The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle - The Art and Poetry of d.a. Levy

Zusatztext “We were the Meat poets! baby. We got down to the bone. levy! Doug Blazek in Chicago!  Ole ! some pretty good writing came out of that period. Not like today. Too many out there with too little to say.” –Charles Bukowski “ The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle  is a fascinating text! reminding us yet again that the Sixties were a somber time and that aspects of fascism have always thrived in America. Mike Golden's work on d. a. levy is brilliant.”  –Jim Harrison “He was like Jeremiah. He had the potential to be a great religious writer—a prophet.”  –Ed Sanders Informationen zum Autor d.a. levy (1942-1968) was an underground poet and publisher from Cleveland. He died! under mysterious circumstances! at the age of twenty-six. MIKE GOLDEN is a poet! journalist! novelist! filmmaker! and award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Zusammenfassung The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle collects d.a. levy's poetry! his collages--in both color and black-and-white--and other examples of his art! in a splendid large-format celebration of levy's unique contribution. A visual artist! and an important figure in the concrete poetry movement! levy was also an activist and mystic who either committed suicide or was murdered at the age of twenty-six in East Cleveland. This occurred after two and a half years of intense media coverage! police harassment and court trials! and just as he was starting to be recognized as one of the most important geniuses of his generation. Edited! with an investigative essay on Levy's life and mysterious death! by Mike Golden.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Golden, D A Levy, D.A. Levy
• Publisher: Seven stories press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.06.1999
• EAN: 9781888363883
• ISBN: 978-1-888363-88-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 188 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama