Author: Anneke

Coyote’s Journal #10

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Coyote’s Journal was a literary magazine edited by American poet James Koller. Koller (1936-2014) was originally trained as a photographer and became poetry editor of the University of Oregon’s literary magazine in 1964. After the suspension of that magazine he started his own Coyote’s Journal together with Ed Van Aelstyn and Will Wroth later that year. Koller moved to northern California in 1965 and stayed…
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Abracadabra #3

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Abracadabra was an international magazine of poetry and arts that ran for 5 issues from 1977 to 1981. Editor-in-chief of the short-lived magazine was Marcello Angioni (1939), a Sardinian who had moved to Luxembourg and from there published Abracadabra with co-editors poet, artist and Swiss-Italian architect Franco Beltrametti (1937-1995) and Dutch photographer Harry Hoogstraten (1941). The magazine brought together a choice of American and European poets and artists, combining English and Italian poems and texts…
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New: Bacovia & Stelaru – The Last Bone

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George Bacovia (1881-1957) and Dimitrie Stelaru (1917-1971) represent two generations in the long line of Romanian Francophile Symbolists. Although both Bacovia and Stelaru took inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe and the French Symbolists and were also touched by early-Expressionism, the two countrymen were miles apart in upbringing, cultural background, character, lifestyle and reception of their work. Bacovia, frail and suffering from depressions, held various official positions and led an uneventful life with his wife…

Bacovia & Stelaru – The Last Bone

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sold outGeorge Bacovia (1881-1957) and Dimitrie Stelaru (1917-1971) represent two generations in the long line of Romanian Francophile Symbolists. Although both Bacovia and Stelaru took inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe and the French Symbolists and were also touched by early-Expressionism, the two countrymen were miles apart in upbringing, cultural background, character…

Catherine Marshall & Simon Johnson – Ordinary Stupid People

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“… Joan Vollmer’s memory has long been framed within the narrative of the troubled five-year common-law marriage to the writer William S. Burroughs… her accidental death at her husband’s hand is unforgettable, the most enduring event of her short life. The shooting made her life a taboo topic for those who knew her well and a subject of fascination for those who did not. But the shooting tells us nothing about the 28 years of Joan’s life that preceded it… Joan Vollmer was extraordinary. The dean of her college knew it. Burroughs knew it. We knew it, too…”
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