Limited Edition Poetry from the San Francisco Renaissance

Description

James Broughton’s Tidings is a quiet masterpiece of West Coast poetry—printed, bound, and handset by the legendary Pterodactyl Press in San Francisco. Issued in an edition of 500 copies (with an additional 35 boxed copies), it’s a tactile reminder of what fine press poetry looked like before it got precious. No dust jacket issued. This is poetry in linen boards and ink, full of wit, body, and deep spiritual reverence.

Broughton, a central figure of the San Francisco Renaissance, was equal parts poet and provocateur. He was a filmmaker, a queer icon, a mystic with a typewriter. Tidings delivers his lyrical voice in a format worthy of its resonance.

Lacking the original dustjacket, as often seen, but still a beautifully preserved example of Pterodactyl Press’s finely printed work.