From A Basement On The Lower East Side

THE POETRY PROJECT NEWSLETTER [14 Issues]

Edited by Vicki Hudspith, Frances LeFevre, Ted Greenwald, and Lorna Smedman

1977-1980

Fourteen issues of this Lower East Side poetry stalwart — DC Mass Transit poets Doug Lang and Terence Winch's copies.

Very good.

Price: $250.00

THE POETRY PROJECT NEWSLETTER [14 Issues]

"BEGUN IN 1972, the Poetry Project Newsletter was mimeographed on the Gestetner machine in the Project's office; its corner-stapled pages listed new publications and upcoming events of interest to the Project's community. Most of these had to do with poetry, but there were also announcements of plays, performances, and art exhibits, as well as an occasional plea for a cheap apartment to rent or kittens in need of a home." — Ed Friedman

Announces readings and workshops held at this cornerstone of the New York poetry community. Issue #100 is the Ted Berrigan Memorial Issue, and includes eulogies for Ted Berrigan and Edwin Denby; the first written by Anselm Hollo and the second by Reed Bye. "The delight of Ted Berrigan's presence... generates a unique double vision: one, a down-to-earth, Hand Williams, Janis Joplin, Gordon Lightfoot sense of the surounding space and times, and two, the shared realm of Ezra Pound ('a witness'), William Carlos Williams, Frank O'Hara, Charles Olson, and on and on..."

Read more: "The Poetry Project Newsletter," A Secret Location on the Lower East Side, 189.

The Object

First Edition. New York: Poetry Project, 1977-1980. 11'' x 8.5''. Top-stapled self-wrappers all, except for #100, which is saddle-stapled. Various paginations, most 8-12 pages. Issues included are: #42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, 61, 74, and 100. Some minor toning, edgewear, some issues folded for mailing. Mailing labels of Doug Lang at Folio Books to most issues, several addressed to Terence Winch. Overall, sound.

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