Toronto, Ontario, Canada: The Coach House Press, 1971. First Edition Thus. Softcover. "In a strange game I saw myself/ as you knew me" (from "Neil Young," pg. 6) A volume with the title & four other groups of poems by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the prodigious poet, editor & biographer who first burned brightly, struggled with obscurity while maintaining his output, & epitomizes our category of "The Prolific & Underappreciated." Among..... More
[Item #3627]
New York, NY: Gagosian Gallery, 1997. First Edition, First Printing & Association Copy. Wrappers in Sewn Binding. Signed & Inscribed by Robert Creeley to Ken & Ann Mikolowski, Founders of Detroit's "Alternative Press," and signed by Francesco Clemente, Artist & Illustrator. In 1997 the Gagosian Gallery in New York published a collaboration of the work of poet Robert Creeley and the paintings of artist Francesco Clemente, a painter who counts..... More
[Item #2746]
New York, NY: New Directions Books, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. "A sequel to A Coney Island of the Mind (written forty years after the original in what the author has called "a poetry seizure" that lasted more than a year), A Far Rockaway of the Heart is a sequence of one hundred and one related poems with recurrent themes. The author also thinks of it as a kind of caustic..... More
[Item #4382]
Greensboro, NC: Unicorn Press, Inc., 1985. First Edition. Softcover. "Kane continues (my) experiments with poetry as history/biography...Elisha Kent Kane, the arctic explorer, was an immensely popular American hero who is now largely forgotten...Kane was driven by his mortality to crowd his life because he knew it would be brief. He was trained in medicine, had a commission in the U.S. Navy, and regarded himself as a geologist and climatologist. He..... More
[Item #3307]
New York, NY: Sadruddin Aga Khan, 1970. First Printing. Softcover. The first thing one sees when opening the Fall 1970 issue of The Paris Review is a contemporary ad for the release of the now-legendary "Anthology of New York Poets" co-edited by Ron Padgett and David Shapiro. Turn a few pages further to our illustrious list of contributors and the surprise (and treat) waiting there quietly reveals itself: "The Basketball..... More
[Item #3783]
Orient, NY: The Mediterranean Review, 1971. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. The second vintage number of the acclaimed literary & art journal "...devoted to new literature not only from the Mediterranean area but from the rest of the world" as stated by the publisher, chiefly edited by Robert DeMaria. Featuring an insightful, in-depth interview with primary Beat-&-Beyond author Paul Bowles conducted by Oliver Evans; a diaristic prose-poem essay..... More
[Item #3500]
New York, NY: Serpent's Tail, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Well, this is quite a collection--and it's an understatement to say (non-tokenistically, I'll add) that there is simply a ton of writing in here that the Beat Scholar / Beat Enthusiast should be aware of. It can be read as "historical," -- as in, parts regarding Elise Cowen are inseparable from understanding her role in the life of Allen Ginsberg and..... More
[Item #3843]
Llandysul, Wales, UK: Gwasg Aberystwyth, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. A volume of poetry by Waldo Williams (1904-1971), among the foremost Welsh-language poets of the twentieth century as well as a noted pacifist, anti-war activist & conscientious objector. Small-format hardcover in dust jacket, first edition, presumed first printing, published in Wales during 1956. All text in Welsh. Small-format hardcover in dust jacket, an exquisite little production. Included is a newspaper clipping..... More
[Item #3624]
Brooklyn, NY: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2008. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers in Loose Over-Wraps. "He'd taken so much heroin it must have knit his bones./ He'd skip school to bike the city up and down,/ a scream and a careen, a grimace and a glide./ Then ice his poor knees with a bag of frozen peas." (Gretchen Primack, "Sylvia 1A," first stanza) This sixteenth number of the poetry journal, titled "Deflates..... More
[Item #3999]
London, England: Golconda Fine Art Books, 2018; 2020. Limited First Editions. Stapled Wrappers. Both volumes signed by Alexander Adams. "I have accepted the view that my verse benefits from illustration and that- as an artist- I am well placed to provide that. My verse has appeared in anthologies without illustration, so it seems that the verse is strong enough to function without images. I try to write verse as if..... More
[Item #3641]
Berkeley, CA: Aldebaran Review, 1977. Limited First Edition. Softcover. With hand-written cross-outs & corrections possibly in the hand of Pancho Aguila. "Pancho Aguila was born in Nicaragua in 1945, and came to San Francisco at the age of two. He began writing poetry around the Blue Unicorn coffeeshop readings in the Haight-Ashbury in 1966. Pancho Aguila is currently serving a sentence of natural life at Folsom Prison, where he is..... More
[Item #3852]
Ann Arbor, MI: Self-Published by the Poet, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by John Allen to James Perrizo. "Putting together a first book of poems is a very strange experience. A most private part of one's life suddenly threatens to become public, at least in a minor sort of way. The temptation to offer up a host of disclaimers and qualifications is strong...The basic reason for this particular..... More
[Item #3195]
Roseville, MI: Ridgeway Press, 1988. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. A slim chapbook of poetry by the Iraqi-American poet Alese Alousi, published by Ridgeway Press. This small press also published writings by F.E. Kerouac-Parker, the late former wife of Jack Kerouac who came from & returned to the Detroit area. Enchanting poems in a unique, colloquial style. A fine rarity in perfect condition. As new. More
