Black Sparrow Press 1984 Spring/Summer Catalog Robert Creeley Tom Clark
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Black Sparrow Press 1984 Spring/Summer Catalog Robert Creeley Tom Clark. • Charles Olson & Robert Creeley. • Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, California. Black Sparrow Press was one of the most important independent literary publishers in the United States during the second half of the 20th century. Original Spring/Summer 1984 Black Sparrow Press “New Titles” catalog / publisher booklet from the influential California small press founded by John Martin. This vintage literary press catalog highlights important Black Sparrow Press releases and authors associated with postwar American poetry, Black Mountain poetry, Beat literature, avant-garde fiction, and experimental small press publishing. Featured writers and titles include: • Charles Olson & Robert Creeley “The Complete Correspondence, Volume 6” • Diane Wakoski “The Complete Greed, Parts 1–13” • John Sanford “The Winters of That Country” • Tom Clark “Paradise Resisted: Selected Poems 1978–1984” • Wyndham Lewis “Rude Assignment” • Fielding Dawson “Virginia Dare, Stories 1976–1981” Additional references include: Jack Kerouac, Robert Lowell, Ted Berrigan, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski, Denise Levertov, Ezra Pound, and others connected to the Black Sparrow literary orbit. Physical details: • Original stapled publisher catalog • Spring/Summer 1984 • Approx. 5.5 x 8.5 inches • Printed wraps • Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, California Condition: Very good vintage condition with light handling and storage wear. Interior pages clean and well preserved. Please review all photos carefully for condition details. History / Bio: Black Sparrow Press was one of the most important independent literary publishers in the United States during the second half of the 20th century. Founded in 1966 by John Martin in Los Angeles and later based in Santa Barbara, the press became especially known for publishing Charles Bukowski as well as major experimental and postmodern writers. Black Sparrow Press produced distinctive, highly collectible editions with bold modernist design aesthetics and helped preserve and promote Black Mountain poets, Beat writers, avant-garde fiction, and small press literature. Catalogs such as this one are increasingly collected as artifacts of independent publishing history and American literary culture of the 1970s–1980s. Search keywords: Black Sparrow Press, Black Sparrow catalog, Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Diane Wakoski, Tom Clark, John Sanford, Fielding Dawson, Wyndham Lewis, Black Mountain poets, Beat literature, Charles Bukowski publisher, small press ephemera, literary catalog, avant garde poetry, experimental literature, Santa Barbara press, independent publishing, poetry ephemera, 1984 literary catalog S1
