Blazek, Douglas

Life in a common gun: an informal book of communications [cover title]

Madison, WI: Quixote, 1968. 8vo, 9 x 7 inches, pp. [72]; staple-bound; white printed wrappers, very good with black ink smudge to back wrapper and some light aging and shelfwear. Letters from Blazek to Cauble, Pete Larouche, Willie, and Brown Miller. Blazek (born 1941) is a Polish-American poet and editor who published the literary chapbook Ole and was proprietor of the Open Skull Press. He is one of the founders of the Mimeo Revolution, a literary movement that sprang up concurrently with The Beats. He was instrumental in bringing non-establishment poets such as Charles Bukowski into the limelight by publishing their work (Wikipedia). Although not stated, this is from the library of Israel "Izzy" Young, former owner of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village, New York. Item #45976

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