Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. "When Allen Ginsberg went to South America in 1960, ostensibly to attend a literary conference, he had a different kind of trip in mind. This would be a journey deep into the realm of consciousness, the inward travel explored to exhilarating effect in his writing, whether in the poetry that had earned him international acclaim or in the idiosyncratic journals..... More

Asheville, NC: The Arts Journal Inc., 1990. First Printing. Stapled folded Sheets. Signed by Philip Glass to Thomas Rain Crowe. This number of "The Southeast's Most Complete Arts Calendar" (front cover) features a lengthy, illustrated article by Thomas Rain Crowe based on an interview he conducted with the canonical contemporary composer Philip Glass. The interview, as Crowe explains in his introduction, took place earlier on the day of the premiere..... More

Glasgow, Scotland: The Kerouac Connection, 1990. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage number of the UK literary journal of the Beat Generation & especially Jack Kerouac, newly edited by James Morton (after being rescued from termination by its devoted followers, see item No. 4425 & below), features a fragment from "The Little Sutra" by Kerouac himself, circa 1955, followed by a fascinating article on Kerouac's love of animals in his..... More

New York, NY: New Directions Books, 1957. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Is there a "literary underground" in America- a group of undiscovered talents in revolt against mass culture, who are already shaping the literature of the future? This new anthology in the well-known series attempts to answer this question with stories, poems, plays and essays, many of them by new writers." (from back cover) A particularly rare & important number..... More

Flushing, NY: Drue Heinz, 1995. First Printing. Softcover. This later-vintage number of the venerable literary journal then chiefly-edited by George Plimpton features a very lengthy, thorough, riveting diaristic essay by Elissa Schappell, then a co-editor of the Review, about her attendance of a seminar taught by Allen Ginsberg at New York University, including several somewhat scarce images. This wonderful piece takes you with Schappell to share the experience of deep..... More

Spartanburg, SC: Holocene Books, 1991. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "I wanted to get out of here, to go a rangin' far to the/ south and east, to Cheyenne and Denver, Chicago,/ Cleveland, yes, even Cleveland drew me with its/ mysterious name and unknown streets paved all around," (first stanza, part I) An epic-satirical three-part poem by David Romtvedt, the acclaimed & award-winning American poet & musician. The full title &..... More

n/p: Beatdom Books, 2017. First Edition. Softcover. "Allen Ginsberg told John Tytell that he would not understand the Beat Generation without first experiencing life in Mexico, and so, while writing Naked Angels, the first book to explore the development of Beat literature, Tytell headed south to Oaxaca. In this volume, Tytell examines the importance of Mexico to the Beat Generation, while recounting- via letters from that period to his wife..... More