet Work

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. First Trade Softcover Edition / Review Copy / Association Copy. Softcover. Signed (Twice) & Inscribed by Kenward Elmslie to Ken Mikolowski, close friend of Elmslie's & founders of Detroit's "Alternative Press," publishers of many Beat/New York School/Black Mountain-related authors. (1/750 Unsigned, Unnumbered Copies). In this exceptional early apex in the multitalented Kenward Elmslie's prolific career, Elmslie bursts forth just a year after Ron... More about Circus Nerves

Washington DC: Burning Deck Press, 1979. First Printing / Association Copy. Stapled Wrappers. "Kenward Elmslie’s perverse, scabrous, gorgeous poetry and prose have astonished his fans for over fifty years—decades during which he remained the pride of small presses, the happy secret of cognoscenti—but it is safe to say that the vast audience his work deserves doesn’t know what it’s missing. He’s the most extravagant, and extravagantly overlooked, poet in America."..... More about Communications Equipment

Calais, VT: Z Press, 1980. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. (1/1000 Unsigned & Unnumbered Copies). "Moving Right Along" is almost an unofficial "Selected Poems of Kenward Elmslie 1970-1980," because it assembles a lot of previously published work that he executed in the 1970s, during which Elmslie was explosively prolific. Classics collected here are his experimental "Alphabet Work," Communications Equipment," and three scenes reprinted from "City Junket." There are also stunning... More about Moving Right Along

Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press, 1998. First Printing. Softcover. Signed (Twice) & Inscribed by Kenward Elmslie to Ken & Ann Mikolowski, co-founders of Detroit's visionary Alternative Press. John Ashbery once wrote that Elmslie's poetry is like "...a mad scientist who has swallowed the wrong potion in his lab and is desperately trying to get his calculations on paper before everything closes in." (from Introduction). This copy of Kenward Elmslie's "Routine... More about Routine Disruptions

Calais, VT: Z Press, 1975. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. Uniquely present in this 1975 collection from Kenward Elmslie is what seems to be echoes of influence from Robert Creeley, something not often seen in the poet's oeuvre, with its frequent, unbridled imaginative flights and uniquely lyrical musicality. The first two poems in the collection, "Air" & "Spite Fence Memo," illustrate the aforementioned statement, combining the power of "Person" Elmslie... More about Tropicalism

New York, NY: Granary Books, 2000. First Trade Softcover Edition / Association Copy. Softcover in Stiff Wraps. Signed (Twice) by Kenward Elmslie. From the Collection of Ken & Ann Mikolowski, founders of Detroit's Visionary "Alternative Press," Publishers & Friends of Many Beat/"New York School"/"Black Mountain"-affiliated Authors. "'Cyberspace' was created in a millennial visionary frenzy by two confirmed Luddites on the cusp of Y2K. Time keeps the world from happening at..... More about Cyberspace

New York, NY: Hanuman Books, 1986. First Edition. Softcover in Stiff Wrappers. Signed by Taylor Mead, Legendary Underground Actor & New Yorker. This publication from legendary Lower East Sider Taylor Mead is a centerpiece rarity for any collector interested in New York City during the 1950s & 1960s. Mead, who became infamous for his roles in Andy Warhol's avant-garde films, was also in San Francisco during the mid-1950s. He experienced... More about Son of Andy Warhol