Tau/Journey to the End
Philip Lamantia,John Hoffman$12.71
$14.95
Two long-lost volumes from the classic Beat period. Tau is Philip Lamantia's mystical second collection of poems, originally slated for publication in 1955, but suppressed by the poet due to his evolving religious beliefs. Journey to the End contains the poems of the legendary John Hoffman (1928-1952), whose poems were read by Lamantia in 1955 at the 6 Gallery reading where Allen Ginsberg debuted "Howl."
Lamantia's closest friend, a character in Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums, and the inspiration for two lines of "Howl," Hoffman moved between San Francisco and New York before his death in Mexico at the age of twenty-four. This volume includes biographical notes and Lamantia's commentaries on Hoffman's poetry.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: City Lights Books
Published: 04/01/2008
ISBN: 9780872864856
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 6.35h x 5.52w x 0.42d