The Cockroach Hotel

Published by Black Rabbit Press, San Francisco, 1968

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Blazek writes that these Willie poems can cut you down like Machine Gun Kelly or Baby Face Nelson with the stench of wine & puke & piss & scabs & pus & dog crap. Dedicated to Pete Larouche, 500 copies. Intros by Douglas Blazek and Charles Bukowski. Cover from a drawing by Grady M. Jones, Cover and three interior silkscreens by Tom L. Kryss. Some light offsetting from 2 of the silkscreens. 32 pages, side stapled and wrapped covers. fine copy.

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Bibliographic details

Title
The Cockroach Hotel
Author
Willie, The
Publisher
Black Rabbit Press, San Francisco
Publication year
1968
Condition
Fine
Dust jacket
Fine
Binding
Soft cover
Edition
1st Edition
Item weight
4.1 ounces

Kirpan Press

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I represent Alan Horvath, a Small Press poet/publisher, who wrote and published under the following press names from 1975 to 2010: Falling Down Press, Mostly Broken Scabs Press, FUCK IF I KNOW Press, and Kirpan Press. Presses originated in Cleveland, migrating to San Francisco and Vancouver, WA. As well as writing/publishing his own poetry, he became one of the top researchers/advocates/publishers of d.a. levy's works. Additionally, Kirpan Press supported and published many of those in his circle as well as in levy's literary circle, such as Kent Taylor, Tom Kryss, rjs, Jim Lowell, Ingrid Swanberg and others. Kirpan Press colaborated with Kent Taylor on a 2-volume definitive analysis of all d.a. levy publications - and reproduced many of levy's works that are no longer in print.…

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