It was a nice surprise to receive a copy of James DenBoer's A Bibliography of the Published Work of Douglas Blazek (1961-2001) in the mail. Looking over Christopher Harter's Author Index to Little Magazines of the Mimeo Revolution, you realize that Blazek, like Bukowski, utilized little mags as the primary means to distribute his work. Yet Harter's Index give you no idea of the depth and breadth of Blazek's achievement. DenBoer's periodical section lists 1360 entries over a 40 year period. What is great about the Blazek bibliography is that it lists tons of little mags that went under the radar of Clay and Phillips. Let's turn to page 68 and 69. Graffiti, The Goodly Co., Free Love Periodically, The Lit, Red Cedar Review, Voices International, Litmus, Mele, Road Apple Review, Analecta, Haravec, Wordjock. I know nothing about any of these magazines or newspapers. It drives home the point that the Mimeo Revolution was a massive shift in the history of publishing with thousands of publications.
The time is coming to dig deeper than Fuck You, Floating Bear, Kulchur, C, and Yugen. There is an entire section of Mimeo Revolution output that is completely unread and underappreciated. The study of this material could change what we currently understand to be the Mimeo Revolution considerably.
If any one out there has essays on these forgotten periodicals please contact me at jbirmingham@hotmail.com. I would love to consider them for Mimeo Mimeo.
JB
MIMEO MIMEO #8: CURATORS' CHOICE features 16 bibliophiles on 6 highlights from their personal or institutional collections. Contributors include Steve Clay, Wendy Burk, Tony White, Brian Cassidy, Thurston Moore, J.A. Lee, Michelle Strizever, Adam Davis, Michael Basinski, Joseph Newland, Alastair Johnston, Tate Shaw, Michael Kasper, Steve Woodall, Molly Schwartzberg, Nancy Kuhl, James Maynard, and the Utah posse (Becky Thomas, Marnie Powers-Torrey, Craig Dworkin, Emily Tipps, Luise Poulton, & David Wolske)
MIMEO MIMEO #7: THE LEWIS WARSH ISSUE is the first magazine ever devoted in its entirety to poet, novelist, publisher, teacher, and collage artist Lewis Warsh. Warsh was born in 1944 in the Bronx, co-founded Angel Hair Magazine and Books with Anne Waldman in 1966, and went on to co-found United Artists Magazine and Books with Bernadette Mayer in 1977. He is the author of over thirty books of poetry, fiction and autobiography, the Director of the MFA program in Creative Writing at Long Island University in Brooklyn, and as you’ll soon discover, so much more. Includes an introduction by Daniel Kane, an interview conducted by Steve Clay, 10 new stories, 5 new poems, dozens of photographs and collages, and an anecdotal bibliography.
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MIMEO MIMEO #6: THE POETRY ISSUE is devoted to new work by eight poets who have consistently composed quality writing that has influenced and inspired generations since the golden era of the mimeo revolution. Contributors include Bill Berkson, John Godfrey, Ted Greenwald, Joanne Kyger, Kit Robinson, Rosmarie Waldrop, Lewis Warsh, and Geoffrey Young. Cover art by George Schneeman.
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MIMEO MIMEO #3: THE DANNY SNELSON ISSUE examines the relationship between structuralism and the poetries of the mimeo era by presenting a detailed analysis of Form (a Cambridge-UK magazine published in 1966) and Alcheringa (a journal published by Boston University in 1975), two exemplary gatherings that illuminate the historical, material and social circumstances under which theory informed art (and vice versa) in the early works of some of today's most celebrated experimental writers. Also includes a special insert, The Infernal Method, written, designed and printed by Aaron Cohick (NewLights Press).
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MIMEO MIMEO #2: features Emily McVarish on her artist's book Flicker; James Maynard on poet Robert Duncan's early experiences as an editor and typesetter; Derek Beaulieu on the relationship between the influential Canadian poetry journal Tish and Black Mountain College; and an extensive interview with Australian poet and typographer Alan Loney conducted by Kyle Schlesinger. Cover is by Emily McVarish.
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