Bugger an anthology of anal erotic, pound cake cornhole, arse-freak, & dreck poems by Burroughs, William, Allen Ginsberg, Ted Berrigan, et al - 1964

Boulder, Colorado: Artz Press, 1981. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG (but marked). 8vo, 92pp, printed wrappers. Includes work by William Burroughs, Jr., Ted Berrigan, Allen Ginsberg, et al. Many pages have marginal checkmarks and exclamation points written by poet Norm Moser. Sound otherwise with minor wear.

New York: Lorenz and Ellen Gude, 1964. Summer 1964 number of Ted Berrigan's C: A Journal of Poetry, signed by contributor William S. Burroughs. In 1963, administrators at Columbia University pulled one of Berrigan's poems from The Columbia Review, objecting to his use of the word "fuck." In response, Berrigan and his friend Ron Padgett borrowed an off-campus mimeograph to print their own literary magazine, The Censored Review. That act of protest gave rise to C: A Journal of Poetry, a cornerstone of the Mimeo Revolution in New York City. Between 1963 and 1967, Berrigan published a freewheeling mix of New York School poets, Beat writers, and downtown artists; Andy Warhol's first experiments with silkscreened Polaroids serve as the covers of the September 1963 number. In addition to Berrigan and Padgett, contributors to this Summer 1964 number include John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara, Barbara Guest, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs, who has signed this copy. The issue contains two… Read More