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Poetry. Cover art and design by Joe Brainard. First printed in 1979 using letterpress and handbinding, this second printing is limited to 999 copies and is a digital facsimile of that first edition, 7 inches tall by 5 inches wide (except for updates to the colophon and copyright pages)."TRAIN RIDE, subtitled 'February 18th, 1971: for Joe [Brainard],' is a long poem in the tradition of Herodotus, Goethe, Laurence Sterne, Agatha Christie, & Blaise Cendrars--a poem of the travails & pleasures of travel, truly of the late 20th century in that its verbal events are more internal than external: 'Out the Window / is / Out to Lunch!!'--one of the results of the developments of industrial capitalism initiated by steam engine and rail-way...Thus we have a great deal of hypothetical & remembered fucking, money, friendship--'amistad'--and, indeed throughout, witty & precise meditation on the act of writing itself. The persona that emerges is the 'poet in the state of surprise' (Apollinaire), a saintly yet human figure, addressing us with wonderful Peruvian frankness: 'I'd be a terrific Senator / because I'd love it' ... The 'Our Friends' section is a marvelous catalog of prominence... One could go on cataloging the delights of the ride: one would be wiser to simply urge all who can run & read to take it, with Ted Berrigan, a Great Companion."--Anselm Hollo
| ISBN-13 | 9780931428210 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0931428211 |
| Weight | 0.20 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.25 x 0.25 x 7.00 In |
| List Price | $12.00 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 96 pages |
| Publisher | Vehicle Editions |
| Published On | 1971-01-01 |
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A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Cover by Joe Brainard. 4 7/8"w x 6 7/8"h. Keywords: Ted...
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