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Once upon a time, I met a man who used to own a bookstore. I'm not sure how I met him. Now all I remember is his warm house, filled with books, a shy cat and a wife suffering the ultimate indignity of Alzheimers disease. The aging bookseller was selling his remaining stock in order to raise money to pay for in-house care, to keep his wife out of a home. I was happy to help. We became friends and, during that time, he introduced me to the poetry broadside. Many of them are quite beautiful - a marriage of art and literature. Here are some of the best... |
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Donald Barthelme Year: ? |
Sunny Marge Sunny Marge by Donald Barthelme. Wall- 6 |
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E. E. Cummings Year: ? |
Poem 43 Poem 43 by E.E. Cummings. F4- 22 |
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti Year: ? |
The Love Nut The Love Nut by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Michael McCurdy. LB2- 0 |
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Maxim Gorky Year: ? |
Mother Excerpt 2 Mother Excerpt 2 by Maxim Gorky. F4- 0 |
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Alison Knowles Year: ? |
Beans and Fish Beans and Fish by Alison Knowles. Wall- 6 |
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Jack Micheline Year: ? |
After the Races After the Races by Jack Micheline. F4- 29 |
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Lon Otto Year: ? |
The Circus The Circus by Lon Otto. Wall- 6 |
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Mary Lee Settle Year: ? |
Acceptance Speech - National Book Award 1978 Acceptance Speech - National Book Award 1978 by Mary Lee Settle. F4- 23 |
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Diane Wakoski Year: ? |
Parts 8, 9, 11 Greed Parts 8, 9, 11 Greed by Diane Wakoski. F4- 30 |
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Frederick Josiah Bradlee Year: ? |
Laudes ad amicum veterum Laudes ad amicum veterum by Frederick Josiah Bradlee. F8- 30 |
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E. Annie Proulx Year: ? |
From the Shipping News From the Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx. F4- 17 |
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Robert Bly Year: ? |
The Darkness of Night The Darkness of Night by Robert Bly. F4- 17 |
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Diane DiPrima Year: ? |
The Bell Tower The Bell Tower by Diane DiPrima and Darcie Sanders. LB3- 0 |
Darcie Sanders | |
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Richard Ford Year: ? |
From Rock Springs From Rock Springs by Richard Ford. F4- 25 |
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Richard M. "Pek" Gunn Year: ? |
Deadlines and Quotas Deadlines and Quotas by Richard M. "Pek" Gunn. F4- 20 |
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Stanley Kunitz Year: ? |
The Quarrel The Quarrel by Stanley Kunitz. F8- 29 |
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Tim O'Brien Year: ? |
The Nuclear Age The Nuclear Age by Tim O'Brien. F4- 27 |
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The Preamble The Preamble. Handset by Allison D. Sandlin and Jeffrey B. Sandlin, printed on a Vandercook Cylinder press. Background hand watercolored by Linda J. Sandlin. 2 of 100. Sandlin's Books & Bindery, Inc. Valparaiso, IN.. LB3- 0 |
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Dave Smith Year: ? |
Photograph of a Confederate Soldier Standing on the Rocks in the James River at Richmond, VA Photograph of a Confederate Soldier Standing on the Rocks in the James River at Richmond, VA by Dave Smith. F4- 24 |
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Ruth Weiss Year: ? |
Train Song for Jack Micheline Train Song for Jack Micheline by Ruth Weiss. F3- 23 |
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Bird and Bull Press Bird and Bull Press ephemera. F4- 33 |
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Gertrude Stein Year: ? |
To Bobchen Hass A Village are you ready yet not yet To Bobchen Hass A Village are you ready yet not yet by Gertrude Stein. F4- 25 |
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Charles Bukowski Year: ? |
Hot Water Music Hot Water Music by Charles Bukowski. F4- 15 |
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Stephen Dobyns Year: ? |
Tomatoes Tomatoes by Stephen Dobyns. F4- 26 |
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Tess Gallagher Year: 1989 |
Dim House, Bright Face Dim House, Bright Face. LB3- 0 |
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Jack Kerouac, Estate of Year: ? |
Visions of America Visions of America by the estate of Jack Kerouac. F4- 18 |
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Harper Lee Year: ? |
Postal Proof Postal Proof signed by Harper Lee. F4- 16 |
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Joyce Carol Oates Year: 1978 |
Snowfall Snowfall by Joyce Carol Oates. Signed by both her and the artist. # 5 in edition.. F10- 5 |
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Thomas Sanchez Year: ? |
Starman and the two Sisters Starman and the two Sisters by Thomas Sanchez. Floor- 6 |
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W. D. Snodgrass Year: ? |
