A Note
of
Amical Dissent
Our admiration for
PR
increases with the years-and our regard for
its Editors. Yet, for the record, we must say that we often disagree with
them, and particularly with some of their
omissions. De gustibus non
est disputandum
...
but, may we ask, in most friendly spirit: is
Partisan
doing right by its readers when it consistently excludes from its pages
the work of such writers as Edward Dahlberg, Kenneth Patchen, Henry
Miller, John Hawkes and Kenneth Rexroth?
Obviously, we are prejudiced. New Directions publishes a number of
books by these writers, and we are convinced that each of them has
great stature. We hold that Rexroth and Patchen are among the best
poets writing today; that Edward Dahlberg's prose, and his mythic
vision, would be unique in any age; that Miller merits the Nobel Prize;
and that Hawkes has notably extended the frontier of experimental
fiction.
Time, as they say, will tell; for the moment, we submit, reader, to
your verdict, if you will read some of these books which, we must infer,
the Editors of
PR
do not much like:
HENRY MILLER
The Colossus of Maroussi. $1.25
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare. $3.50
Big Sur and The Oranges
of Hieronymus Bosch. $6.50
The Smile at The Foot of
The Ladder. $2.25
The Time of The Assassins. $3.00
The Books in My Life. $5.00
Remember to Remember. $3.75
Wisdom of The Heart. $2.50
KENNETH PATCHEN
Selected Poems. $2.00
When We Were Here Together. $3.50
Red Wine and Yellow Hair. $2.00
The Famous Boating Party. $3.50
KENNETH REXROTH
In Defense of The Earth. $3.00
The Signature of All Things. $3.00
The Dragon and The Unicorn. $3.00
100 Poems from the Japanese. $3.50
100 Poems from the Chinese. $3.50
The Phoenix and the Tortoise. $3.00
JOHN HAWKES
The Cannibal. $2.25
The Beetle Leg. $2.50
The Goose on The Grave. $3.00
EDWARD DAHLBERG
The Sorrows of Priapus.
With draw–
ings
by
Ben Shabn. $6.50
The Flea of Sodorrt. $1.50
These books, and many which we are assured the Editors of
PR do
like, are published by New Directions. A postcard will bring you our
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