Surrealist Experiences

1001 Dawns, 221 Midnights Penelope Rosemont     1999     194p     5 x 8 Rosemont’s first book of articles and essays. It includes nearly two dozen texts originally published in surrealist journals from 1970 through the 90s, plus eleven that appear here for the first time. An ardent defender of all that … Continue reading Surrealist Experiences

Down Below

Leonora Carrington     1944     53p     4.5 x 8 Best known for her dazzling paintings and tales of black humor, Carrington is one of contemporary surrealism’s outstanding spokespersons. Born and raised in England, she joined the international surrealist movement in 1937. Down Below recounts her adventures in Spain ‘on the other … Continue reading Down Below

A Menagerie in Revolt

Selected Writings of Benjamin Peret Benjamin Peret     2009     148p     5 x 8 From Charles H. Kerr, “Peret’s writings testify with burning clarity to his relentless devotion to the cause of breaking the social, cultural, and psychological fetters which reduce the imagination to misery and degradation. An essential collection by … Continue reading A Menagerie in Revolt

Beware of Ice

And Other Poems Penelope Rosemont 1992 80p 5 x 8 Forty-eight dense, sparkling poems resounding with mad love of the truly wild. Includes drawings by Enrico Baj. $3.50-5 Other works involving penelope rosemont, poetry, surrealism, black swan, charles h. kerr