Kent Taylor: Contributions to Books and Other Publications

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Section B:
This index includes contributions to books and other publications


1. POETRY PARADE, edited by Lincoln B. Young
Appalachia: Young Publications, 1963
Taylor contribution: “A Time of Passing”

2. CLEVELAND MANIFESTO
Cleveland: The Asphodel Bookshop, 1964
First edition, single sheet mimeograph printed on both sides, statements by Russell Atkins, Jau Billera, d.a. levy, Russell Salamon, Adelaide Simon, Kent Taylor.
[untitled statement]
(T&H B-01)

3. MELODY OF THE MUSE, edited by Lincoln B. Young
Appalachia: n.p., [c. 1964]
Taylor contribution: “Perceivings”

4. 465, edited by d.a. levy
465Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1966
First edition, stapled silk-screened wrappers, 500 copies, mimeograph printed, cover art by Ralph & Diedra Poplar.
Taylor contribution: “Death of an Amusement Park”, “Euclid Avenue”, “55th-107th”

 

5. CLEVELAND CONCRETE
clevelandconcreteCleveland: Free Love Press, 1966
First edition, stapled wrappers, ditto printed. [two untitled concrete poems.]




6. TELEGRAMS FROM CENTRAL CONTROL, edited by D.r. Wagner
Niagara Falls: Press : Today : Niagara, 1966
First edition, stapled printed wrappers, 350 copies, mimeograph printed.
Taylor contribution: “Para *Concrete*Manifesto-Part 3” (prose)

7. 306, edited by d.a. levy
306Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1967
First edition, stapled printed wrappers, 100± copies, mimeograph printed.
Taylor contribution: “Events: Oct. 15, 1965 , Cleveland”, “Hymn to the West Side”, “Ohio”
(T&H P-46)

 

8. CLEVELAND SAMPLER (FOR JAMES RUSSELL & D.A. LEVY)
Cleveland, 1967
Taylor contribution: “John Handy’s Spanish Lady”

9. OLE ANTHOLOGY, edited by Douglas Blazek
Glendale: Poetry Ex/Change, 1967
First edition, perfect bound printed wrappers, offset printed, 5,000 numbered copies.
Taylor contribution: [untitled] “My cat…”

10. THREE POEMS BY CLEVELAND POETS
Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1967
Taylor contribution: “9-4-66”

11. TRIBUTE TO JIM LOWELL, edited by T.L. Kryss
Cleveland: Ghost Press, 1967
Taylor contribution: “Statement” (prose), “12-13-66”

12. UKANHAVYRFUCKINCITIBAK, edited by R.J. Sigmund
levy_ukanhavCleveland: ghost press, 1968
Taylor contribution: “A Love Poem”





13. AMPER&AND, edited by T.L. Kryss and R. Wolter
mags_ampersandSan Francisco: Ampersand, 1969
First edition, stapled printed wrappers with red library tape binding, mimeograph printed.
Taylor contribution: “6-25-67”, “November Light”,  “4-4-66”, “6-27-66”, [untitled] “One lamp flashes…”

 

14. PANAMA GOLD. edited by T.L. Kryss
Cleveland: Zero Publications, 1969
First edition, stapled silk-screened wrappers, mimeograph printed, cover art by Barbara O’Connelly, internal screen print by T.L. Kryss.
Taylor contribution: “The Western Poem”

15. DEATH ROW, edited by Don Cauble
Portland, OR: Dead Angel Press, 1970
Taylor contribution: “1-15-69”, “5-8-68”

16. GROUND ZERO
Cleveland: n.p., [c. 1970]
First edition, stapled wrappers, mimeograph printed.
Taylor contribution: “Williamsburg Bridge”, “Christmas Eve 1965”, [untitled] “My time/ sunken…”, [untitled] “Why the leaves…”, [untitled] “Leaves branches…”, [untitled] “Rainbow water…”, [untitled] “Sad climbing…”

Note: Two additional poems in this anthology may be attributable to Taylor. No poems in this anthology are accompanied by the poet’s name…

17. WHAT THERE IS LEFT TO UNDERSTAND…, edited by T.L. Kryss
Sacramento: n.p., 1970
Taylor contribution: “7-22-69”, “4-21-69”, “7-7-69”

18. WORDS ON PAPER-POETRY-FREE
n.p. [Cleveland], n.d. [c. 1971]
Taylor contribution: “4-26-71”

19. THE LIVING UNDERGROUND ANTHOLOGY, edited by Hugh Fox
Troy: Whitston Pub. Co., 1973
Taylor contribution: “8-5-69”, “3-9-70”, “2-28-70”, “4-2-70”, “ONE MORE FOR K”

20. ALLEGHENY STAR ROUTE
Cleveland: Black Rabbit Press, 1975
First edition, stapled sheets bound into printed wrappers, mimeograph printed.
Taylor contribution: “8-2-71”, “8-13-73” [mis-titled, should read: 8-13-71], “2-7-71”, “To My Son (Age 6)”, “Words” [this is a different poem than that which appears in FREE LOVE PERIODICALLY, #2 with the same title.]

