1964 · New York
by Floating Bear
New York, 1964. Whole number thirty. Quarto. Stapled, mimeographed typescript, with decorated cover leaf. Folded and postally used, addressed to a principal of the 8th Street Bookshop. Very good. Edited by Diane Di Prima. A highly important forum of poetry, and absolutely essential to the literary history of the era, THE FLOATING BEAR was conceived and distributed among fellow poets and friends as a means for the speedy transmission of works and ideas. The roster of contributors consists of a broad range of the most important young writers of the time. The distribution of FLOATING BEAR ranged from 117 to 1250 copies over its lifetime, though purely anecdotal bookselling tradition has maintained that issue number 24 was issued in a particularly small number of copies. The final issue 38 was a joint number with INTREPID. Di Prima, Solomon, Huncke, Sorrentino, and Marlowe are among the contributors to this number. ANDERSON & KINZIE, p.699-700. (Inventory #: WRCLIT70864)
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