Beat Scene 44: LouJon Press Special Issue

Kevin Ring’s Beat Scene magazine is a treasure for Bukowski and Beat fans alike. I’m in the “never the twain shall meet” camp, but in this case the exception is deserved. Plus, Kevin’s a good guy who put a lot of work and high production value into each issue of the magazine.

Full contents below, but for Bukowski fans there are five good pieces around LouJon Press:

·         JON EDGAR WEBB...BEYOND BUKOWSKI

·         A BRIEF HISTORY OF JON AND GYPSY LOU WEBB by Jeff Weddle

·         AN INTERVIEW WITH JON EDGAR WEBB JR by Jeff Weddle

·         ALL PRICKLES AND NO PETALS...a lost story by Jon Edgar Webb

·         THE OUTSIDERS...THE LOUJON PRESS by Jim Burns

This copy is in Very Good ++ condition with bumps to the corners and some rubbing on the covers. Issues of Beat Scene are getting harder and harder to find these days.

FULL CONTENTS

• 4...TOM CLARK...an interview with Kevin Ring
• 12...LARRY RIVERS...a renegade artist
• 14...NEAL AND IKE by Tom Christopher
• 16...ANNE MURPHY REMEMBERS NEAL CASSADY..an interview with Steve Edington
• 19...JON EDGAR WEBB...BEYOND BUKOWSKI
• 22...A BRIEF HISTORY OF JON AND GYPSY LOU WEBB by Jeff Weddle
• 28...AN INTERVIEW WITH JON EDGAR WEBB JR by Jeff Weddle
• 30...ALL PRICKLES AND NO PETALS...a lost story by Jon Edgar Webb
• 34...THE OUTSIDERS...THE LOUJON PRESS by Jim Burns
• 38...WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS AND THE SOUTH TEXAS BEATS by Rob Johnson & Juan Ochua
• 46...BEATNIK...lurid stories of the early Beat scene by Tom Christopher
• 50...AN AFTERNOON WITH FERNANDA PIVANO AND DAN FANTE by Anna Battista
• 56...THE BEAT SCENE REVIEW SECTION Ted Joans, Charles Bukowski, Gregory Corso, Cid Corman, Philip Whalen, Albert Saijo, The Sixties, Girls Who Wore Black and more beside.

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