Complete run of SUMAC literary journal in 9 issues, 1968-1971, Vol. 1 no. 1 Fall 1968 - Vol. 4 no. 1 Fall 1971
Fremont, Michigan and elsewhere: Sumac, 1968-1971. Wraps. 9 issues (or ten, since one is a double issue) in wraps, very good to fine with light soil. A complete run of this famous literary journal that was edited by Jim Harrison & friends. Fall 1968 has Levertov, Parra, James Tate, Kenneth Koch, Robert Duncan, Harrison himself, and others; Winter 1969 has Pound, Simic, Levertov, Carruth, Donald Hall, et al; Spring 1969 has Blackburn, Hugo, Wakoski, Eshelman, Malanga, Bly, et al.; Fall 1969 has Gary Snyder, Louis Simpson, Siv Cedering Fox, Malanga, Peter Straub (three poems from the horror author), Ungaretti, Paz, Harrison, et al; Winter-Spring 1970 has Adrienne Rich, Merwin, Hollo, Wakoski, Rakosi, Antin, Al Lee, Wendell Berry, Harrison, Kenner, Russell Banks, Philip Levine, et al.; Fall 1970 has Rakosi, Eshleman, Bergé, Harrison, Tarn, et al.; Winter 1971 has Oppen, Blazek, Plumly, Tate, Richard Shelton, Al Purdy, Jackson Mac Low, William Matthews, et al.; Spring 1971 has Kinnell, Blackburn, Merwin, Stafford, Simic, Roditi, Loewinsohn, Banks, Ignatow, Mary Oppen, Dan Gerber, et al.; and Fall 1971 has Niedecker, William Kittredge, Wayne Dodd, Conrad Hilberry, Lisel Muller, et al. Complete sets of this legendary literary journal are rare on the market: we acquired these from a Chicago area bookseller about 15-20 years ago and they've just come to light in a box we had overlooked! Not even the original seller has a set of these in stock! Very good. Item #H26136
Price: $275.00