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Marrahwannah Quarterly.

Vol.1, no.2./ vol.2, no.1, 2 and 4/ vol.3, no.3 and 4/ vol. 4, no.2. Ed. by D.A. Levy. Cleveland, Renegade Press, 1964-1967, 7 issues, ills., orig. not unif. wr., 4to (6x)/ 8vo (1x).

Vol. 1, no 2: concrete and visual poetry, typewriter poetry; vol. 2, no. 1: alternative title: The Mary Jane Quarterly. Issue dedicated to guru Ronald Jump, imprisoned for poverty. With a book review of Charles Bukowskis Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts; vol. 2, no 2: alternative title: The Marijuana Quarterly. This issue is dedicated to John Sinclair. On the cover: "Do not Smoke the Marijuana Quarterly as a Religious Sacrament"; vol. 2, no. 4: On frontcover: "T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agent. God is on our Side." Contributions by Levy, Allen Ginsberg, D.R.Wagner and T.L.Krys; vol. 3, no. 3: with orig. watercoloured outer wrapper by d.a. levy. The concrete issue, with statements by B.P. Nichol and d.a. levy, followed by contributions by T.L. Kryss, levy, Julian Kallander, David W. Harris, Russell Atkins, B.P. Nichol, Adam Kadmon, "Linda", E.S. Harmon, Bill Bissett, E.R. Baxter, Robert J. Sigmund, D.R. Wagner and Mara; vol. 3, no 4: incl. poetry by T.L. Kryss, Al Bell, S.M. Kane, a drawing by Steve Ferguson and a silk-screen cover by Kryss; vol. 4, no 2: contains poems by Don Thomas, BJT, E.R. Baxter, frontcover by Toni Thomas and backcover by Sandy-Jo Hickel. Very rare. Clay and Phillips, p.285. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVI.

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Backstrip of vol.3, no.3 sl. dam.

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D.A. Levy was born in Cleveland in 1942 and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on November 24, 1968. An iconic small press publisher and poet, during the 1960s he prolifically produced handmade publications, and along with publishers like Ed Sanders, helped to define the aesthetic of the Mimeo Revolution. Founding Renegade Press in 1963 he printed and edited journals like the Marrahwanna Review and the Buddhist Third Class Junk Mail Oracle.

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