Handout for the American Theatre for Poets Inc (1965)

New York City: The American Theatre for Poets Inc (brochure), 1965.
9" x 4" (closed); 9" x 12" (open), tri-fold brochure, gray paper, printed both sides.

A rare informational handout for The American Theatre for Poets Inc at The East End Theatre, 85 East Fourth Street, New York City. This includes information on the facility, its programs, history, and directorship. Many of the names in this handout will be familiar to Beat, art, and poetry scholars, including Frank O'Hara, Diane di Prima, Barbara Guest, Michael McClure, Robert Duncan, John Wieners, Kenneth Koch, Kenward Elmslie, John Schuyler, Lew Welch, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, LeRoi Jones, Gary Snyder, Rudy Burckhardt, Andy Warhol, Jack Smith, Alfred Leslie, Stan Brakhage, Alan Marlowe, Red Grooms, George Herms, Larry Rivers, Barney Rosset, Robert Wilson, and others.

This was distributed in likely very early 1965 and notes a forthcoming reading by William S. Burroughs, an indirect reference to the important "Valentine's Day Reading" on 14 February, 1965.

This copy was acquired from Philip Smith, Bookseller (Berkeley, California, US), who had received it from Peter Howard in the early 2000's. This copy is said to have come from the collection of Sir Joseph Gold.