Special Issue on Philip Whalen
Philip Whalen
Description: Eugene, Oregon: Toad Press, 1967; First Edition of Intransit Special Issue on Philip Whalen; with publisher's original cinnamon wrappers over perfect bound text; 61 pages. Includes the whole text of The Education Continues Along reproduced from the author's calligraphic text, along with sections of his Voyages Notebook entries San Francisco-Kyoto 1966.
Condition: Very Good with sun discoloration to front cover, a small square ink blot to back cover and some light wear, inside is tight, clean and unmarked; clearly well protected by a concerned collector.
Additional Information: Philip Glenn Whalen (1923 -2002) was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance and close to the Beat generation. He is often labelled a "Beat poet" because he enjoyed his first creative achievement during the years when Beat literature thrived. As an ally and confidant of the major figures of the Beat Generation—and as a significant poet in his own right—Whalen is generally considered one of the pioneering forces behind the San Francisco Poetry Renaissance of the mid-1950s. The author's work differs from much Beat writing in its reverential treatment of the mundane, its self-deprecating humor, and its generally apolitical tone. Dictionary of Literary Biography essayist Paul Christensen writes: "Whalen's singular style and personality contribute to his character in verse as a bawdy, honest, moody, complicated songster of the frenzied mid-century, an original troubadour and thinker who refused to take himself too seriously during the great revival of visionary lyric in American poetry."
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