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[Poetry] World Sounds world sounds

[Kryss, T.L.] [Editor]

Cleveland: Black Rabbit Press, 1989. First Edition, First Printing.

Oblong Octavo (8 3/4 x 8 inches; 225 x 205 mm), [20] leaves, printed rectos only, bound into illustrated blue-gray wrappers (soft cover).

An anthology of poems published by Black Rabbit Press, an important player in Cleveland's underground mimeo and poetry scenes. It features works by (in order of appearance): Art Beck, Gael Turnbull, Kurt Nimmo, Bert Meyers, Jake Leed, Kent Taylor, Alexis Rotella, Naomi Shihab Nye, Kell Robertson, Ted Kooser, and d.a. levy.

Black Rabbit Press was an imprint of T.L. (Tom) Kryss, who has contributed some illustrations (although uncredited). Along with Kryss, at least two other contributors were active in Cleveland's underground mimeo scene, notably levy and Taylor.

This chapbook is scarce. OCLC shows seven institutional holdings, at SUNY at Buffalo, Yale, Delaware, Cleveland State, Kent State, Virginia, and National Library of Scotland.

CONDITION: Some rubbing to wrappers, a couple of minor stains to some pages, creasing to pink tissue guards. Overall, Very Good or better. Item #2630

Price: $250.00