417pp, contributor notes. Or boards in clear acetate jacket. As new. One of 20 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, lettered and signed by editors. Lettered E at colophon, SIGNED by editors on blank facing copyright page. Includes contributions by Hunter S Thompson, Pat Nolan, Gerald Burns, James Laughlin, Carl Rakowski, David Igantow, Ray Dipalma, Gloria Frynn, Mike Topp, Tom Clark and numerous others. Size: 8vo.

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Title

Thus Spake the Corpse. An Exquisite Corpse Reader 1988-1998 Volume I- Poetry & Essays. [Letter E of 20 Lettered copies]

Publisher

Black Sparrow Press, San Francisco

Publication Date

1999

Language

English

ISBN 10

1574231022

ISBN 13

9781574231021

Binding

Hard Cover

Edition

First Signed Limited Edition.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

Signed

Signed by Editors

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Synopsis

Andrei Codrescu's infamous anti-literary magazine Exquisite Corpse became a prime site of engaged dialogue in the stormy decade of its existence. Taking its name from Surrealism, the Corpse became the home of rebellion, passion, polemic, black humor, sedition, and all points between the front lines and back alleys of contemporary culture. In this text, Codrescu and Rosenthal resurrect the best essays and poems from Carl Rakosi, James Purdy, Joel Oppenheimer, Robert Creeley, Tom Clark and other members of America's vibrant and eclectic avant-garde.