[Item #1688]
Jefferston, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1983. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This first number of the prestigious scholarly journal, edited by Lee Bartlett & Peter White, features a "Forum" section of essays under the topic-heading of "Sexual Poetics: Notes on Genre and Gender in Poetry by Women," with contributions by four distinguished American female poets including Denise Levertov & Diane Wakoski, the acclaimed & prolific poet who..... More
[Item #3437]
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1984. First Printing. Softcover. This winter 1984 number of the distinguished literary journal produced by the Department of English at the University of New Mexico features an item regarding Kenneth Rexroth- a 1947-vintage bibliography of poets & critical writers who were the subject of an academic discussion group lead by Rexroth, a group that included Robert Duncan, Philip Lamantia & others. This issue also..... More
[Item #1906]
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1985. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage fall 1985 number of the poetry journal features an essay on the prose poems of John Ashbery by S. H. Miller, & a comparative essay on poems by Robert Bly & James Wright by Victoria Frankel Harris. Also in this issue are reviews of critical works on James Merrill, William Carlos Williams & others; & more. Another important..... More
[Item #1910]
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1985. First Printing. Softcover. Inscribed & Signed by Robert Peters to James Perrizo; & signed by Diane Wakoski. This number of the prestigious scholarly journal, edited by Lee Bartlett & Peter White, features an article by the acclaimed, long Michigan-based poet Diane Wakoski, the third in a series where she spotlights poets she felt were neglected. Here, Wakoski discusses the works of Robert Peters..... More
[Item #3299]
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1986. First Printing. Softcover. This winter 1986 number of the scholarly literary journal features an essay on William Carlos Williams' poetry by Audrey T. Rogers, appreciations of poet David Ignatow including one by Michigan poet Diane Wakoski, excerpts from Ignatow's notebooks, an article on the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop by Carolyn Handa & more. Also reviews of works by Robert Duncan, Kenneth Rexroth &..... More
[Item #1911]
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1986. First Printing. Softcover. This fall 1986 number of the venerable academic journal features essays & articles on Beat-related poets Charles Olson, Kenneth Rexroth & William Carlos Williams, as well as Philip Levine, Ezra Pound & James Wright. With reviews of critical studies of the works of Emily Dickinson & Pound. Another important scholarly collectible in very fine condition, with only a few very..... More
[Item #1913]
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1986. First Printing. Softcover. This spring 1986 number of the academic literary journal features several essays & articles on the work of Wallace Stevens by poet David Ignatow & others; a review of a critical study of Robert Frost & more. Another great scholarly collectible in this series, in very fine condition with only very mild browning & spotting to spine, tiny bump-creases at..... More
[Item #1912]
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1987. First Printing. Softcover. This spring 1987 number of the respected literary journal features an article on Elizabeth Bishop by James E.B. Breslin, a review of a Leo Connellan work by Robert Peters, a conversation with poet-performer Armand Schwerner, & more. Another fine scholarly collectible in this series, in very fine condition with only mild browning & spotting to spine, browning only at very..... More
[Item #1915]
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1987. First Printing. Softcover. This winter 1987 number of the scholarly journal features two reviews by Randy Roark concerning Allen Ginsberg, a founding father of the Beat Generation: On the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg, a compilation of critical essays edited by Lewis Hyde; & Collected Poems 1947-1980, the door-stopper collection of Ginsberg's poetry. This issue also includes a symposium on the status of American..... More
[Item #1914]
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1987. First Printing. Softcover. This fall 1987 number of the scholarly poetry journal is entirely dedicated to the controversial California poet & environmentalist Robinson Jeffers. Featuring an essay on Jeffers' poetry by Eva Hesse (apparently no relation to the famous artist), a forum on Jeffers including poet-critic Robert Peters among its participants, & much more. An essential collectible for the Jeffers aficionado, in very..... More
[Item #1916]
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1988. First Printing. Softcover. This spring 1988 number of the academic poetry journal features a reflection on poet & publisher James McLaughlin by Eva Hesse, an essay on the poetry of Thomas McGrath by Gene Frumkin, an essay on early work of William Carlos Williams (mentor & inspiration to Allen Ginsberg) by R. Peter Stoicheff, & more. Another collectible issue for the aficionado of..... More
[Item #1918]
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1988. First Printing. Softcover. This winter 1988 number of the distinguished literary journal features a review of a volume of Robert Lowell's collected prose by J. Nelson Hathcock, several reviews of books by & about Kenneth Rexroth (a mentor & collaborator with the Beats), a forum on the poet Louis Zukofsky (co-founder of the objectivist school of poetry) by John Taggart, & more. Another..... More
[Item #1917]