It is Oscar Time. That wonderful red carpet circle jerk that celebrates the easily digestible, the easily consumed. Wallace Berman did not win an Oscar for his role in Easy Rider nor for The Aleph. But Berman took in Hollywood's tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free. From Dennis Hopper to Dean Stockwell to Russel Tamblyn, Berman took in all the Hollywood rejects, who eventually made good. Berman saw their true potential first. I have felt that it was a mistake that Semina Culture featured Toni Basil but not Teri Garr. Garr was definitely a part of the Circle. Like Hopper and Stockwell, Hollywood saw fit to take Garr behind the velvet rope. I don't think she gain much from the association. Garr walked away from Topanga Canyon and strolled down the red carpet. Hollywood gave Garr Mr. Mom, but Berman made her a superstar as evidenced by the incredible image above.JB
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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MIMEO MIMEO #1: features Christopher Harter on Midwest mimeo; Jed Birmingham on British poet and critic Jeff Nuttall's My Own Mag; an extensive interview with acclaimed printer, bibliographer and critic Alastair Johnston of Poltroon Press, and poems by Stephen Vincent inspired by Jack Spicer. Cover is by Alastair Johnston.
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