GARGOYLE, NUMBER 39/40: 20th Anniversary Issue.
Edition: First printing.
Washington, D.C. and London: Paycock Press, 1997. First edition - The 20th anniversary issue of this international literary magazine featuring poetry, fiction, graphics, essays by Elizabeth Alexander, Alison Bundy, Nick Cave, Lynn Crosbie, Rikki Ducornet, Russell Edson, Janice Eidus, Eurydice, Lauren Fairbanks, Jaimy Gordon, Karen Elizabeth Gordon, David Haynes, John Hegley, Hillary Johnson, Joan Haverty Kerouac, Richard McCann, Ben Marcus, Carole Maso, E. Ethelbert Miller, Lance Olsen, Kate Pullinger, Margaret Randall, Lewis Shiner, Julia Slavin, Laren Stover, Janine Pommy Vega, Diane Williams, and many more. Gargoyle was founded in 1976 in Washington, D.C. and ran continuously until going on hiatus in 1990. This anniversary issue was the first of the revived magazine - in addition to poetry and fiction, this issue features excerpts from memoirs by Nick Cave and Joan Haverty Kerouac, and photography by Claudine Schaffer-Legrand. Notes on contributors. 363 pp plus 4pp ads. ISBN: 0-931181046.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.