John Wieners (300 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. A contributor to Donald Allen's seminal New American Poetry anthology, John Wieners was on the periphery of many of the twentieth century's most important avant-garde poetry scenes, from Black Mountain and the Boston Renaissance to the New York School and the SF Renaissance. Having achieved cult status among poets, Wieners has also become known for the compelling nature of his journals, a mixture of early drafts of poems, prose fragments, lists, and other fascinating minutiae of the poet's imagination. Stars Seen in Person: Selected Journals of John Wieners collects four of his previously unpublished journals from the period between 1955 and 1969. The first journal depicts a young, openly gay, self-described "would-be poet" dashing around bohemian Boston with writer and artist friends, pre-drugs and pre-fame. By the last book, decimated by repeated institutionalization (the first for drug-related psychosis, the rest the consequence of the first) and personal tragedies, Wieners is broken down and in great pain, but still writing honestly and with detail about the life he's left with.These journals capture a post-war bohemian world that no longer exists, depicted through the prism of Wieners' sense of glamour. Praise for Stars Seen in Person: "Like Rimbaud in Season in Hell, or Baudelaire with Intimate Journals, there's an unguarded spark and trust in John Wieners because impulse and imagination reign supreme. In 1955 he writes, "I shall try the only true thing I want to do. I shall go to my poems." Predating The Hotel Wentley Poems, moving through Ace of Pentacles, and ushering us into his life before Nerves, Stars Seen in Person further illuminates John as our future/former best unkept secret."--Micah Ballard "Thanks to Michael Seth Stewart's editorial legerdemain, at long last we have the magnificent John Wieners here before us, in his full undressed splendor: poet, stargazer, philosopher, shaman, flaneur, survivor. His journals----an inspiring monument, filled with taut provocations and purple illuminations----are valuable as cultural history, as lyric performance, as uninhibited autobiography, and as a motley, genre-defying epitome of gesamtkunstwerk aesthetic possibilities that seem as fresh and enticing as anything being dreamt up today."--Wayne Koestenbaum "These pages of notebooks and poetry--so exhaustively exhumed and returned to light and breath--are equivalent to Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, but in reverse. John Wieners (forever young) evolved through his prose notes towards a sustained poetics of adolescence, holding that tormented phase on a long unyielding band-wave, resisting the sop of adult living with all his might and undergoing the inevitable punishments that such persistence brings."--Fanny Howe "John Wieners remains one of the best poets of my generation. His work and life continue to influence younger poets. These journals reveal his deep commitment to poetry and the poem; they contextualize his constant questing a.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A Near Fine copy with minor bumping to the corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing large hardcover in VG+ condition: unmarked, slight exterior wear. 164 pages of photographs. Book.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. It does have some shelfwear scratching and corner wear. Inside pages are clean. ; 9.5 X 0.75 X 14 inches; 164 pages.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A selection of poems, journal entries and ephemera by American poet John Wieners. Edited by Richard Porter with an introduction by Nat Raha. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. About fine.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. With the original remaining copies destroyed in a 1982 arson fire at the Fag Rag/Good Gay Poets offices, a beloved cult classic returns to print for the first time in five decadesAlready known as a "poet's poet," John Wieners (1934-2002) moved to Boston's Beacon Hill in 1972, where he was involved with anti-war and gay liberation movements and organizations devoted to the rights of people with mental health conditions. Out of this milieu emerged Behind the State Capitol, described by its author as "Cinema decoupages; verses, abbreviated prose insights." It is the record of a poet whose life has been shattered by poverty, drug addiction and mental illness. Wieners creates a complex schizo-analysis of language, capitalism, incarceration and state power, while reflecting on unpopular themes of aging and loneliness in the gay world.Considered by many to be his poetical masterpiece, the book was met variously with indifference and outrage when it was published in 1975. In 1982, most remaining copies of the book were destroyed in the Fag Rag/Good Gay Poets arson. Available in print for the first time in 50 years, this revitalized edition contains new afterwords by Wieners' friend James Dunn and the poet's biographer Robert Dewhurst. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Good No dust jacket as issued. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition; First Printing. 163 pages; moderate wear and tear to spine joints. Light wear to the exterior edges of textblock/ moderate rubbing to the covers. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. B&W photographs. Color photographs.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Hotel Wentley Poems. Book.