Avalanche 2 -- First Appearance of Guilt Obsession Behind A Cloud Of Rockets (1966)

Published in 1966, Avalanche 2 featured the first appearance of the Bukowski poem, Guilt Obsession Behind A Cloud Of Rockets.

The poem would later appear in The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over The Hills (1969).

Contributors include Charles Bukowski, Ron Silliman, Duane Locke, Brown Miller, Wesley Tanner, et al.

This copy is in Very Good + condition with heavy staining, and creases to the covers and spine. to the cover. Interior pages have some chips to the edges and some minor creases, but overall white and clean. There is also a nice owner’s plate on the blank second-to-last page, with the name “Hank!”. Binding is solid.

Overall, a solid copy of this uncommon poetry journal edited by Richard Krechout of Berkeley, California.

Box 4