By: Brian Sherman

Brian Sherman — Sun, 21 May 2017 02:18:58 +0000

I’ve only recently discovered your periodical collecting essays; I enjoy reading them. I like both the tone and the details. I collected a bit in the late 1960s when I thought I was going to write my doctoral dissertation on jazz musicians, poets, dancers, and happeners. I remember buying from catalogues. Two I received regularly were from Serendipity and Tenth Muse. I’m going through all my boxes now [it will take a few more years] and maybe I’ll find I still have some catalogues. Also Asphodel which I visited when I went out to Cleveland for a friend’s wedding in 1968. My companion and I stayed with the Sigmunds {Sandi and rjs}. We met d a levy [about 3 weeks before he died] and Tom Kryss whose art I love.
I hope to purchase a complete set of Mimeo Mimeo if they are still available. I liked ditto also, so maybe you or someone will do a Ditto Ditto. I liked the purple ink. In 1969 I put out nine issues of a little magazine on ditto. I called it Sp[a]rkle!bURs-t/FiRe*s{ta}R! [punctuation different each time I do the name]. Name is from “Susan Under John Poem” by Susan Koppelman Cornillon, a very brief chapbook published in Cleveland.
—Brian Sherman, Decatur, GA USA May 20, 2017

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By: Brian Sherman