Imamu Amiri Baraka
The Beat Period
1957 - 1962 |  |
An exhibition of works from the Collections of the John Hay Library, Brown University.
Items indicated with an asterisk * are part of the exhibition.
 | The Beat Period: 1957 - 1962 | |
The New Orlando poetry anthology. *
[v.1]-3.
New York, N.Y. : New Orlando Publications, c1958-
Dace B1
Vol. 1, 1958, the Greenwich Village issue, includes Preface to a twenty volume suicide note, probably the first publication of this poem.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Epos. *
v. 1-27 1950-1976.
[Crescent City, Fla., Rollins College]
Vol. 10, no. 2, 1958 includes The gift of the unicorn, by LeRoi Jones, one of his earliest serial publications.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Hearse. *
v. 1-17 1959-1972.
Eureka, Calif. : [s.n.]
No. 5, 1959, includes The last roundup,by LeRoi Jones.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Quicksilver.
v. 1-15; 1948-1962.
Fort Worth, Texas.
Vol. 11, no. 4, winter, 1958, includes Central Park in winter.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
The Naked ear. *
v. 1-11 1956-196-?
Taos, N.M.
No. 10, 1958, includes an early printing of Preface to a twenty volume suicide note.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Yugen. *
no.1-8; 1958-1962.
New York, Totem Press, [etc.]
Dace Ee11
Edited by LeRoi Jones and Hettie Cohen-Jones.
No.6 includesNode and The A.B.C.'s (for Charles)by LeRoi Jones; No. 8 includes advertisements for Totem Press publications.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Jan 1st 1959: Fidel Castro. *
[Edited by LeRoi Jones]
[New York : Totem Press, c1959]
Blue Plate ; 1.
Dace B2.
Includes For youby LeRoi Jones.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
A New folder; Americans: poems and drawings. *
Edited by Daisy Aldan.
New York, Folder Editions, 1959.
Dace B3a and b, Second edition.
Includes Consider this.1959 hardcover, along with 1960 paperbound reprint.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
The Trembling lamb. *
Edited by John Fles.
[New York, Phoenix Book Shop, 1959]
Dace B4
Includes The system of Dante's Inferno,by LeRoi Jones.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
April 13 : (for Tom) . *
New Haven, Conn. : Penny Poems, 1959.
Penny poems; No. 30.
Dace C12
Poetry printed in typescript. Type-signed at end: LeRoi Jones, New York City.
Harris Broadsides Collection
Spring & soforth. *
New Haven, Conn. : Penny Poems, 1960.
Penny poems; No. 111.
Dace C26
Poetry printed in typescript. Author autographed "Leroy Jones, 1961."
Harris Broadsides Collection
Kulchur. *
v. 1-5; 1960-65.
New York, N.Y. : Kulchur, 1960-1965.
Dace Ee7
LeRoi Jones served, variously, as contributing editor, jazz editor, and music editor, and published numerous pieces in the journal during its five-year run.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Wilentz, Elias, ed.
The beat scene. *
Photographs by Fred McDarrah.
New York, Corinth Books, Distributed by the Citadel Press, 1960 [i.e. 1961]
Dace B5
Includes Epistrophe (for yodo)by LeRoi Jones
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Allen, Donald Merriam
The new American poetry, 1945-1960.
New York, Grove Press [1960]
Dace B6. First printing
Includes seven poems by LeRoi Jones.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Beat coast east : an anthology of rebellion.
Edited by Stanley Fisher.
New York : Excelsior Press [c1960]
Dace B7
Includes Viceand The man who sold pictures of god,by LeRoi Jones.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Neon obit. *
[Brooklyn, N.Y., Neon, c1960]
Dace C32
Includes Paramount Picture (for Nick Charles)by LeRoi Jones.
Harris Collection of American Poetry
Cuba libre. *
By Leroi Jones.
New York : Fair Play for Cuba Committee, [1961]
"Reprinted by permission of Evergreen Review."
Dace A1. Baraka's first separate book publication as author.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays (copy 1) Hall-Hoag Collection (copy 2)
Preface to a twenty volume suicide note. *
By LeRoi Jones.
New York : Totem Press in association with Corinth Books, [1961]
Dace A2.
Harris Collection of American Poetry
Preface to a twenty volume suicide note. *
By LeRoi Jones.
New York : Totem Press in association with Corinth Books, [c.1961, i.e., 1964?]
Harris Collection of American Poetry
Preface to a twenty volume suicide note.
By LeRoi Jones.
New York : Totem Press in association with Corinth Books, c1961, 1969 printing.
"5th printing"
Harris Collection of American Poetry
The disguise. *
By LeRoi Jones
New Haven, Conn. : Penny Poems, 1961.
Penny Poems ; no. 155.
Dace C43. First edition
Copy 1: Autographed by the author.
Harris Broadsides Collection
A "statement" about poetry certainly seems difficult for me at this point. *
By LeRoi Jones
Cambridge, Mass. : Paterson Society, 1961.
Dace Eb1
Reproduced typescript. Type-signed at end of text: LeRoi Jones, February 27, 1961.
Harris Broadsides Collection
The Floating bear. *
no. 1--37; [1961]-1969.
New York.
Dace Ee3
Edited by Diane Di Prima, 1961-69 (with LeRoi Jones, 1961-62).
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
The Floating bear.
no. 1-37; 1961-69.
La Jolla, Calif., L. McGilvery, 1973.
Reprint, with introduction and new material added. Signed by Diane Di Prima.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Junge amerikanische Lyrik.
Herausgegeben von Gregory Corso und Walter Hollerer.
Munchen : C. Hanser [1961]
Dace B8
Includes Love poem (for H.C.)and Notes from the underground,by LeRoi Jones. English and German translation on facing pages.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Four young lady poets.
New York, Totem Press [1962]
Dace B9. First printing.
Poems of Carol Berge, Barbara Moraff, Rochelle Owens, and Diane Wakoski. Includes Note on the authors,by LeRoi Jones.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Pool, Rosey E., ed.
Beyond the blues, new poems by American Negroes. *
Lympne, Kent, Hand and Flower Press [1962]
Dace B10
Includes The end of man in his beautyandPoem for democrats, by LeRoi Jones. Two copies.
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays.
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