War Letters & Other Writings Franklin Rosemont & Jacques Vaché 2007 396p 5 x 8 The decade that gave the world Krazy Kat, Rube Goldberg, and Buster Keaton also marked the emergence of Jacques Vaché. A bold jaywalker at the crossroads of history, and an ardent exemplar of freedom … Continue reading Jacques Vaché and the Roots of Surrealism
Selected Ravings Of Slim Brundage – Founder & Janitor Of The College Of Complexes Slim Brundage & Franklin Rosemont 2003 140p 5 x 8 A unique combination of tavern, university and nonstop wild party, the College of Complexes (1951-1961) was for many years the city’s outstanding outsider outpost — a … Continue reading From Bughouse Square to the Beat Generation
The Story of a Small, Underground 1960s Revolutionary Group in New York City Anonymous 16p 5 x 8 Former street kids and university drop-outs, this is the story of the Motherfuckers, who wanted to destroy capitalism and all things it turned to gold when it touched them: art, music, drugs, the … Continue reading Black Mask and Up Against the Wall Motherfucker
Bureau of Public Secrets 1981 532p 7 x 9 In 1957 a few European avant-garde groups came together to form the Situationist International. Picking up where the dadaists and surrealists had left off, the situationists challenged people’s passive conditioning with carefully calculated scandals and the playful tactic of detournement. … Continue reading Situationist International Anthology
Jules-François Dupuis 1977 131p 5 x 8 This pseudonymous account of surrealism by Raoul Vaneigem offers an answer to the question, “What was living and what was dead in Surrealism?” Though blistering in its criticism of surrealism’s artistic and political aporias, the book identifies the “radioactive fragment of radicalism” … Continue reading A Cavalier History of Surrealism