Description: W. C. Fields in French Light by Rochelle Owens, Contact II Publications, New York, 1979, 1st edition. Inscribed by author on title page and an inscribed card by same. Small corner chip on back cover. Interior bright and free of any markings. Condition - Fine 311728 Rochelle Owens at the age of 19 had her poetry published in Le Roi Jones' (as Amiri Baraka was known then) and Hettie Jones’ magazine Yugen. Owens’ poems appear in the volume Jones edited in 1962 titled "Four Young Lady Poets". Owens may not refer to herself as a "Beat poet", but she was there and influential among the Beat poets and that movement in New York. She read her poems at The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church In-the-Bowery in New York City, on the same bill that included Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso. Allen Ginsberg introduced her poetry to LeRoi Jones.[10]
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Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Inscribed
Modified Item: Yes
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Illustrator: (cover art by Stanford Kay)
Topic: Poetry
Year Printed: 1986
Region: North America
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: New York
Modification Description: Inscribed on title page and a post card signed note
Language: English
Author: Rochelle Owens
Publisher: Contact II Publications
Signed: Yes
Personalized: Yes
Character Family: None
