16 total issues in 15 fascicules (of 23 total published) of the small press poetry magazine edited by poets David Ball and George Tysh. Quarto. Original stapled illustrated wrappers. One issue with some minor water stains, no. 14 with back cover detached but present, very light handling wear, overall very good condition. Paris/Northampton, Massachusetts: Sand Project Press, circa late 1960s-early 1970s.

A fine collection of the early Parisian editions of this small press poetry magazine, made possible by a grant from the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines. Edited by poets David Ball and George Tysh, Blue Pig published works from many notable poets and prose writers of the time, including some affiliated with the New York School and the Beats. These included David Ball, George Tysh, Michael Brownstein, Tom Raworth, John Stanton, Dick Gallup, Christine Grodzicki, Ron Padgett, Harry Mathews, Anne Waldman, Peter Riley, Barry MacSweeney, Larry Fagin, Ted Berrigan, Ted Greenwald, Andrew Crozier, John James, Jack Collom, Clark Coolidge, Ray DiPalma, John Giorno, Anselm Hollo, Rebecca Brown, Merrill Gilfillan, and other. Some issues focus on a single writer.

Cover drawings, photographs, collages, and illustrations by Sarkis, Marc Lavrillier, Michael Brownstein, Minouche Pedroletti, Olivier O. Olivier, Samuel Buri, Carl Schurer, Jeff Nuttall, Michael Dunbar, Christian Boltanski, Alain Sadoc, Joe Brainard, Ed Hill, David Batchelder, and others.

A little-known serial featuring an impressive collection of American and other English-language poets active in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

(Clay & Phillips, A Secret Location on the Lower East Side: Adventures in Writing, 1960-1980).

Book ID: 53268

Price: $1,950.00