Between Worlds 1960 Vol. 1, No. 1 Beat Poets ~ Ferlinghetti, William Burroughs, Gary Snyder, Henry Miller, Man Ray, Edward Abbey, Corso

Title: Between Worlds: An International Magazine of Creativity - Summer, 1960 : Vol. 1, No. 1

Author: Editor: Dr. Gilbert Neiman.
Contributors: Edward Abbey, Joseph Bakker, William Burroughs, Jaime Carrero, John Ciardi, Maria Colon, Tram Combs, Gregory Corso, Malcolm Cowley, Robert Dash, George Dillon, Edward Dorn, Marcel Duchamp, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, A. Finzetto, Francis Golffing, Hermann Hesse, David Ignatow, Claire Pierre Johnson, Raymond E. F. Larsson, Robert Lowry, Henry Miller, John Morales, Carl Morse, Gilbert Neiman, Clinton Nichols, Harold Norse, Alfred Perles, Fairfield Porter, James Purdy, E. Michael Rasmussen, Man Ray, Srinivas Rayaprol, Sir Herbert Read, Clement Richer, Ramon Sender, Richard Smith, Gary Snyder, Cristoforo Spaccazochi, Chao Tze-chiang, Philip Whalen, John Williams, Jonathan Williams, Derek Wolcott.
Illustrators: Man Ray, Jaime Carrero

Description: Printed wraps. Covers show some light general age; a bit of wear at spine ends; front cover has a small spot of soiling near the fore-edge and a received date (Aug 17 1960) is rubber-stamped along the top edge. Interior is clean and unmarked. Original order form tipped in at rear. Cover art by Man Ray. Two plates with full-page illustrations of art by Man Ray and Jaime Carrero. 189 pages. Placed in an archival mylar sleeve.

The first issue of Between Worlds, an international review of poetry, prose and art, with contributions from many Beats. Contributors include Henry Miller, William Burroughs, Edward Abbey, Gregory Corso, Gary Snyder, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, David Ignatow, Philip Whalen, Man Ray, Harold Norse, Alfred Perles, Herbert Read, Marcel Duchamp, Malcolm Cowley, and many others. Only two subsequent issues were published: Vol. 1, No. 2 and Vol. 2, No. 1.

Between Worlds was edited by Dr. Gilbert Neiman (1912-1977). Henry Miller lived with the Neimans in Los Angeles in 1942 and later, Neiman would write his doctoral dissertation on Miller, earning his Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico ('59). While at UNM, he befriended Edward Abbey, one of his classmates. In 1960, he became the Director of the Creative Writing Program at the Inter American University in Puerto Rico and from 1963 on, was Professor of English at Clarion State College, Clarion, Pennsylvania.

Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good

Publisher: Alan Swallow for the Inter American University, San German, Puerto Rico
Place: Denver
Year: 1960

Keywords: avant-garde, Beats, Beat Generation,