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The Eight Pager

1. THE EIGHT PAGER, Series 1, Part 1, edited by D.r. Wagner
Niagara Falls: press : today : niagara, 1966
First edition, top-stapled, 8.5” x 11”, 12 leaves printed recto only, mimeograph printed.

“this publication is not to be taken internally except as an aphrodisiac”

  • Contents:
    1. D.r. Wagner – “Orange Satori II”
      rjs – [untitled] “so you know a girl…”
      rjs – [untitled] “snake-eyes always jumps tomorrow…”
      d.a. levy – “Segment from a Destroyed Journal”
      d.a. levy – “from The North American Book of the Dead”
      Dave Rasey – “T.V. Western”
      d.a. levy – “from Hate Rays Cleveland”
      E.R. Baxter – [letter]
      D.r. Wagner – “Orange Satori III”
      D.r. Wagner – [book reviews]

2. THE EIGHT PAGER, Series 1, Part 2, edited by D.r. Wagner
Niagara Falls: press : today : niagara, 1966
First edition, top-stapled, 8.5” x 11”, 11 leaves printed recto only, mimeograph printed.

“this publication may be chopped up burned cooked on a spoon and mainlined and is recommended as a real aphrodisiac”

  • Contents:
    1. John Montgomery – “Parable”
      John Montgomery – “Bang”
      Kent Taylor – [untitled] “memories crushing my eyes…”
      Kent Taylor – “January 10, 1966”
      Kent Taylor – “Feb. 10, 1966”
      Doug Blazek – “The Atoms in My Life”
      Doug Blazek – “Birth”
      Antonin Artaud – [untitled] “Masterpieces of the past…”
      Doug Blazek – “Snow Fever”
      Tuli Kupferberg – [untitled] “I sit by the window early…”

3. THE EIGHT PAGER, Series 1, Part 3, edited by D.r. Wagner
Niagara Falls: press : today : niagara, 1966
First edition, top-stapled, 8.5” x 11”, 13 leaves printed recto only, mimeograph printed.

“this publication is excellent mixed with gin and tonic and is an excellent aphrodisiac”

  • Contents:
    1. Margaret Randall – “The Called Shots”
      Margaret Randall – “The Strike”
      Charles Bukowski – “The Stupid Are Best At The Cruelties:”
      Charles Bukowski – “The Sex-Obsessed Ladies Walking By Me After Work”
      Charles Bukowski – [untitled] “the way to stay alive…”
      Gene Fowler – “Glimpses of a Cold Night”
      Gene Fowler – “The Descent”
      Grace Butcher – “Trip”
      Grace Butcher – “Excerpt from a Letter”
      D.r. Wagner – [book reviews]
      author unknown – “A Special Note on Richmond and his Poetry”

4. THE EIGHT PAGER, Series 1, Part 4, edited by D.r. Wagner
Niagara Falls: press : today : niagara, 1966
First edition, top-stapled, 8.5” x 11”, 12 leaves printed recto only, mimeograph printed.

“by this time I’d bet you expected this space to say something about how ‘8’ is an aphrodisiac”

  • Contents:
    1. Erik Kiviat – “Treaty”
      Erik Kiviat – “Letter to Marcia”
      Carl Larsen – “Telethong”
      Walter Lowenfels – “Motherfucker Time”
      Russell Salamon – [untitled] “she is out of the seashell…”
      Sid Rufus – “The Homo Sapien Waltz”
      Jacob Leed – “Version Z”
      Sid Rufus – “Hobby Utmostess”
      Mel Buffington – “Musicman”
      Mel Buffington – “Decapitation”
      Douglas Blazek – “Earth”
      Kenneth Patchen – “from See You in the Morning”
      Steve Richmond – “A Selection of Poems”
      Steve Richmond – “My Cock”
      E.R. Baxter – “A Public Service Announcement”
      D.r. Wagner – [book reviews]