Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities

Jeremy Reed, extraordinaire

Posted in Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection by beineckepoetry on August 23, 2007

A few poems from the latest group of archives from the prolific poet, biographer, critic and chronicler Jeremy Reed, whose writings cover an expanse of 20th and 21st century culture and whose mission, in his own words, is “to rehabilitate the dispossessed” [An in-depth interview can be found here]

The Poets Dinner Table

Posted in Beinecke Library, Yale Collection of American Literature by beineckepoetry on August 21, 2007

Fly, Robin, Fly!

Posted in Beinecke Library, Shirley Collection by beineckepoetry on August 17, 2007

A newly acquired pop-up/moving flap book (1946, World Publishing).

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A scene with flap closed:                                                     

and opened:

 And the last page:

Palm Beach News

Posted in Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection by beineckepoetry on August 15, 2007

An alt-culture magazine from Basel, 1976-1982, (later renamed The Village Cry) focusing on fashion, film, music and strange phenomena, edited by photographer Beat Presser, who would later become a still photographer for Werner Herzog.

Houston’s Excelsior Gallery

Posted in Beinecke Library by beineckepoetry on August 10, 2007

Venice, Piazza of St. Mark

Posted in Beinecke Library, Yale Collection of American Literature by beineckepoetry on August 8, 2007

OK!

Posted in Beinecke Library, Yale Collection of American Literature by beineckepoetry on August 6, 2007

Separated at Birth?

Posted in Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection by beineckepoetry on August 3, 2007