The cutist anthology

Iowa City: The Happy Press, 1979. Side-stapled chapbook approx. 8¼" x 5½", pp. [46]; printed from typescript; 6 full-page illustrations by Roberta Periwinkleshoe; original pictorial wrappers; fine. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House Press. In 1979, Morice created a school of poetry called Cutism. "His Cutist Anthology includes poems by Sally Lunchkins, Tommy Triped, and others, 'Have a nice day' artwork by Roberta Periwinkleshoe, and the requisite defensive polemic by Samuel F. Romular. Morice's send-ups attest to his connection to a school of poetry that began in Iowa City… called Actualism" (truncated) (Jeff Weinstein, "Poetry in Motion," in The Village Voice, XXVI, 31, 1981). Poetry by Sally Lunchkins, Samuel F. Romular, Susan Tummy, Tommy Triped, Roberta Periwinkleshoe, and Melvin Virility Anderson. Essay by Samuel F. Romular - all likely pseudonyms of Dave Morice. Six in OCLC: Brown, Yale, Iowa, Temple, Penn., and NY Public. (Inventory #: 64750)