Lost & Found Series III

Available December 4th, 2012
prepublication sale begins October 1st, 2012

Literary Nonfiction/ Poetry History & Criticism/ Poetics/ Research  
$25
Set of 8 Chapbooks | 500 pages

Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative Series III consists of the following eight beautifully printed chapbooks (500 pages in all) of original research and extra-poetic work (correspondences, journals, critical prose) and the extraordinary blue-ink facsimile edition of Lorine Niedecker’s Homemade Poems. 

Langston Hughes, Nancy Cunard & Louise Thompson: Poetry, Politics & Friendship in the Spanish Civil War (Anne Donlon, editor)

Lorine Niedecker: Homemade Poems (John Harkey, editor)

John Wieners & Charles Olson: Selected Correspondence (Parts I & II) (Michael Seth Stewart, editor)

Diane di Prima: Charles Olson Memorial Lecture (Ammiel Alcalay and Ana Božičević, editors)

Edward Dorn: The Olson Memorial Lectures (Lindsey Freer, editor)

Michael Rumaker: Selected Letters (Megan Paslawski, editor)

Letters to & from Joanne Kyger (Ammiel Alcalay and Joanne Kyger, editors)

VIEW A SAMPLE OF SERIES III

Lost & Found has established itself as one of the most exciting developments on the literary and cultural scene, creating a new model for cultural recuperation. Those who have come to our events, like the tribute to Muriel Rukeyser, the electrifying reading by Diane di Prima, Jerome Rothenberg’s 80th birthday celebration, or the reunion of old friends Joanne Kyger and Michael Rumaker, know very well what kind of energy Lost & Found has generated.

Those getting to know the scholarship of our graduate students realize that a new generation of cultural critics and literary historians is in the making. And publishers are taking notice as Lost & Found Elsewhere embarks on two new projects: Michael Rumaker’s Robert Duncan in San Francisco (with selected correspondence & interview), edited by Ammiel Alcalay and Megan Paslawski, due out from City Lights in 2012, and the stunning discovery of Muriel Rukeyser’s unknown Spanish Civil War novel, Savage Coast (Costa Brava), edited and annotated by Rowena Kennedy-Epstein, due out from Feminist Press in 2013.

For more on Lost & Found, read Joanne Kyger's piece on the series on the Poetry Foundation's Harriet blog, and an interview with Ammiel Alcalay and Ana Božičević on The Volta.

We hope you enjoy Series III!