Fubbalo Vol 1 No 1 Summer 1964 Literary Magazine Charles Olson Buffalo NY

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Fubbalo, Volume 1, Number 1, Summer 1964 — an extraordinarily rare inaugural issue of a Buffalo, New York literary magazine published by the Student Book Shop at 3400 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214. Edited by Edward Budowski, this slim but historically significant publication represents the very first issue of what was clearly an ambitious literary and arts journal emerging from one of America's most vibrant mid-century poetry communities. The crown jewel of this issue is a poem by Charles Olson — one of the towering figures of 20th-century American poetry, founder of Projective Verse, and central figure of the Black Mountain School. The poem, reading in full: "Publish my own soul August my father's month / I was conceived in the ions of March my Mother and Father / were married in winter used an umbrella in the snow" — is dated August 1st XLIV (August 1, 1944), making this an early Olson poem, likely rare or possibly unique to this publication. Olson had deep ties to Buffalo — Robert Creeley recruited him to SUNY Buffalo's legendary English department, making this regional connection historically authentic and significant. The cover features original artwork: lettering by Julie Kulberg, drawing by Marion Bunce, and an inside front cover drawing by Irwin Touster — a gestural figurative drawing printed on the distinctive brown/kraft cover stock. The interior uses typewritten text on cream stock, characteristic of the era's little magazine aesthetic. This publication sits squar

• Year: 1964
• Condition: Very Good

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