Vassili,
I've got the Olson and the Mandelstam on my shelf (the very volumes
you're talking about) for $5.00 and $4.50 US right now. I routinely sell
the Princeton Ency. for about $12.50 in paperback and so do many of my
colleagues on Bibliofind and Advanced Book Exchange. I could fit 4
titles the size of the Mandelstam and Olson in one global priority pouch
and get it to you in 3 to 5 days for $9.00 US. The Popa and Amorgos are
a more difficult matter but you could probably pick them up cheaper on
the net if you are a bit patient. Carlo Parcelli
Stavropoulos, Basil wrote:
>
> You people should come to Australia. Some examples from my recent
> purchases:
>
> Vasco Popa Collected Poems (hardback) - $75
> Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (paperback) - $89
> Charles Olson Selected by Robert Creeley (paperback) - $35
> Mandelstam Selected (a very thin Penguin) - $18
> Gatsos' Amorgos translated by Sally Purcell (a very small Anvil paperback) -
> $36
>
> All books are expensive here.
>
> Vasili
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Kennedy [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 3:12 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: the price of materialism
>
> well, you know, i generally agree with the money vs. value equation
> that
> alaric makes but i also think there's a wider issue here: too many
> books
> these days are just too chuffing expensive. it's a bit like when you
> browse
> in antique shops - every single item is priced about 20 quid more
> than you
> want to pay. i'll pay the price for something i want only if i think
> the
> materials/work involved merit it. and that's a decision everyone
> makes
> according to their own view.
> cheers
> david
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alaric Sumner <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 29 February 2000 17:04
> Subject: Re: the price of materialism
>
> >><<Personally I do not judge an art work by the price it costs.>>
> >>
> >>But surely the price is part of the materiality of the text?
> >
> >It is part of the Ownership of its materiality.
> >
> >I usually read in libraries. In UK many are still (just) free or in
> >University Libraries where multiple readership means that the price
> the
> >university pays per reader can be reduced considerably.
> >
> >(Well, actually, I thought "The History of The/My World" was worth
> buying
> >even at 60 dollars when I was last in US. And I have relished its
> >handprinted cover and the full colour throughout ever since. Cheap
> at half
> >the price. But then I VALUE poetry much higher than MONEY. I would
> have
> >like to have bought one of the original handprinted copies, but
> also find
> >it interesting to have a computer revision of the original. Useful
> in my
> >teaching.)
> >
> >Joseph, have you seen a copy? Or is this just shock that anyone
> would spend
> >60 dollars on a poetry book?
> >
> >How much would you spend on a book?
> >
> >I was very amused (sick) when I read in Bernstein's My Way the bit
> about
> >printing poetry on a sheet of paper making that sheet of paper LOSE
> VALUE
> >(Ric Caddell reminded me of the source of this on Britpo recently).
> >
> >60 dollars is the price of a good meal for 3?
> >
> >Which is more sustaining?
> >
> >Is it a virtue for poetry to be cheaply produced?
> >
> >
>
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The Poetry Kit Magazine section has been updated by the addition of
interviews with poets Jim Bennett, Brian Docherty and Katherine
Gallagher, and new poetry by Leo Aylen, Anjana Basu, Jim Bennett, Ted
Burford, Brian Docherty, Steve Duffy, Katherine Gallagher, Jesse
Glasse, W N Herbert, Brian Johnstone, Stazja McFadyen, Kevin MacNeil,
Rochelle Mass, Fiona Robyn, Michael Rothenberg, Donald Ryburn and Ernest
Slyman.
You can view these and all the regular up-to-date listings at
http://www.poetrykit.org/
Ted Slade
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