The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle 1969 d.a. levy SIGNED by Douglas Blazek ~ Cleveland underground press

Title: The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle (11th Last Issue / Dec., 1969) [signed by Douglas Blazek]

Author: d. a. levy, Douglas Blazek, Lyn Lifshin, Alta, Judson Crews, Robert Head, Kathy Wiegner, Susan Clements, Jennie Orvino, Don Kelly, Barbara Gibson, Suzanne Woods, Margarette Randall, G. Carter Rhys, Kathy McAfee, Myra Wood, Grady Jones

Description: Signed by Douglas Blazek on page with three of his poems. Newsprint, tabloid format. Complete in two sections; horizontal fold. A couple incidental splits, else in very good condition. 32 pages. The December 1969 issue of d. a. levy's journal, The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle, edited by him until his death in late 1968. Cover portrait of d. a. levy by Reed Thompson.

Features poetry by d. a. levy, Douglas Blazek, Lyn Lifshin, Judson Crews, Alta, and others. Also includes an obituary for Jack Kerouac; reviews of records by The Who ('Tommy'), Neil Young, Janis Joplin, The Beatles ('Abbey Road'), Spooky Tooth, etc.; a full page advert for The Kinks album 'Arthur' and their supporting 1969 North American Tour; a pictorial advert for Zappa's 'Hot Rats,' and more. Lots of local Cleveland counter-culture advertising.

Binding: Newspaper
Condition: Very Good+

Place: Cleveland
Year: 1969

Keywords: underground press, poetry, Cleveland,