Radical Poetics Against Power, Issue 2. Fielding Dawson, Anne Waldman, Ginsberg, Mottram

Scarce, pristine Issue Two of Radical Poetics Against Power (Summer 2002), edited by Michael Hrebeniak and published in London, dedicated to poet and teacher Eric Mottram (1924-1995). Subtitled Three 20th-Century Icons, the issue opens with Fielding Dawson's portraits of Norman Mailer, Dashiell Hammett, and Carl Jung, accompanied by Dawson's original cover drawings. Also includes Eric Mottram on Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman on William S. Burroughs, Barbara Wright on Raymond Queneau, and poetry by Clayton Eshleman, Gonzalo Rojas, and Néstor Perlongher. Waldman's concluding essay-written from Civitella Ranieri, Italy, in the aftermath of September 11-urges poets toward global vigilance and artistic resistance. A scarce small-press periodical of international avant-garde lineage, produced "in the spirit of Eric Mottram." From the library of poet, translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (Edward Michael Mendelson). Author Michael Hrebeniak (editor, publisher) Publisher Radical Poetics Against Power, London Year 2002 (Summer Issue Two) Special attributes First printing, stapled wraps, cover drawings by Fielding Dawson, essay by Anne Waldman dated Sept 18 2001 Topic Poetry, counterculture, literary criticism, Beat studies Subject Avant-garde journals, twentieth-century literature, radical poetics, small-press periodicals Condition Near fine. Clean and crisp throughout, faint toning along spine fold.…