Kyoto, Japan: Origin Press, 1978. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "No spirit of community is found amongst men who only work/ in common without communion to impose on a world which/ refuses the changing of it which they desire." (first paragraph, inner front cover preamble) The fourth number in the fourth series of the legendary literary journal edited, published & with contribution by the great expatriate American poet & translator Cid..... More

Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley, 1965. First Printing. Single Sheet. There is a reason why the Berkeley Poetry Conference of 1965 lives on, spoken of in hushed tones and sunned by the rays of legend. Some events require the passage of time to apprehend their magnitude. Not so with the Berkeley Poetry Conference, where all who attended—lecturers and attendees alike—were quick to speak of it, write of it..... More

Cullowhee, NC: New Native Press, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by editor, publisher & subject Thomas Rain Crowe. "This is a collection that will be new to readers both outside and inside of the U.S. A collection of interviews with such a broad brushstroke, such a wide arc of voice and achievement as to be unique...This, then, is a major sampling of poets that would best represent the qualities of..... More

Boston, MA (1) / Fresno, CA (2) / New York, NY (3) / No Place (4) / Ann Arbor, MI: Twayne [1]; The Giligia Press [2]; New Directions [3]; [4] Anonymous; [5] Third Mind Books, 1961; 1969; 1991; 2018. First Printings. Hardcover; Softcover in Stiff Wraps; Single Sheet; Softcover. Here we feast our eyes upon the Supreme Scholarly "First and Second San Francisco Renaissance Bundle," an it's-all-here package featuring five..... More

Tucson, AZ: Ironwood Press, 1972. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This very first number of the distinguished literary journal edited by Michael Cuddihy features three poems by Diane Wakoski, the acclaimed & prolific Beat-influenced poet then-associated with the Deep Image School pioneered by Robert Kelly. Above the first poem, "When the Shoe Fits," below her printed name, Wakoski has hand-written her signature with characteristic series of vertical doodles..... More

Pasadena, CA: California Institute of Technology, 1981. First Printings. Softcovers. Both issues signed by editor & contributor Clayton Eshleman. The first two numbers of the deep & varied literary journal subtitled "A Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art" founded, chiefly edited & with contributions by the great Clayton Eshleman (1935-2021), the award-winning American poet, editor, translator & academician who was our local friend & mentor: (1) Sulfur Vol. 1 No..... More

Ypsilanti, MI: Eastern Michigan University, 1988. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by editor & contributor Clayton Eshleman. A vintage number of the deep & varied literary-arts journal subtitled "A Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art," founded, chiefly edited & contributed to by the great Clayton Eshleman (1935-2021), the award-winning American poet, editor, translator & academician. Originally published in California, by the previous year (1987) Sulfur was headquartered near us in Ypsilanti..... More

Berkeley & Oakland, CA: The House of "K" 1985. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers; Single Folded Sheet. With typed, hand-signed letter from editor-publisher-contributor Andrew Schelling to poet Diane Wakoski. The third number of the short-lived but significant mimeo-zine literary journal edited & with contributions by Benjamin Friedlander & Andrew Schelling. Includes "The Order of Poetry," an article by Cid Corman, editor & publisher of the legendary literary journal Origin; a reprint..... More

New Brunswick, NJ: Partisan Review, Inc., 1971. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage number of the famous cutting edge-intellectual literary & cultural journal features an interview-conversation with Allen Ginsberg, Founding Father of the Beat Generation, conducted by Alison Colbert. Ginsberg here provides deep insight into his life, work & influences during this key period in the immediate wake of the fertile, turbulent 1960s counterculture which he did so much to portend..... More

Chicago, IL: Modern Poetry Association, 1971. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This number of the venerable poetry journal founded in 1912 & chiefly edited by Daryl Hine features four poems by American giant Robert Pinsky, along with poems by David Galler & many others. The lengthy "Comment" section of reviews includes Diane Wakoski's "Songs & Notes," an essay reviewing contemporary collections by Deep Image master Robert Kelly &..... More

Williamstown, MA: The Poetry Miscellany, 1972. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This somewhat early number of the Massachusetts poetry journal features two poems by Diane Wakoski, the acclaimed & prolific poet who has long resided in Michigan. The poems, "Gold" & "Some Constantly Beseiged Castle," are both subtitled & dedicated "for the King of Spain." At the top of the first poem "Gold," Wakoski has hand-written her..... More

Binghamton, NY: State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton, 1975. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This vintage number of the scholarly journal dedicated to postmodern literature, chiefly edited by Robert Kroetsch & William V. Spanos, features a suite of five poems by Diane Wakoski, the acclaimed & prolific Beat-influenced poet associated with the Deep Image School who has long resided here in Michigan. On the title page..... More

New York, NY; London, England: Routledge, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. "Beat literature? Have not the great canonical names long grown familiar? (Allen) Ginsberg, (Jack) Kerouac, (William S.) Burroughs. Likewise the frontline texts, still controversial in some quarters, assume their place in modern American literary history. On the Road serves as Homeric Journey epic. "Howl" amounts to Beat anthem, confessional outcry against materialism and war. Naked Lunch, with its dark satiric..... More