Fuck You Press Archive
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It was a good day when I finally got my hands on Fuck You Vol. 5/No. 7. Quite possibly the coolest, hippest magazine of the mimeo revolution (Fuck You epitomized the revolution as demonstrated by naming the Steve Clay book “A Secret Location on the Lower East Side”) and the most desirable piece in my collection with serious competition from Dead Fingers Talk, Floating Bear, Rhinozeros, and Time. They are all great pieces; all signed. The cover by Robert LaVigne (who discovered and drew Peter Orlovsky in the mid-1950′s before Allen Ginsberg came into the picture) of an infant demon is awesome. The Burroughs cut up “Fluck You, Fluck You, Fluck You” in three column newspaper layout is wonderful. But what makes Fuck You so wonderful is its construction. Literally on multi-colored construction paper (supposedly it would not be unusual to get a copy of the magazine with a footprint on it) scattered with freaky, turned-on hieroglyphics.
The writing of the magazine is sometimes spectacular, yet uneven. Editor Ed Sanders claimed “I’ll publish anything.” The list of contributors is impressive. Charles Olson, Philip Whalen, Gregory Corso, Gary Snyder, W.H. Auden, Pound, Allen Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, Antonin Artaud, Robert Duncan. The editorial comments are priceless, especially the notes on contributors, the advertisements for a secretary, or the search for a literary assistant for Allen Ginsberg.
Here is a visual archive of materials from the Fuck You Press.
Fuck You, A Magazine of the Arts
Jake Marx
“An Index to Fuck You, A Magazine of the Arts”
The Serif, 1971
(Special thanks to Jake Marx for permission to reprint this index)
Fuck You Press Publications
William S. Burroughs
Health Bulletin: APO-33, a Metabolic Regulator
(1965)
Photo by Bradley Allen
W.H. Auden
The Platonic Blow
(1965)
Carol Bergé
The Vancouver Report
(1964)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
To Fuck Is to Love Again
(1965)
D.H Lawrence
Maxims And Aphorisms from the Letters of D.H. Lawrence
(1964)
Compiled with appended poems by Marguerite Harris
D.H Lawrence
Maxims And Aphorisms from the Letters of D.H. Lawrence
(1964)
Compiled with appended poems by Marguerite Harris
Tipped-in drawing
Claude Pélieu
Automatic Pilot
(1964)
Ed Sanders
The Toe Queen Poems
(1964)
Ed Sanders
Fuck God in the Ass
Ed Sanders (Editor and contributor)
Despair: Poems to Come Down By
(1964)
Poems for Marilyn
A Valorium Edition of the Entire Extant Works of Thales
(1964)
Ezra Pound
The Cantos of Ezra Pound CX-CXVI
(1967)
The Regal Society of Sooey Semen
(1969)
The Fuck You Quote of the Week
Harry Fainlight
Quote of the Week #1
(1964)
John Ashbery
Quote of the Week #2
(1964)
(Image courtesy of Between the Covers Books.)
Kenneth Koch
Quote of the Week #3
(1964)
(Image courtesy of Between the Covers Books.)
Fuck You Press Catalogues and Newsletters
Fuck You Press News Flash
Ed Sanders’ Catalogue 1
Ed Sanders’ Catalogue 2
Ed Sanders’ Catalogue 3
(Spring 1965)
Ed Sanders’ Catalogue 4
Ed Sanders’ Catalogue 4.5
(Image courtesy of Paul Rickert)
Ed Sanders’ Catalogue 5
Ed Sanders’ Catalogue 6
Peace Eye Bookstore Catalogue 7
Peace Eye Bookstore Catalogue 8
Ed Sanders
In Defense of Kiss and Screw
(1969)
Marijuana Newsletter No. 1
(1965)
Marijuana Newsletter No. 2
(1965)
Flyers and Handbills
Handbill
Handbill for Peace Eye Books with drawing by Spain Rodriguez
Marijuana Review Handbill
(Can anyone confirm that Fuck You is actually the publisher of this?)
Flyer
Flyer advertising readings at Le Metro Cafe in summer 1964
Flyer
The flyer advertises a reading by Herbert Huncke to take place at Le Metro Cafe in New York on 1 July 1964
Flyer
Flyer advertising reading by Tuli Kupferberg at Le Metro Cafe on 8 July 1964
Flyer
Flyer advertising reading by Calvin C Hernton at Le Metro Cafe on 22 July 1964
Flyer
The flyer advertising a protest against federal narcotics agents
Flyer
The flyer announcing a publication party for the novel Barbara by Frank Newman-Sam Abrams
Flyer
Flyer for the October 1967 march on the Pentagon
Leaflet
Leaflet for the mock exorcism of the Pentagon held on October 13, 1967 at the Village Theatre.
