Glass book offers a model of institutional analysis that s refreshingly new to postworld war ii literary studies. Loren glass, professor in the university of iowa department of english, will read from his new book, counterculture colophon. My first book, authors inc literary celebrity in the modern united states. Glass suggests that by targeting a growing college and university population with quality paperback books, and by creating an identifiable countercultural brand to. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the 1960s. Most of the key players at grove were new york jews. Counterculture colophon loren glass bok 9780804784160. Grove press book covers designed by roy kuhlman can be viewed on my board. I have just completed a history of grove press entitled counterculture colophon.
Literary history and its incorporations by foley, abram. Thursday, may 9, in a free reading at prairie lights books in downtown iowa city. A colophon is just a printers mark, a kind of literary. Cite book firstloren lastglass titlecounterculture colophon. Loren glass is the associate professor of english at the university of iowa and author of authors inc literary celebrity in the modern united states, 18801980 and counterculture colophon. Buy counterculture colophon by loren glass from waterstones today. He writes on 20th and 21stcentury anglophone literature and culture. Jun 27, 2017 this board contains magazine covers, videos, and photos of authors, company employees, and barney rosset. In this regard, loren glasss treatment of barney rosset jr. The colophon, subtitled a book collectors quarterly or a quarterly for booklovers, was a limited edition quarterly periodical begun late in 1929 and continuing in various guises until 1950.
Loren glass counterculture colophon posted on december 26, 2019 by 1960s. Responsible for such landmark publications as lady chatterle. See more ideas about book cover design, cover design and evergreen. It gives us the odd glimpse of greenwich village nights fuelled by booze and amphetamines, but in general it steers clear of the gossipy tone that defines kachkas book and, to a lesser extent, calders.
Days of rage this book has turned out to be one of the most influential on my recent thinking about publishing and how it should work, proving that history can tell us a great deal about both the present and the future. Loren glass is a professor of english at the university of iowa. An alternative press founded in 1951, and still around today as groveatlantic, inc. December 11, 20 wednesday butler library, room, 523, at 6. His book, authors inc literary celebrity in the modern united states. I had sent them a draft of the introduction to my book on grove press, and they didnt like it.
An indispensable work on both a few of the causes and some of the effects of the political and cultural orientation of the paperback generation i. The colophon, a book collectors quarterly wikipedia. Tune into the sup blog next week for a teaser from the three authors. Barney rosset purchased the company in 1951 and turned it into an alternative book press in the united states. Loren glass english college of liberal arts and sciences the.
In counterculture colophon loren glass argues that in the 1950s and 60s grove press was singularly important in bringing into the mainstream writing that was once considered sexually, politically, and aesthetically avantgarde. Loren glass candidate statement and biography aaup election, council district 4 biography. Colophon article about colophon by the free dictionary. Infamous modernist on personalities in postwar publishing. The book was a paperback original from gold medal books, and, completely contrary to the authors intention, it became one of the first titles in the genre of lesbian pulp fiction. The move to new hampshire was made in 1982 and we are now located in exeter, new hampshire, one hour north of boston. Groves accomplishments and innovations are legion and well documented by loren glass in this book. Counterculture colophon loren glass stanford university press.
Loren glasss book about barney rosset and grove press, cultural colophon, is quite different. Loren glass loren glass is professor of english and the center for the book at the university of iowa. His history of grove press, counterculture colophon. The atlantic monthly press, under the aegis of its publisher. Counterculture colophon by loren glass, 9780804784160, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Evergreen was one of the first publications in the us to treat comics as adult reading matter with reprints of barbarella and a couple of strips by frank springer. The slightly odd title of glasss book, counterculture colophon, gets at this experience. Loren glass responsible for such landmark publications as lady chatterleys lover, tropic of cancer, naked lunch, waiting for godot, the wretched of the earth, and the autobiography of malcolm x, grove press was. The colophon book shop was established in 1971 in lagrange, illinois, by robert and christine liska. Loren glass observes in his new book on grove that the paperback. His books include authors inc literary celebrity in the modern united states, 18801980 and counterculture colophon.
Loren glass counterculture colophon helps remedy this gap in postworld war ii studies, focusing on the rise and fall of grove press. Grove press is an american publishing imprint that was founded in 1947. Loren glass is the author of counterculture colophon 4. Counter culture colophon is a book i strongly recommend to anyone interested in contemporary literature and of course, publishing. It was the brainchild of elmer adler 18841962, founder of pynson printers of new york city. He partnered with richard seaver to bring french literature to the united states. He has just completed a history of grove press entitled counterculture colophon. Loren glass is an associate professor of english at the university of iowa. The reading also will be streamed live on the university of iowa writing university website. A panel on personalities in postwar publishing news. While counterculture colophon is written as an academic history, and sometimes glass falls prey to academic terminology that may put off the nonscholarly readers, i was happy to overlook the academic jargon and focus on the compelling story he tells of grove and what it has meant for modern publishing. Loren glass was able to interview rosset and many other principle players in the story of the press.
This saturday, may 6, loren glass reads from counterculture colophon. Loren glass, author of counterculture colophon, the publishing house biography of the avantgarde incubator, grove press, will hold a discussion with authors boris kachka hothouse and jay gertzman samuel roth. Boris kachka is a journalist and the author of hothouse. Counterculture colophon by loren glass waterstones. I published my second book, counterculture colophon. How grove press ended censorship of the printed word in america. Fred jordan, rossets righthand man throughout the 1960s, was a holocaust survivor. Loren glass is professor of english and the center for the book at the university of iowa. His first book, authors inc literary celebrity in the modern united states, was published by new york university press in 2004. Counterculture colophon is an informative and intriguing history of the rise and fall of grove press and its owner, barney rosset, and in telling it loren glass throws light on a period when literary and social tastes and attitudes were rapidly changing. Loren glass is professor of english at the university of iowa. The garden of eros counterculture colophon hothouse. His idea was that various printers around the world would be willing to contribute their time and expertise. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over.
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