Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting Rhinozeros #5 Front cover Rhinozeros #5 “Song” by David Meltzer Rhinozeros #5 “Song of the Tusk” by Anselm Hollo Rhinozeros #5 “Attention!” by Gregory Corso Rhinozeros #5 Poem by Michael McClure Rhinozeros #5 “An Africa Ode” by Edward Dorn Rhinozeros #5 “Spel 1”…
Tag: Gary Snyder
The Letters of Allen Ginsberg
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting When I was briefly in graduate school in 1995, I was fascinated by the fate of the letter in the digital age. While studying abroad at King’s College in 1992, I wrote letters weekly and eagerly checked my mailbox daily. Just three years…
Beats at Auction, April 2008
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting Looking over eBay results in the last few weeks and reviewing the prices realized for the latest PBA Galleries Beat sale, I thought of two important little mags from the post-WWII era: Judson Crews’ Suck Egg Mule and Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. Yes…
The David Oakey Collection of Gary Snyder
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting Whenever I see a notice for an auction of an individual’s collection, my first thoughts are not so much about the books in the collection, but about the motivation for the sale. Why is he/she selling their books? I must admit the scenarios…
Yugen
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting Several years ago, I wrote on the potential joys of collecting Charles Olson. Olson loomed as a literal giant over the small press and little magazine scene from 1950 until his death in 1970. As a result, his work appeared in some of…