POETRY COMICS No. 11; Abuse the Muse
Iowa City: The Happy Press, August 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Eleven pages in stapled self-wraps; thin 4to. Printed on both sides on varied color paper. A selection in comic format ("cartoonized" by Morice) of poetry including original work from Anne Waldman, Charles Simic, Anslem Hollo, Joel Oppenheimer, Maureen Owen and others as well as Shakespeare's sonnet 18, Poe and others; and letters (Hall, Susan Howe, Levertov, Cage, Dickey, Koch and others). Very good, creased, lightly toned and worn (housed in a plastic sleeve with cardboard backing). Scarce in any condition. Very good. Item #16093
Morice is best known as a founder of The Actualist Poetry Movement, centered in Iowa City, which fostered numerous literary magazines including his GUM and Allen Kornblum's Toothpaste Press.
Price: $75.00