| | 22 | Author: | Beecher, John, 1904-1980 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Papers of John Beecher
1957-1979 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1957-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Mostly outgoing letters from John Beecher to various editors at Macmillan Publishing
Co., between 1965 and 1977, but also includes clippings, book notices, photographs of Beecher, publicity
brochures and announcements of poetry readings, and poetry broadsides. There are also news clippings and
correspondence about the Morning Star Press, later called the Rampart Press, begun in 1956. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Morning Star Press | Rampart Press | Small presses—Arizona | American poetry—20th century | Small presses—California | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 24 | Author: | Black Sparrow Press | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Black Sparrow Press Collection,
1966-1994
(bulk 1973-1993) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1966-1994 | | | | Abstract: | Black Sparrow Press was a small independent publishing house focused on avant-garde literature. Produced by John and Barbara Martin, with the help of typographer and printer Graham Mackintosh, the Press was responsible for drawing attention to Charles Bukowski and his literary work. Each published title includes correspondence from authors, layout matter and artwork, ephemera, photographs, manuscripts, proofs, and first editions. Black Sparrow Press published a number of American and English authors including Diane Wakoski, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, John Fante, Gerard Malanga, Wanda Coleman, and acquired publication rights for Wyndham Lewis and D. H. Lawrence. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | American Poetry – 20th Century. | American Literature – 20th Century. | Authors and Publishers – 20th Century. | Publishers and Publishing – United States – California. | Small Presses – United States. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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