Ted Berrigan: An Annotated Checklist - Softcover

Warsh, Lewis; Berrigan, Ted

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9781887123174: Ted Berrigan: An Annotated Checklist

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ISBN 10: 1887123172 ISBN 13: 9781887123174

Publisher: Granary Books, 1998

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Poet, editor, and publisher of the legendary "C" Press, Ted Berrigan (1934-1983) was a charismatic presence on the literary scene of New York's Lower East Side during the '60s and '70s. Through anecdotal descriptions, Ted Berrigan: An Annotated Checklist provides a vivid glimpse of one writer's life as seen through his publications. Illustrated throughout with collaborations between Berrigan and Painter George Schneeman and with an introduction by Lewis Warsh, this book is a must for all with an interest in the literary underground. As contributor Anne Waldman puts it, "more imaginative & investigative than a mere checklist".

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Poet, editor and publisher of the legendary 'C' Press Ted Berrigan (1934-1983) was a charismatic presence on the literary scene of New York's Lower East Side during the '60s and '70s. Fiercely unpretentious, intensely self-absorbed, prodigious in his ambition and energy, Berrigan did more than create a substantial body of poetry. He also embodied a spirit that gave meaning to many other writers' lives, wrote Ken Tucker shortly after Berrigan's death. Through anecdotal descriptions Ted Berrigan: An Annotated Checklist provides a vivid glimpse of one writer's life as seen through his publications. Statements and stories from collaborators and friends such as Ron Padgett and Anne Waldman give this book an on-the-spot character which separates it from the usual dry checklist. Lewis Warsh's poignant introduction "Publishing Ted" sets the stage for a fascinating book into the inner workings of the literary underground during its heyday. Amply illustrated with 27 never-seen-before literary pictures (eight in full color)collaborations between Berrigan and painter George Schneeman this is an important new contribution to the Berrigan canon as well as a useful tool for understanding one of the richest eras of American literary history.

Review:

"A loving, sensitive homage, full of a special knowledge and produced in the spirit of the man himself." -- Rodney Phillips, Curator of the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature at the New York Public Library

"More imaginative & investigative than a mere checklist, this book is a portrait of a great poet & his times as seen through his books. The unique collaborative works from the sixties made with artist George Schneeman make this a new & indispensable Berrigan book. Aaron Fischer did his homework & this charming & telling publication confirms what many of us have known for a long time-Ted is back. -- Ann Waldman, poet, co-founder of The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute and editor of Nice To See You: Homage to Ted Berrigan

"This handsome edition combines Aaron Fischer's literary detective work, lively commentary by Berrigan's friends and publishers, and a generous selection of witty collaborative art works by Berrigan and George Schneeman. I will treasure this book." -- Ron Padgett, poet, translator, and author of Ted: A Personal Memoir

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