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

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

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

San Francisco, CA: Second Coming Press, 1977. First Printing. Softcover. "Pancho Aguila was incarcerated and serving time in Folsom Prison in northern California when I met him. He was a political prisoner and was serving time without the possibility of parole. I met him as part of a creative writing project for prison inmates in California. Max Schwartz--the Berkeley poet who had a radio show on prison poetry on KPFA--set..... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1990. First Printing. Softcover. Another very eclectic number of the scholarly journal, with a wide variety of subjects: Essays on John Ashbery's work by Margueritte S. Murphy, Elizabeth Bishop's by Jacqueline Vaught Brogan, Robert Bly's by Victoria Frenkel Harris & William Carlos Williams' by William Doreski; notes on Bob Dylan's poetry-lyrics by James W. Earl; reviews of works on Beat-related poets Robert Creeley &..... More

Chicago, IL; New York, NY: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1985. First Printing. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by Clayton Eshleman to James Perrizo. This number of the literary journal chiefly edited by Barry Silesky features two poems ("At Forest Lawn" & "The Oven of Apollo," the former a prose-poem) by Clayton Eshleman, the venerable American poet, translator & educator who has long resided near us in Michigan, our friend & mentor. Also..... More