THIRD RAIL No. 9 features a festschrift for
artist Wallace Berman featuring  essays by
Robert Duncan and Jack Hirschman about
Berman and his art, interviews conducted by
editor Uri Hertz with poet/playwright Michael
McClure, legendary actor Russel Tamblyn and
assemblage artist George Herms, and
reproductions of the artist's unique sculpture,
collage and graphic art.

Also featured in this issue are Kitasono Katue,
dadaist originator of concrete poetry in
Japan, and the poets of
Vou magazine. Other
featured include an interview with Oliver
Stone,  Fernando Alegria  on
The Inhabitants of
Wing Place,
Ira Cohen's In and Out of Paris
and London,
Juan Epple's Letter from Chile and
Blaise Cendrars in Latin America by editor Uri
Hertz.

After THIRD RAIL No. 9 appeared in 1988,
publication of the magazine was temporarily
suspended for a  period that wound up lasting
fifteen years.
Festschrift for Wallace Berman
Wallace Berman's poster for 1966 production of  
Michael McClure's
The Beard
front cover of Semina No. 3. featuring Michael
McClure's "Peyote Poem"

                  copyright © Third Rail 1988

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next page: Kitasono Katue & Vou Poets (extracts)
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