Handbill
Handbill announcing a “Marijuana March” in the East Village
December 27, 1964
Handbill
Handbill announcing reading of Carl Solomon (including a lecture on Artaud) at Le Metro Café
July 29, 1964
Handbill
Handbill announcing Picket to Legalize Cunnilingus at Union Square in San Francisco on October 30, 1965 (possibly designed by Sanders)
Handbill announcing “Free Marijuana Prisoners”
Circa 1965
Ed Sanders Newsletter
Circa 1966
Ed Sanders, ed.
With Extreme Regret We Must Announce that Ed Sanders Does Not
Circa 1965
Ed Sanders
Handbill announcing a reading by Sanders at the Coda Gallery in Greenwich Village
Circa 1965
Ed Sanders and Ted Berrigan
Handbill announcing a reading by Ted Berrigan and Ed Sanders at the Le Metro Cafe in Greenwich Village
Circa 1965
Legal-size mimeo handbill proclaiming “Ed Sanders Wins Obscenity Case.”
Fugs Memorabilia
Fugs Flyer
(Image courtesy of Paul Rickert)
Fugs Flyer
Fugs Flyer
Fugs Flyer
Fugs Cross-Country Caravan Flyer
Fugs Bios
Handbill
American Theatre for Poets Special Events Calendar, March 1965 (including Fugs, Dick Higgins, Brion Gysin, et al)
Flyer
Flyer for The Fugs appearance at the American Theatre for Poets, 8 March 1965
Flyer
Flyer for The Fugs appearance at the American Theatre for Poets, 8 March 1965
Flyer
Flyer for The Fugs appearance at the American Theatre for Poets, 8 March 1965
Booklet
Fugs Flip conceived by Jordan Matthews
Handbill
Fugs Flip conceived by Jordan Matthews
Handbill
Handbill announcing a Night of Napalm concerts starring the Fugs on August 7, 1965 at The Bridge on 4 St. Marks Place.
Handbill
Handbill announcing Fugs concert and poetry reading at The Orb Theater at 1470 Washington in San Francisco on October 29, 1965 (possibly designed by Sanders).
Handbill
Handbill announcing return from cross-country tour and concert of The Fugs at The Bridge Theatre (December 1965).
Handbill
Handbill announcing The Fugs held over at the Café Au Go Go on 152 Bleecker Street through December 26, 1965.
Handbill
Handbill announcing The Fugs’ first appearance at The Bridge Theatre in Greenwich Village
1965
Handbill
Handbill announcing an appearance by The Fugs at The East End Theatre
March 29-30, April 5 (1965?)
Handbill
Handbill announcing an appearance by The Fugs at Ego East on the Lower East Side
Circa 1965
HandbillHandbill announcing an appearance by The Fugs at the Bowery Poets Coop in the East Village
Circa 1965
Posters
Poster
Fugs poster with fold-in that spells “Fuck You.” Image courtesy of Between the Covers.
Related to Fuck You
Flyer
Handbill announcing lecture by Ed Sanders (possibly an imitation done in Fuck You style)
Peace Eye
Peace Eye was not actually published by Fuck You but by Frontier Press. However, it provides an interesting bridge between two great mimeo scenes — Fuck You Press headed by Ed Sanders in New York and Frontier Press in Buffalo.
Ed Sanders
Poem from Jail
City Lights, San Francisco, 1963
Ed Sanders – Ralph Ginzburg Archive Catalogue
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Miscellaneous Items
Ed Sanders
1966 Letter to David Schaff
Letter concerning raid on Peace Eye Books and subsequent obscenity trial against Fuck You
Ed Sanders
Envelope for 1966 Letter to David Schaff
Invitation
To Ed Sanders obscenity trial on March 20, 1967 with list of the prosecution’s potential exhibits
Invitation
To the grand reopening of Peace Eye Bookstore in celebration of Sanders’ victory over obscenity charges to be held on June 27, 1967
Invitation
To party and exhibition of the collages of Claude Pelieu at midnight on March 28, 1969 at Peace Eye Bookstore on 147 Avenue A
Phoenix Book Shop Check Number One
Phoenix Book Shop Check Number Two (John Weiners)
Phoenix Book Shop Check Number Three
Phoenix Book Shop Check Number Four (Carol Berge)
Phoenix Book Shop Check Number Five (Michael McClure)
Phoenix Book Shop Check Number Six (Ed Sanders)
Phoenix Book Shop Check Number Seven (Gerald Malaga)
Herbert Huncke 80th Birthday Card