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Frammis.
Berkeley, CA: Artaud’s Elbow, 1979. First edition. 4to. Clipbound, 34pp., with cover design adapted from a grid of four Verifax pieces by Wallace Berman (1964).
A book produced by Hirschman and Mueller (who, together with Kristen Wetterhahn, founded the Union of Street Poets in San Francisco), and intended as “an October tribute to the Wallace Berman retrospective at the University Art Museum, Berkeley, Sept. 21-Nov. 11, 1979, and continual revolutionary activism by poets/artists of California.”
Features poems (each one written out by Hirschman and photocopied) by various contributors, including David Meltzer, George Herms, Gary Gach, Viviane Marescot, Freddie Greenfield, Mel Clay, René Depestre, Neeli Cherkovski, Phillip Deitch, Sharon Doubiago, and the editors, illustrated with b/w photocopies of collages by Dean Stockwell, Susan Rashkis, Viviane Marescot, Mel Clay, Kristen Wetterhahn, Jack Hirschman, and Russ Tamblyn (the latter’s work was titled “Gee”, later listed for sale in BeatBooks catalogue #74).
Upper right corner of front cover slightly creased, o/w Very Good.