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Our Holocaust: 2 Hours From Heathrow by Samuel Abrams
Impulse And Nothingness by Will Alexander
The Water Dog by Will Alexander
Against Science Fiction by Jack Anderson
Golf by Jack Anderson
Lucky Trees by Antler [pseud.]
My Father by Brent H. Askari
Pastiche Of My Subjectivity by Paul Baepler
From His Hotel Room In Paris by Aliki Barnstone
When Will Uncle Vania Take The Train To Moscow? by Willis Barnstone
Boat by Tree Bernstein
On The Premises by Anselm Berrigan
Brick Tea by Edmund Joseph Berrigan
In Time by Edmund Joseph Berrigan
Poem by Edmund Joseph Berrigan
Poverty by Edmund Joseph Berrigan
The Swirl Of Your Hands by David Brinks
Memos From Big Joy by James Richard Broughton
Terminal Reports: I Sleep With Elegies by James Richard Broughton
Terminal Reports: Thinking About Death by James Richard Broughton
Home Alone by Kenneth H. Brown
Farewell To Texas Poem by Ronnie Burk
July 4th, 1994 by Ronnie Burk
Karl Marx's Eyes by Gerald Burns
Pendant Eros by Gerald Burns
Work Is Speech by Gerald Burns
How The Word 'coox' Came To Represent Beelzebub by Rebecca Byrkit
Free Advice by Joe Cardarelli
The Miserable Student by Joe Cardarelli
Penultimate Sublime by Joe Cardarelli
The First Date by Hayden Carruth
She Said It by Hayden Carruth
Academic by Thomas Willard Clark
Artificial Light by Thomas Willard Clark
Joe by Thomas Willard Clark
My Hypertrophic Devotion by Thomas Willard Clark
Old Photo by Thomas Willard Clark
Sonar by Thomas Willard Clark
Time (2) by Thomas Willard Clark
Between Shit & Shinola by Ira Cohen
Dream 1812 by Wanda Coleman
The Aroma Of Angels by Richard Collins
The Sweetness Of Life by Richard Collins
In The Black Forest Before The Birth Of Rilke by Conrad
Bodybuilder by James M. Cory
Goodbye by Robert Creeley
Condo, Condom, Condemnation by Joel Dailey
Nana: On Contraceptives by Mark Decarteret
Nana: On Crucifixion by Mark Decarteret
Nana: On Food by Mark Decarteret
Nana: On Kerouac by Mark Decarteret
Nana: On Women by Mark Decarteret
Letter #6 by Ray Dipalma
Metropolitan Corridor, Sels. by Ray Dipalma
Closing Time by Buck Downs
Longing by Buck Downs
Myself Contains Multitudes by Buck Downs
The Future Of Vaginas And Penises by Denise Duhamel
Berthold Brecht Enters Heaven by Richard Elman
Fuck Me by Maggie Estep
Post Masturbatio by Edward Field
Waiting For The Communists by Edward Field
This Is A Thank You To That Fat Bouncer God Who Threw Me Out When At by Susan Firer
Living The Lie by Joan Fisher
Play And The Continual Present by Joan Fisher
Alice Gaines Played The Harp by David Franks
The Operation by David Franks
A Vision For You by David Franks
Higher Authority by Gloria Lynn Frym
Radical Comma by Gloria Lynn Frym
Theory Sonnet by Gloria Lynn Frym
In My Boozy Loneliness by Greg Fuchs
Scum & Slime by John Giorno
Sucking Mud by John Giorno
The Opposite Of Gravity Is Humor by Jill Gonet
Cute Is Better Than Bitter by Jim Gustafson
Plug-ugly And Multifarious by Jim Gustafson
Some Of The Things I Told Her by Jim Gustafson
The Right Thing To Do Or Not To Do by Laurie Halbritter
I Probably Would Have Made A Good Little Nazi by Mark Hallman
February by Alfred Starr Hamilton
God by Alfred Starr Hamilton
New York City Public Library Lions by Alfred Starr Hamilton
Emptier Planet by Anselm Hollo
Letter To Uncle O by Anselm Hollo
Not A Form At All But A State Of Mind: 1-12 by Anselm Hollo
Script Mist by Anselm Hollo
Wings Over Maximus by Anselm Hollo
Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Bob Holman
Legacy by Stokes Howell
A Closet Named Love by David Ignatow
Episode by David Ignatow
Once Upon A Time by David Ignatow
Separate Windows by David Ignatow
Borrowed Sleep by Lorri Jackson
Flipping Through by Lorri Jackson
Rim by Lorri Jackson
Carrots by James Laughlin
The Day I Was Dead by James Laughlin
The Old Man's Lament by James Laughlin
Rhyme by James Laughlin
The Sufis by James Laughlin
If You Really Want To Work by James Lineberger
Fever Vortex #666 by Adrian C. Louis
White Bread Blues by Adrian C. Louis
Tits by Anne Macnaughton
Armed Humanitarians by Amalio Madueno
Hermaphroditismus Genitalis by Gerard Joseph Malanga
Tampons In Space by Janet Mason
Thank You by Clive Matson
Princess Bride by Michael Thomas Mcclure
The Rose Of Sharon by Sharon Mesmer
Rub On A Thigh by Denise Noe
Bluebirdness by Pat Nolan
California State Of Mind by Pat Nolan
Common Cold by Pat Nolan
Wine Not by Pat Nolan
Angel-skate by Alice Notley
Pregnant Saint by Alice Notley
Sir Ventes On A Sad Occurrence by Joel Oppenheimer
Dromedary by Dana Pattillo
Voice Of The World by Robert J. Perchan
Crazy Bill To The Bishop by Robert Peters
The Darkling Chicken by Robert Peters
Feathered Friends by Robert Peters
A Study In Aesthetics by Robert Peters
Erotics by Simon Pettet
Why I Write by Holly Prado
Jan Erik by James Purdy
The Sex Life Of Politicians by Peter Rabbit
Country Epitaphs by Carl Rakosi
The Irish Boy by Carl Rakosi
Ships Passing In The Night by Carl Rakosi
Punk Rock by Brett Ralph
Not Fucking: A Complex System by Suzanne Rhodenbaugh
Permanent Face by Laura Rosenthal
Time's Ma by Laura Rosenthal
The Question Of Fame by Edward Sanders
They by Elio Schneeman
Wanted: Frycook by Ernie Seals
Poetry Lives by Ravi Singh
All In The Family by Hal Sirowitz
Hal's Mom by Hal Sirowitz
Mom & Dad by Hal Sirowitz
Some Names Of Venus From Lempriere's Classical Dictionary by Dale Smith
Mercy by Marc Swan
Famous For Fifteen Minutes by William Talcott
The Function Of Art by William Talcott
Genealogy by William Talcott
Rome In The Age Of Justinian by Karl Tierney
Death Trip by Mike Topp
Favorite Color by Mike Topp
Flaubert's Kitchen by Mike Topp
Police Story by Mike Topp
The Seven Deadly Sins by Mike Topp
What Do Books Say? by Mike Topp
My Mother by Anonymous
The Evidence Was Slight by Nanos Valaoritis
Schizophrenia by Thomas L. Vaultonburg
Ctesias by Paul Randolph Violi
Herodotus by Paul Randolph Violi
Lucian by Paul Randolph Violi
Xenophon by Paul Randolph Violi
Eyeglasses by Ionna-veronika Warwick
The Martini Clinic by Patricia Wilson
In The Dream Of Love by Jeff Wright
On The Line by Jeff Wright
Ramming Speed by Jeff Wright
Senr Yu by Arizona Zipper
The River by Nina Zivancevic
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder�

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