[updated: 2/14/2005]
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BOOKS
RJS. PEACES (Cleveland: np, 1965-66) first edition, ditto, 35 pages. Introduction by Cornillon and cover by Grady Jones.
RJS. THE RESULT IS ALWAYS CIRCULAR (Cleveland: Ghost Press, 1967) first edition, unpaginated in side-stapled wrappers, 250 copies. Covers by t.l. kryss.
RJS & T.L. Kryss. DIALOGUE IN PALE BLUE (Cleveland: Broken Mimeo Press, 1969) first edition, unpaginated in wrappers with pasted-on labels, 200 unique copies. 'Text' is made up of folded bits of paper pasted to each leaf.
RJS. ENERGY CRISIS POEMS (Cleveland: Ground Zero, 1974) first edition, unpaginated, stapled silk-screened wrappers, 500 copies (63 copies signed by rjs). Internal drawings by Dominique. Covers by t.l. kryss. Poems generated by a computer programmed by rjs. Text printed on computer paper. Explanatory essay by rjs at rear.
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ANTHOLOGY APPEARANCES
306, AN ANTHOLOGY OF CLEVELAND POETS (Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1967) first edition, stapled wrappers, 306 copies. Introduction by d.a. levy. (T&H P-121)
456, AN ANTHOLOGY OF CLEVELAND POETS (Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1966) first edition, stapled wrappers, 500 copies. (T&H P-101)
THE ALLEGHENY STAR ROUTE, ENTRAILS AT TAILS END (Cleveland: Black Rabbit Press, 1975) first edition, stapled sheets bound into printed wrappers, mimeograph printed. Contributors include: E.R. Baxter, Charles Bukowski, Brown Miller, Harold Norse, Charles Plymell, Jim Soric, Thom Szuter, rjs, Kent Taylor, D.r. Wagner, Willie, d.a. levy.
CLEVELAND CONCRETE, edited by rjs. (Cleveland: Free Lover Press, 1966) first edition, ditto. Contributors include: Kent Taylor, Jake Leed, Mimi, Don Thomas, Dagmar, Tom Lackamp, Malcolm Hall, Grady Jones, Claudia Van Tyne, Joe Walker, rjs.
FOR JOHN R. SCOTT WHO PAINTED FLOWERS (Cleveland: Ghost Press, March 1968) first edition, stapled wrappers, 255 copies, mimeograph, silkscreens by T.L. Kryss. Contributors include levy, Geoffrey A. Cook, r.j.s., T.L. Kryss, D.r. Wagner.
FOR STANLEY HEILBRUN, WHO FLED FROM FREEDOM (Cleveland: Absolute Zero Press, April 1968) first edition, stapled wrappers, 255 copies, mimeograph, silkscreens by T.L. Kryss. Contributors include levy, Geoffrey A. Cook, r.j.s., T.L. Kryss.
FOREVER WORSHIP THE SECOND COMING: FOR GENE BLOOM, STEVE RICHMOND, AND R.J.S., edited by Blazek, Kryss, and Delpino (San Francisco: Black Rabbit Press, 1968) first edition, side-stapled wrappers. Contributions by d.a. levy, Bloom, Dwight Macdonald, Mike Berardi, Michael Perkins, Delpino, R. Wolter, r.j.s. Salamon, Harris, Blazek and others.
POETS AT THE GATE, ISSUE 4, edited by d.a. levy (Cleveland: np, 1966) first edition, stapled wrappers, 12 pages, ditto. Poems in this issue were from the third reading in this series which occurred on July 1, 1966 . Featured readers were D.r. Wagner, Joe Walker & rjs. [rjs continued poetry from this reading series with Free Love Periodically Vol. 1 & 2.]
