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Second Coming Press records

Second Coming Press published poetry and essays from 1972 to 1989, including works by Charles Bukowski, Gene Fowler, Hugh Fox, Diane Kruchkow, Al Masarik, Morty Sklar, Art Cuelho, and more. This collection includes Poems and essays, correspondence and manuscripts, business records, video tapes, reel to reel tapes, posters, slides, photographs, publishers' flyers, broadsides, and tearsheets.
Format(s): Manuscripts, Broadsides, Graphics, Audio Files, Video Files, Letters, Documents
Library: John John Hay
NOTE: This collection is housed off-site. Prior notice is needed for retrieval
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In-house Access to the Collection:
Typescript Inventory
Electronic inventory available on request.

Related Collections:
Winans (A. D.) Collection