The Press of the Territorian
Santa Fe, NM
assumed 1966 publication
Number 11 of a Series of Western Americana
40 page historical record of the lynching of this particular Elizabeth Taylor and her brother, Thomas Jones, in 1885. The west was wild and untamed as were the people who "claimed" it. Brutal is a more likely description. It's useful to remember that "lynching" came from a judge. Judge Lynch. Justice at the end of a rope is not justice at all.
Edgewood, KY
(c) 1995
I visited the Baldwin Book Barn in West Chester, PA recently and found a number of chapbooks all published by this small enterprise. I opted for this one because it had a poetry postcard inside that I have yet to send out but that's another story.
Now, I have done just enough research to link to this Robert Barth individual as well as the author of this collection.
Rick Kearns, editor
Harrisburg, PA
(date unknown)
This a a glimpse at a journal in transition. The editor wasn't throwing in the towel but also wasn't committing all his energy in making this guitar play either. I got it because I am familiar with a number of the poets whose work in included in this "crossroads" issue. Lamont Steptoe, Aaron Yeatts Perry, Barbara Crooker, Martin Espada, Jack Veasey among them.
A journal like this is a time capsule showing a melding of Philadelphia with poets from Central and Eastern PA in one staple-bound booklet. A treasure indeed.
Joseph Kriesberg
Critical Mass Energy Project
Washington, DC
(c) 1987
Full disclosure: I am an anti-nuker. I marched against. I protested against. I am still committed to decommissioning all nukes. I was Green Party material before it was popular.
This booklet is 68 pages of strategies that obviously have not stopped the Nuclear industry. Three Mile Island was the closest thing that we have experienced in the US to a "full stop" moment. That was 1979. In fact, ironically, I had gone to a late night viewing of the movie "the China Syndrome" the night before and I woke up to that news. It suddenly didn't seem like an only in the movies moment.
Richard Henry Less
acorn publishing
Newburyport, MA
(c) 1975
There was a Richard Henry Lee who wrote and lived from 1732-1794
This is not him. This is poetry of a strong Christian and moral nature that comes across as homespun and folksy. Spiral bound. Oddly sized.
