Going to Buffalo, N.Y., next July

[planahea]

cirerita,

Just off the campus in Buffalo there is an absolutely wonderful bookshop called Talking Leaves ...Books that specializes in small press publications. I've visited the store many times and feel certain they can put you in touch with qualified people who would be delighted to assist you in your research on a gratis basis.The owner is a very friendly fellow named Jonathon Welch and his wife is Martha. My name is Bill Whitaker and I visited him and his bookshop for years as a publishers' representative of many small independent publishers including BSP. If you contact him, please tell him I said "Hi."

Here is his website: http://tleavesbooks.com/about.htm

Good luck!

 

[cirerita]

Thanks for the tip. I might pay them a visit.

 

[HarryC13]

Hi cirerita, I live several hundred miles south of Buffalo, and if you visited in the winter you'd know why. :-) So I probably won't get to visit with you. However, I do know Michael Basinski, the curator of the poetry collection at the State University of New York in Buffalo. He came to a few of the poetry readings I held back in the mid-to-late 80s in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which is not that far from Buffalo. That University has a huge poetry collection, so I'm assuming that is where you're going.

If it helps to drop my name, I'm sure that Basinski remembers me. His library may be the only place on earth where you can find a copy of the rare-as-hen's-teeth Pig in a Poke #2. It's so rare I don't even think that I have a copy. (BTW, if you ever see one, PLEASE give me a shout ...)

http://www.buffalostate.edu/library/rooftop/members/basinski.htm

Hope this helps ...

 

[cirerita]

Harry,

I've been in touch with MB for a long time now.

And, yes, their poetry collection is HUGE. I'll keep my eyes open and will let you know if I find a copy of PiaP #2.

As a matter of fact, if any of you guys want me to copy a few pages from a really obscure mag, let me know it.

 

[Father Luke]

As a matter of fact, if any of you guys want me to copy a few pages from a really obscure mag, let me know it.

Dude. . . will you scan, and post them for us?

 

[cirerita]

Padre,

time permitting, yes.

 

[Father Luke]

A comfortable sense of leisure is essential.

Gracias.

 

[HarryC13]

Hey Abel, would love to see the scan when you get time. Also, if you see Pig in a Poke #2, please create a diversion and steal it. I like Basinski but we have to keep our priorities straight.

 

[cirerita]

Harry, bad news: I could have EASILY stolen A Signature of Poetry but I couldn't help being a good boy. Shit. ;)

 

[HarryC13]

Hey, I'm proud of you lad, for having a conscience. Although that will not get me my Pig. :)

 

[Ponder]

How is Buffalo treating you, cirerita?
I hope you had a good flight and I wish you a great time surrounded by mags.

 

[cirerita]

Hi, guys. Just got the Internet connection working in my apt.

Loads of work here. Michael Basinski -the Curator of the Poetry Collection- is a cool guy and the staff is very helpful. They keep saying how impressed they're when they see me going through so many mags. I bet most "researchers" probably research other stuff ;) but not the mags. They told me they had never pulled many of the items I requested.

"Which issues would you like to see, sir?"
"BRING 'EM ALL, BABY"!!!!

Back to work.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

"Which issues would you like to see, sir?"
"BRING 'EM ALL, BABY"!!!!

Back to work.

Good for you. I hope you find the holy grail.;)

 

[roni]

"BRING 'EM ALL, BABY"!!!!

you're a cool cat.

 

[Father Luke]

Post cards from the Fidget Factory

Wish you were here.
Write if you find work.
The weather is beautiful.

Everyone says "Hi".

xo
- -
Okay,
Father Luke

 

[cirerita]

I'm finding quite a few gems here. Too bad I don't have a scanner... and I'll probably won't have time to scan them when I get back to the land of the conquerors. Ha!

 

[Gerard K H Love]

I can tell you were never a spy. Otherwise you would have brought a nice little camera.;)

 

[planahea]

Best Buy has pocket 5 mega-pixel digital still shot or 4X zoom video cameras made by AIPTEK for $89.99. They are also available online where refurbished ones can be bought from AIPTEK for $49.99. James Bond never had it so good. :D

http://www.aiptek.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=R-PKDV59&Category_Code=GI&Store_Code=AS

 

[cirerita]

I do have a HD camera, but there are a lot of hawkeye guards in this fortress ;)

 

[planahea]

Scanners are okay, but cameras are not allowed?

 

[Gerard K H Love]

I do have a HD camera, but there are a lot of hawkeye guards in this fortress ;)

Bless your heart if some stooge (no offense mjp) is looking over you shoulder all day. Anyway make sure the flash is turned off. And whatever you do don't post the photos on the forum.
Did you go see the waterfall?

 

[cirerita]

Scanners and cameras are not allowed, methinks. But you can request xerox copies, and that I'll do. I was just saying that I don't have a scanner in the apt. so I cannot upload to the forum a few of the cool items I've found so far. And then in Spain... well, forget it ;)

No time for the Falls yet. Will probably go this weekend.

 

[d gray]

don't miss Ripley's! they even have a genuine Fiji mermaid...believe it or not...:D

 

[roni]

[...] And then in Spain... well, forget it

lucky whoever will get those binders in the end.

 

[cirerita]

Before I left Spain, I moved all the binders from my place (in the woods) to a safe place downtown. Am I sick? :D

 

[roni]

... Am I sick?

no. only careful .

 

[cirerita]

Just came back from the Falls (American ones). I was surprised to find out that it wasn't really crowded, and it was pleasant to see that the Falls have not been entirely turned into an American show -though the boat "fighting" against the wild current in the watery midst was a good candidate ;)

Weather's a bit crazy here. Sunny in the morning, pouring in the afternoon. A few days ago, a guy told me one of the local jokes:
"Hey, how's the weather in Buffalo?"
"Ask me that again in 5 minutes."

I didn't get it then. Today I got it.


Also went to Talking Leaves & Books. Cool place.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Good to hear that the Falls is not so touristy, and you seem to be enjoying yourself, C.

Off to North Carolina early tomorrow, so off to bed soon.

 

[cirerita]

Ok, I'm done here, guys. And I gotta admit I'm worn out. Shattered. I've been in the library every day from 9 to 5, working almost non-stop.

I could review 800 or so magazines. Some mags run for 1-2 issues, others for 20 and others for 50. I went thru' them all. I even took a look at some 100 mags where I suspected B. might have been published in -not much luck on that end, though.

Also went through a few MSS collections: Intrepid, Mica, Slipstream, etc.

The invoice from Buffalo's Poetry Collection reads:
"photocopies of Bukowski publications": 464
"scans of Bukowski publications": 150
Total $167.80

That's a bargain, believe me. $0.20 per xerox copy is pretty cheap today. A few days ago I paid $0.50 per copy (plus a $30 handling fee) to have all the Henry Miller letters (and other authors) to Bukowski copied. Just yesterday I heard from a library which will copy for me the unpublished letters from Bukowski to Blazek. They ask $0.50 per copy plus $50 to handle the material and ship it to Spain. So $0.20 is quite reasonable. And the staff at Buffalo used a little slip of paper to write down the name of the mag, volume and issue on each copy! Very, very helpful.

Not to mention scans. Try to get scans from any library. They usually ask $20 per copy for off-site patrons. Crazy. Here at Buffalo they usually charge $4 or $5 per scan, but they finally decided to charge me $0.50 per scan only. Nice, indeed.

Well, time to relax for a while and then tomorrow back to Spain. It will be a long, long, long journey. That's the price you have to pay for flying cheaply ;)

 

[Father Luke]

Any estimate on when your book is coming out?