Semi-Colon, Vol. 1, No. 3
Ephemera
1954 · New York
by [Edited by John Bernard Myers]
New York: Tibor De Nagy Gallery, 1954. Ephemera. Near Fine. Edited by John Bernard Myers, Tibor De Nagy Gallery, 206 East 53rd Street, New York, NY, (nd) c. 1954, 8.5 x 11, single sheet folded once to make four pages; with black ink printed onall sides on a neutral colored stock. From its inception in 1950, Meyers (1920–1987) directed the Tibor De Nagy Gallery until 1970; famous for invigorating New York Schools second generation of painters. Semi-Colon was Myers little-known poetry broadside (or newspaper as he called it) published from c. 1953–1956 (ten issues) with experiments from American house poets such as: John Ashbery, Frank OHara, Kenneth Koch and James Schuyler alongside contributions from authors such as: Saul Bellow, James Ingram Merrill, WallaceStevens and others. Individual numbers were produced in small quantities of three hundred copies sold for one dollar for six copies or twenty cents each. Issue number three includes the following contributions: Hoboken (A collage made from Rogets Thesaurus) by JohnAshbery; A Footnote to Saul Bellows Pains and Gains by Wallace Stevens; Scene 21 translated by Theodore Hoffman; Aphorisms by Francis Golffing; The Drifter by Meyer Liben; Saint Sophia by Torchlight by Jascha Kessler; A View from a Side-Street by David Jackson and Liptwitch by Edwin Kennebeck. Rare. Nearly fine; once folded into thirds with fold marks.NEW YORK SCHOOL OF POETS (Inventory #: KC15817)