Issue number three (of six issues published) of "It Is : A Magazine for Abstract Art," published between 1958 and 1965. Edited by P.G. Pavia. Contents include: "A Little Room for Feeling," by Hubert Crehan; "Face Front," by Sidney Geist; "Abstraction in Poetry," by Allen Ginsberg; "Editor of a Hearsay Panel," by Elaine de Kooning; "Thoughts on the Dance," by Merle Marsicano; "Drawing," by Mercedes Matter; "Spontaneity," by George McNeil; "Manifesto-In-Progress III," by P. ... [details]
Issue number 3 of Shiny International, edited by Michael Friedman. Contents include: interview with Eiko Ishioka by Tim Tucker and Steven Hall; interview with Mike Kelley by Ed Smith; interview with Fetchin Bones by Michael Friedman; interview with Arthur Russell by Todd Eberle; interview with Steve Poleskie by Steven Hall; Prose by Dennis Cooper, Peter Cherches, and Cheri Fein; poetry by Ron Padgett, Joe Brainard, Brad Gooch, David Trinidad, Eileen Myles, Jeffrey Jullich, Sal Salasin, and Tom Savage; and "Photo Features" a portfolio by Allen Ginsberg, Fashion photography by Roméo / Latty with fashion by Brian Early, and band photographs by Todd Eberle of Hugo Largo, Zeitgeist, and Wednesday Week. ... [details]
11th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival presented by Charlotte Moorman held November 16, 1974 at Shea Stadium, Flushing, Queens. Participating artists included Allen Ginsberg, Arman, John Cage, Christo, John Giorno, Allan Kaprow, Beryl Korot, Anne Tardos, Bill Viola, and many, many others. [details]
Flyer / poster published in conjunction with a benefit for Kulchur Magazine held at The Living Theatre, New York, January 16, 1961. The benefit featured a dance by Erick Hawkins; poetry readings by LeRoi Jones, Allen Ginsberg, Diane di Prima, and Joel Oppenheimer; and a reading from "The Young Disciple," a play by Paul Goodman. ... [details]
Issue four of the periodical Semina, edited Wallace Berman. Issue four includes 23 loose inserts with poems Philip Lamantia, Charles Brittin, Ron Loewinsohn, William Blake, William S Burroughs, David Meltzer, W. ... [details]
Oversized poster, designed by Les Levine, published in conjunction with fundraising events held on November 21 and 22, 1969 in support of John Giorno. Poster centers on newspaper clipping of Margaret Mead testifying to senators on the use of marijuana. ... [details]
Inaugural issue of Culture Hero, published by Les Levine and edited by Claudia Dreifus. Contents include: "An Interview with Peter Fonda," by Elizabeth Campbell; "Peter Fonda: Aquarius;" "The Culture Heroine of the Month: Joy Bang," by Claudia Dreifus; "Culture Hero Runs a Contest," featuring full page of photographs of a Claes Oldenburg happening / performance;" "Latimer on Lichtenstein," by D. ... [details]
Two sided postcard / announcement published in conjunction with Harry Smith's Memorial Service held at the Poetry Project, February 9, [1992]. Readings and reminiscences by Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, P. ... [details]
A collection of three pieces of ephemera published and distributed by the Youth International Party (Yippie!) in [1968]. Includes: a two-page mimeographed announcement of plans for a "Festival of Life," a protest and free festival to be held in Chicago August 25-30, [1968]; a two-color screenprinted flyer / poster for the [Festival of Life] that reads "Yippie! Chicago Aug 25-30" against a stream of conscious list of words and names of people; and a mimeographed flyer titled "Bags Yippies Can Get Into in Your Hometown" with a bulleted list of ways Yippies could participate in growing the Yippie movement and ways to prepare for the "Festival of Life" in Chicago. [details]
Press release issued by Sanford Beldon of Gold Medal Books announcing the publication of "Anthology of Beat Writing" dated March 29, 1960. Anthology edited by Seymour Krim, with texts by Herbert Gold, Norman Podhoretz, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, William Burroughs, Richard Barker, Chandler Brossard, Norman Mailer, John Clellon Holmes and others. [details]
