Rare bundle of The Difficulties, the legendary avant-garde literary journal edited by Tom Beckett. This set includes:

Vol. 1, No. 2 (Winter 1980–1981)

Early and influential issue featuring work by Cid Corman, Ron Silliman, Bob Perelman, Charles Bernstein, Lyn Hejinian, Larry Eigner, and more—key voices of the Language poetry movement.

Vol. 3, No. 2 (1989): The Susan Howe Issue

A full issue dedicated to the groundbreaking experimental poet Susan Howe. Contributors include Bruce Andrews, Paul Metcalf, Peter Quartermain, Charles Bernstein, and others. An essential document for scholars and collectors of postmodern poetics.

From the private library of poet and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (no ex libris). Both issues are clean, complete, and in excellent vintage condition with only minor edge wear.