21. SAN JOSE CAMPUS-COMMUNITY POETRY FESTIVAL POSTER SERIES
San Jose, 1977
Taylor contribution: [untitled haiku] [displayed on buses]

22. WE ARE THE SECRET LIVING LEPROSY, edited by T.L. Kryss
Cleveland: Black Rabbit Press, 1977
Taylor contribution: “Singularity”, “San Francisco”, “1-31-77”

23. VAGABOND ANTHOLOGY, edited By John Bennett
Ellensburg, WA: Vagabond Press, 1978
Taylor contribution: “Travel Notes”, “11-10/11-25-73”, “2-7-74”, “November 1974”, “Reunion”

24. PLANET DETROIT ANTHOLOGY OF URBAN POETRY, edited by Kurt Nimmo & Christine Lahey
Detroit, 1983
Taylor contribution: “Round Trip from San Francisco”, February Song”

25. ASPHODEL BOOK SHOP 25 YEARS TRIBUTE
April, 1988
Taylor contribution: “Brother James” (prose)

26. ONCE MORE WITH FEELING, edited by John Bennett
Ellensburg: Vagabond Press, 1988
Taylor contribution: “Chiaroscuro”, “Distances”, “Stranger”, “Undertow”, “Captive Audience”, “Flashback”, “Filling in the Blanks”

27. OF ASPHODEL: A MULLIGAN’S STEW CELEBRATING THE TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF THE ASPHODEL BOOKSTORE, JAMES LOWELL, PROP.
[Cleveland]: n.p.1988
Taylor contribution: “Cleveland Reminiscence”,”Ohio” [ printed by Tom Kryss?]

28. WORLD SOUNDS, edited by T.L. Kryss
Cleveland: Black Rabbit Press, 1989
Taylor contribution: “Clear and Cold”

29. ZEN CONCRETE & ETC., edited by Ingrid Swanberg
Madison: Ghost Pony Press, 1991
Taylor contribution: “The Cleveland Underground Poetry Scene: A Personal Reminiscence” (prose) [contains additional material than the version published in Vagabond], “Postscript” (prose)

30. AMERICAN RENEGADES CATALOG
Boulder: University of Colorado Press, 1992
Taylor contribution: “Meeting d.a. levy” (prose), “A Few Words about d.a. levy” (prose)

31. POETS ON PARNASSUS ANTHOLOGY, edited by David Watts & Joan Baranow
San Francisco: UCSF, 1994
Taylor contribution: “Chasing Helen”

32. VALENTINE, edited by Sabina Daley & Candice Walsh
New York, 1996
Taylor contribution: “Catching her Breath”

33. ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?
Brooklyn: Boog Literature, 1997
Audiotape.
Taylor contribution: “A Belated Touche for d.a. levy”

34. HARD LOVE–WRITINGS ON VIOLENCE AND INTIMACY, edited by Elizabeth Claman
Eugene: Queen of Swords Press, 1997
First edition, paperback.
Taylor contribution: “Folie a Deux”

35. BEBOP-REBOP
Providence, 1998
Audiotape & CD.
Taylor contribution: “Brain Tumor”, “Calling Card”, “Vegas”
[read by Dave Church who issued the recording]

36. RAGGED LION, A TRIBUTE TO JACK MICHELINE, edited by John Bennett
Ellensburg, WA: Vagabond Press, 1999
Taylor contribution: “February Death”

37. THE ASPHODEL: A TRIBUTE TO JIM LOWELL (TOO) ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY
Vancouver: Kirpan Press, 2002
Taylor contribution: “A Note on Jim Lowell’s 70th Birthday” (prose)

38. THE CLEVELANDERS, Vol. 1, edited by Alan Horvath
Vancouver: Kirpan Press, 2002
Taylor contribution: “Fourth of July at Ocean Beach”, “Deficits”, “Blowing Smoke”, “Losing My Voice”, “Batman” (collage), “Strange Adventures” (collage), “Suzuki” (collage), “It’s Over” (collage)

39. HAPPY AS A BUDDHA ON A BUBBLEGUM BINGE, edited by David Kirschenbaum
New York, 2002
Taylor contribution: “Not Quite Janine”

40. LIVE READING AT LUNA’S CAFE: A TRIBUTE TO D.A. LEVY AND KENNETH PATCHEN
Sacramento, 2002
Audio of Taylor reading d.a.levy’s work and speaking about him.