Dance Suite - Mexican Hat Dance Dance Suite - Mexican Hat Dance by W. D. Snodgrass. F4- 28 |
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Bert Menco Year: ? |
The Visit The Visit by Bert Menco 3/25. ?- 0 |
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Bindeth Not Bindeth Not, June 12, 1993. F4- 21 |
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Kazuo Ishiguro Year: ? |
From the Remains of the Day From the Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. F4- 27 |
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Edmund Burke Year: 1970 |
"All that is Necessary..." Broadside of Edmund Burke. F10- 3 |
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Ed Dorn Year: ? |
from Hello, La Jolla From Hello, La Jolla by Ed Dorn and Darcie Sanders. ?- 0 |
Darcie Sanders | |
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Maxim Gorky Year: ? |
Mother excerpt Mother excerpt by Maxim Gorky. F4- 31 |
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Carolyn Kizer Year: ? |
On A Line From Valery On A Line From Valery by Carolyn Kizer. F4- 19 |
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Lei Year: ? |
15th Century Quote 15th Century Quote by Lei. F4- 32 |
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Pauline Oliveros Year: ? |
Every Instant Of Life Is An Opportunity For Concentration Every Instant Of Life Is An Opportunity For Concentration by Pauline Oliveros. Floor- 6 |
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Riley Scott Year: ? |
To A Society Woman To A Society Woman by Riley Scott. F4- 16 |
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Mark Strand Year: ? |
From Two Notebooks From Two Notebooks by Mark Strand. F10- 34 |
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Sandi Piccione Year: ? |
Tunnel Tunnel by Sandi Piccione. F4- 44 |
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Thomas Rain Crowe Year: ? |
Deep Language Deep Language by Thomas Rain Crowe. F4- 43 |
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Thomas Rain Crowe? Year: ? |
Seeds Seeds. F4- 1 |
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Raymond Carver Year: 1985 |
In The Year 2002 In the Year 2002. F4- 2 |
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Bibliographical Society of Canada Broadside. F4- 3 |
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Jacques Prevert Year: ? |
To Paint a Portrait of a Brid To Paint a Portrait of a Bird. F4- 4 |
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Ken Kesey Year: 1992 |
from Sailor Song from Sailor Song. F4- 4 |
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Robert Creeley Year: 2004 |
Shimmer Shimmer by Robert Creeley. F4- 5 |
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Brigitte Frase Year: 1980 |
Coming Back Alive Coming Back Alive by Brigitte Frase. Wall- 6 |
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Edwin Markham Year: ? |
Edwin Markham Letter More info to come?. F3- 39 |
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Bird and Bull Press Bird and Bull Press ephemera. F4- 34 |
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Bird and Bull Press Bird and Bull Press ephemera. F4- 35 |
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Henry Miller Year: ? |
Henry Miller - Notice to Visitors (sign at Big Sur) 11"x 17" reproduction of the hand-written sign Henry Miller had on his door.. F4- 6 |
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Wanda Coleman Year: 2005 |
Moon Cherries by Wanda Coleman Published by Sore Dove Press in 2005 as a signed, limited broadside. Limited to 75 copies of which only 10 were lettered and colored. Drawing by Soheyl Dahi. F4- 7 |
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Maxim Gorky Year: ? |
Esperanza, excerpt from "Mother" by Maxim Gorky On fake-parchment paper.. F10- 4 |
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Allen Ginsberg Year: 1967 |
Entering Kansas City High by Allen Ginsberg Formula series #5. I think I have 2 of these.. F10- 7 |
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Gregory Corso Year: 1979 |
Alchemical Poem by Gregory Corso #384. F10- 8 |
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Wendell Berry Year: 1997 |
Sabbaths, Wendell Berry Pre-Publication Broadside Published in 1997 for a benefit reading. More info to come.. F4- 8 |
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Gary Snyder Year: 2004 |
Enjoy the Day by Gary Snyder Published in 2004 as a promo on the occasion of a reading, from Danger On Peaks.. F4- 8 |
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J. J. Lankes More info to come. LB2- 0 |
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Mark Strand Year: 1976 |
My Son by Mark Strand more info to come. F10- 33 |
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Year: 1993 |
Gift by Czeslaw Milosz "Copyright 1971 by Czeslaw Milosz. This is a gift on the occasion of a reading by the author for the tenth anniversary of Black Oak Books, Berkley. The Paper was generously donated by the San Francisco Art Institute Store. Designed and printed at Okeanos Press, 1993-". F11- 4 |
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Allan Coleman poem "We lived on 70th then," Damage due to tape and framing. F12- 4 |
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