James Broughton Packing Up for Paradise Signed Limited Black Sparrow Press 1997

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James Broughton remains one of the great independent voices of twentieth-century American poetry and cinema. A contemporary of Kenneth Rexroth, Robert Duncan, and the San Francisco Renaissance, Broughton’s work combined lyricism, humor, mysticism, and an unabashed celebration of love and identity. Packing Up for Paradise gathers five decades of his poetry into a single volume edited by Jim Cory, offering perhaps the finest introduction to his remarkably consistent body of work.

Issued by Black Sparrow Press, this signed limited edition was produced in just 100 numbered hardcover copies signed by Broughton. Barbara Martin’s unmistakable design gives the volume the classic Black Sparrow aesthetic that collectors immediately recognize. An increasingly difficult title to locate in the signed limited issue.

A handsome copy from one of the defining independent literary publishers of the twentieth century.