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Chelsea Hotel #10: DIE LETZEN TAGE DER BEATS
OR: The Beginning of a Never Ending Revolution

BEAT PHOTOGRAPHS issue - Larry Keenan & Gerard Malanga

Here's a rather scarce Beat Generation item. In 1997 the German magazine of the arts, Chelsea Hotel, published this issue which focused upon photographs of the Beat Generation. Two major sections focus upon the work of Larry Keenan and Gerard Malanga.

Contents:

Editorial
Chelsea Lounge
Von Udo Breger - Gammler, Beat und volle Glaser
Thomas Irmer - Beats und Burroughs visuell
Larry Keenan - The Last Days of the Beats (29 pages)
Gerard Malanga - The Picture is its Own Subject (51 pages)
Dirk Gortler - The Who is Who of the Beats (and beyond)
Tobias Burghardt - Medellin, das Festival der Poesie
Includes essay, photos of poets, and poetry by Humberto Ak'bal, Tobias Burghardt, Grand Caldwell, Haroldo de Campos, Ana Istaru, José Emilio Pacheco, Abdulah Sidran, John Oliver Simon (in English), and Gozo Yoshimasu, Banjamin Zephaniah.
Thomas Irmer - Thomas Pynchon- Wanda Tinasky
Rezensionen [short reviews of books]
Impressum

This huge, oversized magazine features photos taken of Neal Cassady, Michael McClure, Ken Kesey, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Donald M. Allen, Larry Rivers, Peter Orlovsky, Harold Norse, Anne Waldman, Diane di Prima, Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Joe Brainard, Brion Gysin, Bruce Conner, Philip Whalen, Brian Jones, Mickey Dolenz, Country Joe McDonald, Marty Balin, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Herbert Huncke, and dozens of others. Photos are by Larry Keenan and Gerard Malanga and were taken in the 1960s and 1970s.

Photos of Dylan include those taken in the Bay Area in 1965, and during the Rolling Thunder tour.

Various other photos in this mgazine were taken by Annie Leibovitz (Burroughs), Allen Ginsberg, Fred McDarrah.

143 pages in all. Bound in glossy color covers. The photographs inside are in black & white. Large, heavy magazine - measures approx. 9.25" x 13.25." Bump at top corner, else about fine. This is an unread copy purchased from the publisher a number of years ago & preserved since then. $14.99

[003591] Norse, Harold. The Love Poems 1940-1985. Trumansburg, NY: The Crossing Press, 1986. First Edition. Wrappers. Near Fine. Praise from William Carlos Williams, James Baldwin, Allen Ginsberg, and Charles Bukowski on the back cover. From the cover: "This volume is a summing up of four and a half decades of work by a poet who is one of the major talents of our time. It contains all of Norse's major love poems from 1940-1985. Harold Norse started his career in New York City in the forties as W.H. Auden's friend and secretary....From 1953-1968 Norse lived in Europe, traveling, writing, and translating. Since 1968 he has lived on the West Coast." Address stamp of The Seal Press on inside front cover, else fine. $25.00

[000254] Kanowitz, Leo (Lenore Kandel). Poem is a Four-Letter Word. Lawrence, KS: Coronado Press, 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. SIGNED. Very Good + / Very Good. This book recalls the furor when, in 1969, Lionel Williams, a teaching assistant in the University of New Mexico's English Departmnent, distributed to his two freshman English Classes copies of six poems by the poet Lenore Kandel. As these poems expressed very explicity sexual themes, a firestorm of controversy was thus begun, and the dismissal of Mr. Williams was called for. Leo Kanowitz was a professor of law at the University of New Mexico and represented Lionel Williams in the case. Kanowitz has inscribed the book "To Bob: With fond memories of the good fight, Leo" and dated it 9/22/70. Book is very good +, with a slight slant to the spine, the lightest of cover wear, and a pen mark to the edge. The all-white dustjacket has several small chips and tears at the edges, and is lightly soiled. $60.00 [003109] Weiss, Ruth. Light and Other Poems. ill. Paul Blake. San Francisco, CA: Peace and Pieces Foundation, 1976. First American Edition. Wrappers. Good+. One of 1000 paperbound trade copies. (There were also 250 hardbound copies for libraries, and a limited, signed softcover edition of 75 copies.) This one is in good condition, with some creasing at edges and a penned 'S' at top back corner. Interior is very good. Praise from Madeline Gleason on the back cover. $12.00 [002555] Beiles, Sinclair with an Introduction By Nanos Valaoritis. A South African Abroad. Venice, CA: Lapis Press, 1991. First Edition. Wrappers. Fine. This book earned praise from William Burroughs, who was a resident, with Beiles & others, at the famous Beat Hotel in Paris. Beiles, with Burroughs, Gregory Corso, and Brion Gysin, co-authored "Minutes to Go," the first book of cut-up writing. The poems in this volume are gathered from six earlier books. This is a new, unread copy. $9.00

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