A TRIBUTE TO JIM LOWELL (Cleveland: Ghost Press, June 1967) first edition, stapled wrappers, 500 copies, mimeograph, cover and silkscreens by T.L. Kryss. Contributors include: B.P. Nichol, T.L. Kryss (Preface), R. Wolter, Jonathan Williams, Mitchell Goodman & Denise Levertov, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Charles Olson, Russell Atkins, Marvin Malone, William Wantling, Jacob Leed, T.L. Kryss, Dwight MacDonald, Paul Carroll, Carl Woideck, Douglas Casement, George Dowden, Mike Murphy, Franklin W.W. Osinski, Geoffrey Cook, Kent Taylor, D.R. Wagner, Charles Bukowski, Donald Cauble, J.M. Edelstein, James Laughlin, Robert Lowell, Douglas Blazek, Brown Miller, Phillip Kaplan, Gilbert Sorrentino, Guy Davenport, Felix Pollak, Michael McClure, rjs, Dave Cunliffe, Ron Caplan, Carl Weissner, David W. Harris, Walter Lowenfels, John Cornillion, Allen De Loach, Jasper Wood, Walter R. Keller, Ted Berrigan.
Where is Vietnam? American Poets Respond, edited by Lowenfels (NY: Garden City Doubleday/Anchor, 1967) A paperback original. A collection of anti-war poems by 89 poets, including poems from the Vietnam Read-Ins. With contributions by Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Stanley Kunitz, Denise Levertov, Donald Hall, Robert Bly, Will Inman, Robert Lowell, Galway Kinnell, rjs, and many others.
ZERO SQUARED: TO RJS AND BACK (Cleveland: Black Rabbit Press, 2002) first edition, stapled sheets glued into oblong wrappers with mounted cover illustration. Contributions by Horvath, Swanberg, Bennett, Head, Ferguson, Lowell, Taylor, Kryss, d.a. levy, Bissett, Edelson.
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PERIODICAL APPEARANCES
ASPHODEL CATALOGUE #131 (Burton , March 1991) rjs poem: untitled (“WE WON …”).
ASSASSINATORS BROADSHEET NO. 1 (Surrey: n.p., March 1967) first edition, string bound legal-size sheets. Special U.S.A. section dedicated to ''d.a. levy poet-lama-publisher'', flyer laid-in titled: PROJECT BRING CLEVELAND INTO THE 20TH CENTURY describes levy's indictment written by rjs and appears to be an order form for UCANHAVYRFUKINCITIBAK.
ASYLUM 6 (Bootle, England, October 1968) first edition, stapled wrappers, mimeograph printed. Special 11 CLEVELAND POETS section including: Dominique, Alex Gildzen, T.L. Kryss, d.a. levy, John Pitts, rjs, John Rose, Jeanne Sonville, Steve Slavik, Tammy, Kent Taylor.
THE BUDDHIST THIRD CLASS JUNKMAIL ORACLE, 3rd LAST ISSUE, edited and compiled by Steve Ferguson (Cleveland: n.p., December 1968) first edition, newspaper format. Contributors include: T.L. Kryss cover, D.r. Wagner: AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE EARS, Dominique: POEM, rjs: CHRISTMAS CLEVELAND 1968, levy collage at centerfold.
THE BUDDHIST THIRD CLASS JUNKMAIL ORACLE, 4th LAST ISSUE, edited and compiled by Steve Ferguson (Cleveland: n.p., 1967) first edition, newspaper format, cover photo of levy by M.J. Roach. Contributors include: Blazek: THE PIED PIPER OF ADVANCED PERCEPTION, rjs: AS A MATTER OF RECORD - THE PREVIOUSLY PROMISED DISTORTIONS AND SPECULATIONS ON THE SUICIDE OF D.A. LEVY, levy: THE EVOLUTION OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE-PROSE: ON POETRY IN THE WHOLESALE EDUCATION & CULTURE SYSTEM.
THE BUDDHIST THIRD CLASS JUNKMAIL ORACLE, 8th LAST ISSUE, edited and compiled by Steve Ferguson (Cleveland: n.p., August 1969) first edition, newspaper format. Contributors include: r.j.s.: RJS COSMEP.
