Used by permission of Water Row Books
In the words of the eBay seller, Water Row Publishing, early in 2000:
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© 1998 Water Row Books
Used by permission of Water Row Books
| In the words of the eBay seller, Water Row Publishing, early in 2000:
Back in August of 1998, the little town of Cherry Valley, New York was the
scene for the first Beat and Bohemian Poetry Festival - A fantastic gathering
of poets, writers, musicians, and old Beat folks who met for this great
reunion - some of the activities took place at the farm that belonged to
Allen Ginsberg. On the farm in front of the old cabin's porch, Betsy
Kirschbaum captured the essence of the historical significance of this
festival event and that photograph is emblazoned forever on this great new
photo full-color postcard. Sitting down and wearing someone else's army jacket
is the poet's poet - Ray Bremser - who Bob Dylan once wrote was a great
inspiration to him and the greatest jazz poet who ever lived. Ray died a few
months after this photo was taken. He read frequently in Greenwich Village
in the 1950s among Jack and others. Many photos of him during that time appear
in McDarrah's photo book, Greenwich Village. Next to Ray stands Charles
Plymell - the poet laureate of Cherry Valley - a soon-to-be recognized talent
who is responsible for printing the first ZAP comic for R. Crumb back in the
1960s in San Francisco. Charley went on to develop his poetic and prose
skills - one of his best books is the novel, Last of the Moccasins (available
from Water Row). Charley's latest book, Hand on the Doorknob (A Plymell
Reader) will be published by Water Row in a few months. And lastly (not least)
on the postcard is Grant Hart - Husker Du founder and guitarist
extraordinaire...
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(Thanks to Water Row Books.)
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