My wife is from Toledo, Ohio and when I visit I like to go to Tony Packo's and have some hot dogs. Jamie Farr of M*A*S*H made the place famous and Col. Klinger remains one of the city's favorite sons. Ah, chuckles, good old Ohio.
Then I read Bryan Burroughs' Public Enemies, a wonderful account of the reign of terror of homegrown terrorists, like Dillinger, the Barkers, Alvin Karpis, Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson, and the rise of the FBI. Turns out Toledo, and Ohio in general, was a safe havens for all manner of Robin Hoods and hoodlums, which smeared the lipstick on good ole Klinger, and made Ohio all the more gritty to me.
And then comes Kate and Adam Davis's newest Division Leap catalog: Art Terrorism in Ohio.
I had jokingly referred to them as the Bonnie and Clyde of the rare book scene, but this catalog is no joke. It is one of the most interesting collections of material on the Mimeo Revolution and its related offshoots in some time. This catalog is a history lesson and it supplements The Secret Location and re-locates off the Coasts and smack dab in Klinger's backyard: Cleveland, Akron, the Rust Belt.
Download this catalog immediately and save it. The item descriptions are incredibly well researched and the catalog is instantaneously an indispensible source of reference material.
But come to think of it Col. Klinger always was quite the revolutionary in his own right and it is only fitting that he is one of Ohio's favorite son's, er, daughters. He is part of the Ohio family, and just one of many black sheep produced by this seemingly flat state. Believe me the Division Leap catalog proves Ohio's history is twisted and deep.
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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