CONGRESS/3, edited by Sam Seiffer, d.a. levy Cleveland editor (NY: Congress, 1967) first edition, stapled sheets, mimeograph printed, cover photo of the "BE-In" at the lagoon in front of the Cleveland Art Museum by Martin Szutter. Contributors include Alex Gildzen, T.L. Kryss, Matt Shulman, Geoffrey Cook, Kent Taylor, rjs, Carl Woideck.
THE EIGHT PAGER, A HAPPENING IN 8 PARTS, Series 1, Part 1 (NY: press : today : niagara, 1966) first edition, stapled sheets. Contributors include: rjs, Dave Rasey, E.R. Baxter, d.a. levy.
THE MARRAHWANNAH QUARTERLY, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1966) first edition, stapled sheets with printed cover, 200 copies. Contributors include: levy, atkins, Leed, Wagner, Katzman, Bremser, Shulman, rjs: untitled (“CHILDREN WAKE UP...”) • untitled (“MY FRIEND...”), Wyatt. (T&H P-81)
THE MARRAHWANNA QUARTERLY, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1966) first edition, stapled sheets with printed cover, mimeograph, contributors include: Allen Ginsberg: A GLASS OF AYAHUASCA, D.r. Wagner: CHAPTER CXLIV, T.L. Kryss [untitled], Roger Sauls: WEED, Tristan Corbiere: OH, THAT? • GUITAR • TO MY MOUSE-COLORED MARE, Rene Char: from LEAVES OF HYPNOS, Carl Woideck: YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS, C.J. Torrance: DEATH SONG OF THE ASSASSIN, d.a. levy: additional sections for THE NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, Malcolm Hall: NOTES FOR A FUTURE SUICIDE, rjs: 8/18/1966 letter addressed to “local draft board”: LETTER #7. (T&H P-83)
THE MARRAHWANNAH QUARTERLY, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1967) first edition, stapled sheets, 200 copies. Concrete issue. Contributors include: bp nichol, levy, Kryss, Atkins, Bissett, Mara, Wagner, rjs: LINES FROM A LAZY CONCRETE POET. (T&H P-124)
POETRY NEWSLETTER #11, edited by Wally Depew and Linda Bandt (Scranton, PA: Poetry Newsletter, 1966) first edition, mimeographed sheets stapled into folder with painted cover. Contributors include: Judson Crews, Gene Fowler, rjs, d.a. levy.
SHELLY’S NO. 6 (Kent, OH: np, 1976) first edition. Features A LITTLE ANTHOLOGY OF LISTS, edited by Alex Gildzen, contributors include: Michael McCafferty, Jacob Leed, Paul Metcalf, John Sokol, Bernadette Mayer & Lewis Warsh, Gene Gant, Jonathan Williams, Alex Gildzen. Carol Bergé, David Meredith, Ira Joel Haber, Thomas Meyer, rjs, Jean-Claude van Itallie, John Perreault. rjs poem: 76 WINTER SEED INVENTORY.
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BOOKS EDITED/PUBLISHED
DELPINO, L.B. THE SPARROW AND THE COCK (Ground Zero Press, n.d.) first edition, stapled wrappers, 10 pp. Dedicated to Charles Bukowski. Issued as Quixote Volume 5, Number 12.
DOMINIQUE. EREMITE (Dominique)
DOMINIQUE. THE RED FLOWER (Cleveland : Sandha Basa Communications Co., August 1975) first edition, unpaginated [7 pp. printed on rectos only], 200 copies, cover silk-screen by T.L. Kryss.
DOWDEN, George. HE OR GENESIS (Cleveland: Paradox Press, 1968) first edition, unpaginated [20 pp.], stapled sheets glued into illustrated [silk-screened] wrappers, mimeograph printed, “between 500 and 600 copies…” Cover silkscreen by Tom Kryss.
FOX, Hugh. OPEN LETTER TO A CLOSED SYSTEM (Cleveland: Mercenary Press, September 1969) first edition, unpaginated [36 pp.], stapled silk-screened wrappers, 400 copies, mimeograph.
GILDZEN, Alex. SWIMMING (Cleveland: Submarine Books, December 1976) first edition, stapled sheets glued into illustrated wrappers, 235 copies, cover hand-painted by Mary Ann Begland.
