Judah Chapbook Library

I am a collector of chapbooks, and below is a link to my instagram in which I feature them. they range in date printed, but most of them are over 30 years old. The publishers information, as well as the print run, location, and date are all included on each post. Click on them to check them out. I prefer letter press items, and them to be from what I consider the golden era of American poetry chapbooks (1965-1990). But as You will notice there are some notable exceptions. Thank you for stopping by!

Hello, La Jolla by Ed Dorn. Released under Wingbrow Press. This is a first edition from 1978. A book but none the less, here my friends. Swipe and enjoy.
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Ricardo Sanchez, a parolee, with an absolute epic ‘calles y callejones & memories’ which was published in 1979 by ‘A: a journal of contemporary literature.’ This issue ‘featuring four third world poets.’ New Me

Gunslinger Book II by Ed Dorn (Black Sparrow Press 1969, Los Angeles CA. Printed by Noel Young in Santa Barbara, and designed by Barbara Martin. Signed hardbound edition, number 45 of 200. Ed Dorn occupies a very special place in my collection, he al

In 1959 Nigerian students at Ibadan University College published poetry in a magazine called ‘the Horn’, this is a collection of their work that was rereleased in 1960, edited by Martin Banham and released by Ibadan University Press. &ldq

“Oh I always like the one the wrote last.” Introducing to you, or reminding you of, Alfred Starr Hamilton. This collection, Jargon 49, is absolutely amazing. (Penland, North Carolina 1970). I was introduced to his work by Cedar Sigo about

A year in a small town by Bert Meyers taken from Kayak 10. Also contained in this post are poems by Wendell Berry, Luis Garcia, Dan Gillespie, Vern Rutsala, and William Lane. This issue was release in 1967, edited by George Hitchcock and printed by k

Seasons of Sacred Lust by Kazuko Shiraishi (New Directions, this edition 1978, first one was ‘68). Note: this is for all the pandemic thirst everywhere.
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A Walk in the Desert by Olga Cabral, from her collection Cities and Deserts (Roving Eye Press, New York NY, 1959. Signed by the poet.) note: absolutely she’s one of my favorite poets of all time.
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The Rings of Saturn by Diane Wakoski (Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara CA, 1986) not a chapbook but she’s amazing, and I return to her often. .
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If It All Went Up In Smoke by George Oppen, from Primitive. (Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1979).
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outbound poetry series

this is a series of poems printed on postcards, each once marked with a specific location that helped generate it. this originally started as a gift to someone close to me, and the first one was not my poem but octavio paz, but I wondered why poetry wasn't more readily available to give away or show people without social media. These are currently on sale at Green Apple Books on the park, and can be purchased here.

28th Ave : San Francisco :Summer

"god, I feel simply trepanned / my skull in force like a surprised sunflower"

GREAT HIGHWAY : SAN FRANCISCO : SPRING

"With the window open I swear you can hear the fog pull on our neighborhood, / dragging it particle by raging particle to the sea"