Sunday, April 25th, 4 - 6pm
Book Signing with ARTHUR WINFIELD KNIGHT
- Small Press Book Sale- Free Poems-For-All miniature books- - -
The Book Collector
1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets.
Sacramento/
Richard @poems-for-all.com
916.442.9295
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Please join us between 4 and 6pm for a BOOKSIGNING with Arthur W. Knight. Poet, writer and editor of UNSPEAKABLE VISIONS, a literary journal of Beat Generation writing, Arthur celebrates the release of his latest book. Arthur will be hanging out at the bookstore on Sunday afternoon to sign books and chat with anyone who comes for a visit. Join us in a relaxed environment with light refreshments to talk with the author.
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SMALL PRESS SALE: All small press poetry publications from presses like Rattlesnake Press and Swan Scythe will be on sale between 4 -6pm for 20% off.
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FREE POEMS-FOR-ALL: In honor of Poem-in-Your-Pocket Day (coming up on April 29th) dozens of free little books are yours for the taking! Come grab a pocket full...
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ARTHUR WINFIELD KNIGHT has published more than 2,000 poems and short stories and, with his wife Kit, has edited eight volumes dealing with the Beat Generation, including "Kerouac and the Beats" (Paragon House, 1988). His most recent of his novel is Misfits Country" (Tres Picos Press, 2008) Other novels include: "Blue Skies Falling," (Forge, 2001) based on Sam Peckinpah; "Johnnie D.," (Forge, 2000); "The Darkness Starts Up Where You Stand" (Depth Charge Books, 1996), and; "The Secret Life of Jesse James" (BurnhillWolf Books, 1996). He has also completed a novel about Billy the Kid.
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Arthur Winfield Knight is a well-known chronicler of the Beat Generation. In addition to his correspondence with and photography of the poets and writers of the Beat Generation, Arthur co-edited The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual series of books in a total volume of eight. THE BEAT BOOK (Arthur Winfield and Glee Knight, editors) was published in 1974 as Vol. 4 of The Unspeakable Visions series. An essential beat book, with a wealth of photos and contributions by key figures of the beat movement, including Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Carolyn and Neal Cassady, Phil Whalen, Carl Solomon, Peter Orlovsky, Gregory Corso, John C. Holmes, Paul Bowles, Bob Kaufman, Micheal McClure, Jack Micheline, Larry Rivers, Gary Snyder, Dianne Di Prima, Paul Metcalf, Herbert Huncke, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and others. THE BEAT DIARY (Arthur Winfield and Kit Knight, editors) was published in 1977 as Volume 5 of The Unspeakable Visions series. It featured contributions from Kerouac, Corso, Ginsberg, and Di Prima, among others.
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Arthur has photographed many famous writers, including Henry Miller and Aldus Huxley, and has over 200 book jackets to his credit.
Book Signing with ARTHUR WINFIELD KNIGHT
- Small Press Book Sale- Free Poems-For-All miniature books- - -
The Book Collector
1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets.
Sacramento/
Richard @poems-for-all.com
916.442.9295
- - -
Please join us between 4 and 6pm for a BOOKSIGNING with Arthur W. Knight. Poet, writer and editor of UNSPEAKABLE VISIONS, a literary journal of Beat Generation writing, Arthur celebrates the release of his latest book. Arthur will be hanging out at the bookstore on Sunday afternoon to sign books and chat with anyone who comes for a visit. Join us in a relaxed environment with light refreshments to talk with the author.
- - -
SMALL PRESS SALE: All small press poetry publications from presses like Rattlesnake Press and Swan Scythe will be on sale between 4 -6pm for 20% off.
- - -
FREE POEMS-FOR-ALL: In honor of Poem-in-Your-Pocket Day (coming up on April 29th) dozens of free little books are yours for the taking! Come grab a pocket full...
- - -
ARTHUR WINFIELD KNIGHT has published more than 2,000 poems and short stories and, with his wife Kit, has edited eight volumes dealing with the Beat Generation, including "Kerouac and the Beats" (Paragon House, 1988). His most recent of his novel is Misfits Country" (Tres Picos Press, 2008) Other novels include: "Blue Skies Falling," (Forge, 2001) based on Sam Peckinpah; "Johnnie D.," (Forge, 2000); "The Darkness Starts Up Where You Stand" (Depth Charge Books, 1996), and; "The Secret Life of Jesse James" (BurnhillWolf Books, 1996). He has also completed a novel about Billy the Kid.
- - -
Arthur Winfield Knight is a well-known chronicler of the Beat Generation. In addition to his correspondence with and photography of the poets and writers of the Beat Generation, Arthur co-edited The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual series of books in a total volume of eight. THE BEAT BOOK (Arthur Winfield and Glee Knight, editors) was published in 1974 as Vol. 4 of The Unspeakable Visions series. An essential beat book, with a wealth of photos and contributions by key figures of the beat movement, including Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Carolyn and Neal Cassady, Phil Whalen, Carl Solomon, Peter Orlovsky, Gregory Corso, John C. Holmes, Paul Bowles, Bob Kaufman, Micheal McClure, Jack Micheline, Larry Rivers, Gary Snyder, Dianne Di Prima, Paul Metcalf, Herbert Huncke, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and others. THE BEAT DIARY (Arthur Winfield and Kit Knight, editors) was published in 1977 as Volume 5 of The Unspeakable Visions series. It featured contributions from Kerouac, Corso, Ginsberg, and Di Prima, among others.
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Arthur has photographed many famous writers, including Henry Miller and Aldus Huxley, and has over 200 book jackets to his credit.