GRIFFIN , P.A. TANTALUS (Cleveland: Lhamos Press, September 1976) first edition, stapled sheets glued into oblong (8 5/8” x 5 5/16”) silk-screened wrappers, 200 copies, mimeograph printed, 11 pp. printed on rectos only, cover print by M. Schaefer.
HEAD, Robert. THE EDUCATION OF AN AMERICAN.
HEAD, Robert. THE FORCE THAT RESISTS LAWS GOVERNING INANIMATE BODIES (Cleveland: Neo Ex Press, 1976) first edition, unpagianted [26 pp.], stapled wrappers. Chapter 15 of “O Longing for Peace in the Heart of the Lion”.
HEAD, Robert. GOING TO FLOWER/THOUGHT & THANKSGIVING (Cleveland: Neo Ex Press, 1977) first edition, unpagianted [14 pp.], stapled silk-screened wrappers, 260 copies, cover silkscreen by T.L. Kryss. Chapters 18 & 19 of O Longing for Peace in the Heart of the Lion.
HEAD, Robert. HERE & NOW, I & THOU, AM + ART.
HEAD, Robert. IS THIS THE GREAT WORLD I HAVE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT? (Cleveland: Neo Ex Press, June 1976) first edition, 26 pp, cover photos by Patrick Kelly. Published as Chapter 13 of “O Longing for Peace in the Heart of the Lion”.
HEAD, Robert. LOVE IS UNCONTROLLABLE (Cleveland: Neo Ex Press, 1976) first edition, unpaginated [24 pp.], stapled illustratd wrappers, 200 copies, cover by Dominique. Chapter 10 of O Longing for Peace in the Heart of the Lion.
HEAD, Robert. MY LOVE RUNS DOWN MY ARMS LIKE BLOOD (Cleveland: Neo Ex Press, 1977) first edition, 18 pp., stapled illustrated wrappers, 260 copies, cover photograph by Jim Lang. Chapter 16 of O Longing for Peace in the Heart of the Lion.
HEAD, Robert. THE QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED IN THE BEGINNING AND IS NOW AND ALWAYS RAISED. WHAT IS BEING? (Cleveland: Neo Ex Press, October 1975) first edition, unpagianted [22 pp.], stapled illustrated wrappers, about 300 copies, mimeograph, cover by Steve Ferguson. Chapter 12 of O Longing for Peace in the Heart of the Lion.
HEAD, Robert. SAILING OVER THE LAND/LISTENING TO THE CLOCK OF MAN (Cleveland: Neo Ex Press, July 1975) first edition, 10 pp., stapled printed wrappers, about 200 copies. Chapter 9 of O Longing for Peace in the Heart of the Lion. Mimeograph.
HEAD, Robert. SUNSHINE MONEY. [Chapter 11 of O Longing for Peace in the Heart of the Lion?]
HEAD, Robert. TEMPORARY SURVIVAL OF THE BADDEST (Cleveland: Neo Ex Press, 1975) first edition, unpaginated [26 pp.], stapled printed wrappers, about 280 copies.
Keller, Walter. YOUNGSTOWN UNUSABLE & OTHER POEMS (Cleveland: np, nd) first edition, ditto. Illustrated by R. Crumb.
KIRCHBERGER, Mike. PRINCIPLES OF CARTOGRAPHY (Cleveland: Free Love Press, 1967) first edition, unpaginated [6 leaves printed rectos only], stapled sheets glued into silkscreend and rubber-stamped wrappers, 200 copies.
KRYSS, T.L. CLEVELAND POEMS, CHICAGO POEMS & OTHER SHIT (Cleveland).
LEVY, d.a. A GOOD TIME BAG.
LEVY, d.a. HAPPY HIROSHIMA DAY CARD.
LEVY, d.a. THE MADISON COLLAGES .
LEVY, d.a. PROSE ON POETRY.
