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A biography of Picasso’s early years, written in typically Mailerian style. Norman can’t help but draw allusions between himself and the young artist, seeing the same drive and brilliance in both. This is the biography as a dialogue between self and soul, and the violent act of creating artistic forms. First edition

Number 23 of the City Light Pocket Poets series, Planet News was written during Ginsberg's international travels from 1962 until it’s publication in 1968, including visits to Morocco and Japan, and almost two years in India with Peter Orlovsky. The poems mark the beginning of his use of psychedelic and meditation as a method to create visionary poetry. First edition.

Three interviews with the theorist and philosopher Jacques Derrida, articulating his philosophical stance on language, linguistics, and the contentious debates surrounding his work. First edition.

The third in Mead's series of 'Excerpts from the Diary of an Anonymous New York Youth', 'On Amphetamines and in Europe' is the collected writings, poetry, and ramblings of the downtown hero and Warhol superstar. Part of the collection of Tom Verlaine, with his pencil drawn ex libris on the front endpaper.

Anne Turyn's entry into the legendary downtown prose periodical 'Top Stories', of which she was the founder and editor. Real Family Stories juxtaposes mundane black and white snapshots- of children, homes, meals, vacations and the like – with a collage of stories that underlines the sheer insanity of family interactions.

First edition of Barthes seminal work of literary theory, using structural analysis of Balzac's short story 'Sarrasine' to introduce a new understanding of structuralist and post-structuralist criticism. 1970, in as new condition.

Exhibition catalogue made on the occasion of Derek Jarman's 1992 exhibition at Manchester City Art Galleries. Featuring essays from Jarman, Norman Rosenthal , Stuart Morgan, Andrew Renton , and Simon Watney, it is profusely illustrated with Jarman's painterly works. A significant document of queer art and resistance.