The Poetry Project Newsletter, Issue 6, May 1, 1973

The first appearance of Burroughs in the newsletter, mentioning Burroughs’ contribution to the Giorno Poetry System double album The Dial-A-Poem Poets.

Published in New York City by The Poetry Project at St. Mark's in May, 1973.

This copy is part of the Alternative Press (Ken Mikolowsky, MI.) archive of Poetry Project Newsletters, acquired through Type Punch Matrix (Silver Spring, MD.).

Bibliographic Information:

• Not in M&M
• Not in Shoaf
• Not in Schottlaender (v4)
• Raven 19730501TPPN.0.6

Selected Contents:

• news:
• Bockris-Wylie interview of Gregory Corso in The Drummer, and an upcoming book
• Adventures in Poetry upcoming books
• Grossman Publishers breaking away from Goliard/Santa Fe books
• on Morris Golde, the Berrigan family, and Dick Gallup
• Larry Bensky and a large collective poem
• on David Meltzer's Bark
• on Spicy Meatball, no. 2
• Donna Dennis paintings, HOTELS, at West Broadway Gallery
• Black Sparrow Press releases
• about the East Side Book Store
• on Giorno Poetry Systems' album The Dial-A-Poem Poets (which includes Burroughs, et al)
• Peter Schjeldahl receiving an NEA grant
• on Loose Change Press releases
• The Paris Review 20th anniversary celebration at South Street Seaport
• on a visit to New York by Trevor Winkfield, editor/translator
• on issue 27 of The World
• on Big Sky, issue 5
• upcoming Poetry Project workshops
• Anne Waldman and Kenward Elmslie in "The Palm Casino Revue"
• on Telephone, issue 8
• on Tom Veitch releases
• on Kenneth Koch's A Change of Hearts
• ask for submissions to VORT magazine
• on Panjandrum Press releas of David Gitin's Guitar Against the Wall
• a reading by Johnny Stanton and his Siamese Banana Goon Squad
• on Teachers and Writers Collaborative
• on Mulberry, issue 3
• on a poetry project called Mass Transit out of the Washington D.C. Community Book Shop
• on the anthology Visions of America by the Poets of Our Time
• on an upcoming Kenneth King dance program

Publishing Information: 

• Editor: Ron Padgett