California, PA: The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual / TUVOTI, 1971-1973. Quarto; first three issues side-stapled, subsequently saddle-stapled; printed black-and-white wraps.
A contiguous set comprising the first three volumes (eight total issues) of this literary journal, which anthologized the later output of Beat-era writers. Published and edited by the husband-and-wife duo of Arthur and Kit "Glee" Knight, who took the journal's title from Jack Kerouac's "Belief & Technique for Modern Prose," a methodological "list of essentials" composed at the prompting of Allen Ginsberg. To the best of our knowledge, the journal went on to run through fourteen volumes, issued in various formats, many of which, to some confusion, had other primary titles: "The Beat Diary," "The Beat Road," etc.
All eight issues are in fine condition, with only occasional slight wear/bumping at the corners. Additional bibliographic and contributor notes as follows:
Vol. 1, No. 1: February 1971. Contributions from Henry H. Roth, H. L. Van Brunt, Irving Shulman, and Robert Koznecki. 50pp.
Vol. 1, No. 2: July 1971. Contributions from J.S. Jenkinson, Elliot Fried, Allen Ginsberg, Sidney Bernard, and, posthumously, Jack Kerouac. Cover photo: Walter Knight. 34pp.
Vol. 1., No. 3: November 1971. Contributions from H.L. Van Brunt, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Sidney Bernard, Irving Shulman, Norman Mailer, Elva Kremenliev, and Harry Smith. Cover illustration: Desert #12, by Robert McChesney. 35pp.
Vol. 2, No. 1: April 1972. Mike Murphy, Harry Smith, Seymour Krim, Sidney Bernard, Fielding Dawson. Cover photograph by Dennis Galloway. 39pp.
Vol. 2., No. 2: September 1972. "A Breakable Bird," a novella by Erje Ayden. Issued as a Tuvoti edition. 45pp.
Vol. 2, No. 3: 1972. "Happy Birthday, Henry." Contributors include Henry Miller, Eliot Weinberger, Charles Plymell, Tuli Kupferberg, Douglas Blazek, et al. "This issue is dedicated to Henry Miller, a great artist, on his 81st birthday." Issued as a Tuvoti edition. 42pp.
Vol. 3, Nos. 1-2 (issued as one publication): 1973. Herbert Huncke issue. Includes a John Tytell interview with and poems by Huncke, as well as an Allen Ginsberg essay, "On Huncke's Book." Other contributors include Melih Cevdet Anday, Kevin Sweeney, Herbert Gold, and Lew Arthur. 72pp.
Vol. 3, No. 3: 1973. "The Trashing of America: Phase I," by Charles Plymell. Poetry and fiction, all by Plymell. Cover and interior collages by Plymell. Issued as a Tuvoti edition. 34pp.
