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Title

A Tribute to Jim Lowell.

Publication

Cleveland : Ghost Press, sold and distributed by the Asphodel Bookshop, 1967.

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Additional Authors

• Blazek, Douglas, 1941-
• Bukowski, Charles
• Cauble, Don
• Davenport, Guy
• De Loach, Allen
• Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
• Kryss, T. L. (Tom L.)
• Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
• Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997
• McClure, Michael
• R. J. S. (Robert J. Sigmund)
• Miller, Brown
• Nichol, B. P., 1944-1988
• Dowden, George
• Olson, Charles, 1910-1970
• Sorrentino, Gilbert
• Taylor, Kent, 1940-
• Wagner, D. R. (Donald R.), 1943-2023
• Wantling, William
• Weissner, Carl
• Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008
• Lowenfels, Walter, 1897-1976
• Levy, D. A.
• Ghost Press (Cleveland, Ohio), publisher.
• Asphodel Book Shop. dst

Description

50 unnumbered leaves : color illustrations; 28 cm

Subjects

• Asphodel Book Shop
• Lowell, Jim, 1932-2004
• American poetry > Ohio > Cleveland

Note

• One of 500 copies.
• Contributors include Doug Blazek, Charles Bukowski, Don Cauble, Guy Davenport, Allen De Loach, George Dowden, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Tom Kryss, James Laughlin, Denise Levertov, Robert Lowell, Walter Lowenfels, Michael McClure, Brown Miller, bp Nichol, Charles Olson, RJS, Gilbert Sorrentino, Kent Taylor, D.R. Wagner, William Wantling, Carl Weissner, Jonathan Williams, and D.A. Levy.
• Cover and silkscreens by Tom Kryss.
• Edited by Tom L. Kryss.
• An anthology conceived as a tribute and fund-raiser for Jim Lowell, whose Asphodel bookshop (established in 1963), in Cleveland, was closed by the police on December 1, 1966. Lowell was arrested, charged with distributing obscene literature (much of it by Cleveland poet D. A. Levy), and jailed. Levy turned himself in soon afterwards, and was arrested again a few months later, when the police confiscated his mimeograph machine and charged him with five counts of contributing to the delinquency of minors.
• Levy and his friends produced numerous protest pamphlets, posters and flyers attacking the police during this period, along with this tribute, for which Levy helped solicit much of the material. A month before its publication Allen Ginsberg and The Fugs headlined a benefit for Levy and Lowell at the Case Institute of Technology’s Strosacker Auditorium.
• In early 1968, after a long, drawn-out case, the prosecutor agreed to drop the obscenity charges against levy and Lowell, citing liberal Supreme Court rulings. In November of the same year Levy committed suicide at age 26.

Access (note)

• Restricted access

Call Number

Berg Coll m.b. Lowell, J ZA2 T75 1967

OCLC

2934533

Title

A Tribute to Jim Lowell.

Imprint

Cleveland : Ghost Press, sold and distributed by the Asphodel Bookshop, 1967.

Access

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Added Author

Blazek, Douglas, 1941- contributor.

Bukowski, Charles, contributor.

Cauble, Don, contributor.

Davenport, Guy, contributor.

De Loach, Allen, contributor.

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, contributor.

Kryss, T. L. (Tom L.), contributor, ill.

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, contributor, contributor.

Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997, contributor.

McClure, Michael, contributor.

R. J. S. (Robert J. Sigmund), contributor.

Miller, Brown, contributor.

Nichol, B. P., 1944-1988, contributor.

Dowden, George, contributor.

Olson, Charles, 1910-1970, contributor.

Sorrentino, Gilbert, contributor.

Taylor, Kent, 1940- contributor.

Wagner, D. R. (Donald R.), 1943-2023, contributor.

Wantling, William, contributor.

Weissner, Carl, contributor.

Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008, contributor.

Lowenfels, Walter, 1897-1976, contributor.

Levy, D. A., contributor.

Ghost Press (Cleveland, Ohio), publisher.

Asphodel Book Shop. Distributor

Research Call Number

Berg Coll m.b. Lowell, J ZA2 T75 1967

JFF 91-571