MORRIS, Richard Allen. DON GIOVANNI MEETS THE LONE RANGER (Cleveland : Posit ion Press, (nd)) first edition, unpaginated [12 pp.], stapled silk-screened wrappers, cover silkscreen by T.L. Kryss, 300 copies.
MOTHERSBAUGH, Mark. MY STRUGGLE (Cleveland: A NEO Rubber Band Publication, 1978).
OSINSKI, Franklin W.W. CIGARETTE? (Cleveland: 543210God Press, 1969) first edition, unpaginated, stapled silk-screened wrappers, 200 copies, cover silkscreen by Steve Ferguson.
SCHROEPPEL, Harold S. LESSONS IN ADVANCED PERCEPTION .
SNEYD, Steve. THE LEDGERMAIN OF CHANGELINGS .
Suburban Monastery Death Poem (Cleveland: Zero Edition, 1968) first edition, 14 pages, cover drawing by Barb O' Connelly. [rjs published a second edition of this title in 1976 per Tom Kryss].
THOMAS, Don. SWAMP ER)R(IE BLUES (Cleveland: Forest City Pollution Control, 1969) first edition, unpaginated [45 pp.], stapled silk-screened wrappers, 300 copies. Concrete poetry.
ZACK, David. PLAYING SONGS (Cleveland: Nyoi Press, October 1968) first edition, unpaginated [16 pp.], stapled sheets glued into oblong silk-screened wrappers, approximately 400 copies, silk-screened cover [likely by T.L. Kryss].
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ANTHOLOGIES EDITED/PUBLISHED
CLEVELAND CONCRETE, edited by rjs. (Cleveland: Free Lover Press, 1966) first edition, ditto. Contributors include: Kent Taylor, Jake Leed, Mimi, Don Thomas, Dagmar, Tom Lackamp, Malcolm Hall, Grady Jones, Claudia Van Tyne, Joe Walker, rjs.
FOR STANLEY HELIBRUN, WHO FLED FROM FREEDOM (Cleveland: Absolute Zero Press, April 1968) first edition, stapled wrappers, 255 copies, mimeograph, silkscreens by T.L. Kryss. Contributors include d.a. levy, Geoffrey A. Cook, r.j.s., T.L. Kryss.
GROUND ZERO (Cleveland : n.p., n.d.) first edition, stapled sheets in unprinted glossy covers. Contributors include: Malcolm Hall, Allen Pasternak, Kent Taylor, Donn Foster, George Montgomery, G.T. Chappelear, Doug Blazek, T.L. Kryss, Hugh Know, Bill Bissett, David Bunch, Robert Head, Steve Slavik, Richard Krech, Lou Delpino, Hugh Fox, D.R. Wagner, Bill Wyatt, Chris Torrance, Seamus Finn, Harvey Tucker, Richard Latta, Jim Tracy, Darrell, Rik Davis, Gene Bloom, Larry Coleman, Richard Morris, Dave Wagner, John Simon, Willie, Mike Kirchberger, Rusty Risher, Allan Gordon, Bob Horstemeier, Barry Jones, David W. Amon Liner, Lynne Banker, Rich Mangelsdorff, George Dowden, Larry Lambert, Don Winkleman, Rolla Reider, Bob Watt. [No piece of work in the anthology has author/poet name associated with it.]
UKANHAVEYRFUKINCITIBAK: D.A. LEVY A TRIBUTE TO THE MAN: AN ANTHOLOGY OF HIS POETRY (Cleveland: Ghost Press, 1968) first edition, perfect bound with library tape binding and printed covers, 1000 copies, prints by T.L. Kryss. From the title page: "proceeds, if any, from the sale of this book will go to the levy defense fund, the yet-to-be-conceived levy subsistence fund, and the subsequent levy offense fund". Includes brief levy bibliography and much reprinted levy material. Contributors include Douglas Blazek, Charles Bukowski, George Dowden, B. P. Nichol, T. L. Kryss, Kent Taylor, D. R. Wagner (T&H CO-01)
WHAT SHE WRITES: A COLLECTION OF POETRY BY CLEVELAND WOMEN, edited and arranged by Dominique (Cleveland: Prakriti Publications, December 1975) first edition, stapled sheets with illustrated covers and library tape binding, 450 copies, offset printed, cover by Kim Koring. Contributors include: p.a. griffin, Meg Buynak, Carol Vlack, Mary Ann Hazen, Sharon Whitaker-Waldo, Barbara Abels, kathy ende, Anne White, Pat S. Bicker, Linda Monacelli, Jan Loreta, Victoria Lee, Carol Fitzgerald, Karen Tierk, Joan E. Beard, Martha Grevatt, Nona Oritti, Kathryn, Olszonowicz, mirroriam linna, Hetty Anderson, Candy Lawrence, Marguerite Beck Rex, annette preuss, Betty Gabrielli.
