![]() Still reflecting the influence of Whitman and Ginsberg, these poems now count as "juvenilia," but here they are, warts and all. During his first two years in New York City, this poem-in-progress was Rutherford's most-performed work at readings. Buy Ebook NowĬity Limits, by Brett Rutherford - Another long out-of-print early book by Brett Rutherford, this chapbook's title poem is a nine-part cathartic recollection of the author's calamitous last days in San Francisco in 1967, culminating in a police riot on Halloween night. About 100 copies were made, numbered and autographed twelve of these were bound hardcover by a commercial bookbinder in Erie, PA. Some of the printed pages were then hand-marbled, and the book was sewn. The books were printed via mimeograph, employing a photographic stencil-making system developed by the Gestetner Company this made it possible to reproduce line drawings via mimeograph. ![]() Printed at Edinboro State College in Pennsylvania, this book reflects the author's fascination with Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters, mixed with a dose of San Fancisco psychedelia. Some of these poems were premiered in coffeehouses in the Haight-Ashbury district and published in The Haight-Ashbury Free Press. This book contains the poet's earliest extant works, from his Whitman-Ginsberg period. Songs of the I and Thou, by Brett Rutherford - This is Brett Rutherford's first collection of poetry, from 1968, scanned from the last surviving copy in our archives. The print versions of some of these books are offered online for outrageous prices, partially because of the very small print runs of some of these books, and also because of the rapacious greed of some online book dealers. ![]() Please do so if you would like to support the press. Some titles have also been added to our e-book store at Payhip, and the "Buy the Ebook" link lets you order the PDF that way. Some older Poet's Press titles are archived here on this website, and you can read the text or download a free PDF by clicking over the title-link.
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