Big Sky, no. 7: The World of Leon.
1974. Item #4082
Saddle-stitched in pictorial wrappers. Cover photograph by "Leon."
The seventh issue of "Big Sky," devoted entirely to the work of "Leon," with an introduction by Donald Hall about Leon's work. As Bill Berkson writes in his memoir, Since When, "The Leon poems were written collaboratively from 1968 through 1970 in New York and Port Jefferson, Long Island…The participants included Larry Fagin [who also published], Ron Padgett, Michael Brownstein, Bill Berkson, and possibly Anne Waldman, Joan Inglis (Fagin), Jim Carroll, and others." Berkson goes on to note that this issue of the magazine contains all of the Leon poems, as previously published by Larry Fagin through "Leon Press" across the titles Pictures of Leon, Eternal Quest, Portable Leon, and More Pictures of Leon.
Near fine with mild shelf wear.
Price: $50.00