WORDS ON PAPER – POETRY, edited by rjs (Cleveland : n.p., n.d.) first edition stapled sheets with no cover. Per editor the contents of this anthology are “extra pages, misprints, or reprints” from the following publications: BROKEN KNUCKLE POEMS (Douglas Blazek: PURSUIT • A NEGATIVE TO BE DEVELOPED), SHIT OUTSIDE WHEN EATING BERRIES (Kent Taylor: 4-26-71), ENERGY CRISIS POEMS (rjs), SWAMP ER)R(IE BLUES (Don Thomas), GROUND ZERO (anthology), PROSE: ON POETRY IN THE WHOLESALE EDUCATION AND CULTURE SYSTEM (d.a. levy), EREMITE (dominque), DIMENSIONS OF THE MORNING (D.r. Wagner: IT’S KIND OF WHAT DEATH IS LIKE).
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PERIODICALS EDITED/PUBLISHED
FREE LOVE PERIODICALLY #1, edited by rjs (Cleveland : Free Love Press).
FREE LOVE PERIODICALLY #2, guest-edited by Tom Kryss [due to rjs being in the Cuyahoga County Workhouse at the time] (Cleveland: Free Love Press, 1967) first edition, mimeograph & ditto, cover by Dagmar [Note: Dagmar's cover drawing was used on the rear cover of Tom Kryss' 13 TRICKS TO SET FREE THE WIND (Cleveland: Ghost Press, 1966)]. Contributors include: George Montgomery, Dagmar, Tom Kryss, Kent Taylor, Douglas Blazek, The Willie, R. Wolter, Clive Matson, Lou Delpino, John R. Scott, Joyce Guion, Richard W. Morris, Rik Davis, D.R. Wagner, bill bissett, Pete Gregory, d.a. levy.
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PRINTING
ASPHODEL CATALOGUE #46. [covers printed by rjs].
ASPHODEL CATALOGUE #47. [covers printed by rjs].
ASPHODEL CATALOGUE #48. [covers printed by rjs].
ASPHODEL CATALOGUE #49. [covers printed by rjs].
ASPHODEL CATALOGUE #50. [covers printed by rjs].
ASPHODEL CATALOGUE #51. [covers printed by rjs].
ASPHODEL CATALOGUE #61. [covers printed by rjs].
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MISCELLANEOUS
T. Kryss: Just now remembered all the offset bulletins and "editorials" that were being mailed periodically from him in Burton in the 70's and 80's. They were usually 1-3 sheets of paper (stapled as necessary), and had to do with power utility monopolies, the adviseability of nuclear annihilation, etc. Don't know what he called 'em - you'll have to get that from him.. likely he didn't title them at all.]
T. Kryss: Then, too, in 66' or '67 we did a linoleum blockprint together - possibly handstamped with the title "Where the Moon Vanished on Stretchers" - again probably no press name.. single sheet of white paper.. I probably cut the block after he sliced up his fingers on the initial attempt.]
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Thanks to Tom Kryss and Jeff Maser for their help in putting this listing together.
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References are from the d.a. levy Bibliography compiled by Kent Taylor and Alan Horvath. Further information can be found at the d.a. levy homepage: http://www.thing.net/~grist/l&d/dalevy/dalevy.htm