41. ZERO SQUARED, TO RJS AND BACK
Cleveland: Black Rabbit Press, 2002
Taylor contribution: “Imagining R.J.S.” (prose)

42. MEASURED STEPS
Vancouver: Kirpan Press, 2004
Taylor contribution: “Woman at a Mental Health Clinic”, “Rehearsal”, “The Opposite of Hallucinating”, “Out of Breath”, “Chinatown Graffiti” (collage)

43. NOTES FROM CLEVELAND: SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE FROM JIM LOWELL TO KENT TAYLOR (1970-2003)
Kirpan Press, 2004
Taylor contribution: Introduction and 7 untitled inkings

44. REMAINS OF THE ASPHODEL ARE CONFUSING THE SEASONS, edited by Matthew Wascovich
Cleveland: Slow Toe Publications, 2004
Taylor contribution: “Signaling Jim”

45. SOMETIMES CITY UNDERCOVERS. LEVYFEST 2005, edited by S.A. Griffin & Bill Roberts
Los Angeles & Dover: Bottle Of Smoke Press & Rose of Sharon Press, Dec. 2005
Taylor contribution: “A Belated Touche for d.a. levy”, “Lines Written a Few Hours before Learning that d.a. levy Had Shot Himself to Death”

46. THE CLEVELANDERS, Vol. 2, edited by Alan Horvath
Vancouver, WA: Kirpan Press, 2006
Taylor contribution: “Cleveland Manifesto of Poetry” (prose), “The Man without a Part”, “The Faith of Jimmy McBride”, “Cleveland Archaeology”, “Failure of the Educational System”, “Home of the Brave”, “Still Life”, [untitled artwork]

47. CLOSING TIME – RABBITS OVER CLEVELAND
Cleveland: Mac Backs, 2006

48. ANIMALS WITHOUT BACKBONES, edited by Bree
Cleveland Heights: Green Panda Press, 2007
First edition, published as Green Panda Press Anthology #7.
Taylor contribution: “Lights Out”, “Second Wind”

49. D. A. LEVY & THE MIMEOGRAPH REVOLUTION, edited by Larry Smith & Ingrid Swanberg
Huron, Ohio: Bottom Dog Press, 2007
Taylor contribution: “For the Destroyed Poets of Ohio” (interview), “A Belated Touche for d.a. levy

50. (TAYLOR-MADE) RANDOM SIGHTINGS
Vancouver: Kirpan Press, 2007
Taylor contribution: untitled cover illustration and reprint of Fortuitons Motherfucer.

51. CLEVELAND POETRY SCENES — A PANORAMA & ANTHOLOGY, edited by Nina Freedlander Gibans, Mary E. Weems & Larry Smith
Huron, OH: Bottom Dog Press, 2008
Taylor contribution: “The Cleveland Underground Poetry Scene – A Personal Reminiscence” (prose)

52. THE CLEVELANDERS, Vol. 3, edited by Alan Horvath
Vancouver, WA: Kirpan Press, 2008
First edition, comb bound, 75 copies.
Taylor contribution: “Brain Tumor”, “Billie Holiday”, “Lost and Found”, [untitled artowrk]

53. FLOWER CLOCK: A SELECTION OF POEMS FROM THE CATALOGS OF THE ASPHODEL BOOK SHOP, 1963-2003
Ravenna: Black Rabbit Press, 2008
Taylor contribution: “Fourth of July at Ocean Beach”

54. RENEGADE FLOWERS, THE LEVYFEST 2014 ANTHOLOGY,  edited by D.r. Wagner and John Dorsey
Cleveland: Hydeout Press, 2014
100 copies.
Taylor contribution: “10-28-98” (prose), “Bone Music”, “Chasing Helen”

55. IN THE COMPANY OF RUSSELL ATKINS, A Celebration by Friends on His 90th Birthday, edited by Diane Kendig and Robert E. McDonough
Cleveland: Red Giant Books, 2016
Taylor contribution: “Russell was key” (short prose intro), “for Russell Atkins “, “Chasing Helen”, “12-29-68 Cleveland “, “Harbor Inn Blues”

56. QUIET ROOMS, edited by D. R. Wagner and Dave Boles
Grass Valley: Cold River Press, 2020
Taylor contribution: “For Russell Atkins”, “Remains To Be Seen”, “Hymn To The West Side”, “Chasing Helen”, “Not Quite Janine”, “A Love Poem (for d. a.)”

57. CAPGRAS, edited by Tohm Bakelas
Denville NJ, Between Shadows Press, 2022
Taylor contribution: “White Night Blues”