The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle: The Art and Poetry of d a Levy

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In some quarters considered to be the American Rimbaud, d a Levy has also been compared to Shelley and Lorca because of the vastness of his talent. A visual artist and an important figure in the concrete poetry movement, he was also a publisher, mystic and activist who either was murdered or committed suicide at the age of 26 in Cleveland, Ohio. An event that occurred after two and a half years of intense media coverage, police harassment and court trials, and just as he was starting to be recognised as one of the most important writers and artists of his generation.

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We were the Meat poets, baby. We got down to the bone. levy, Doug Blazek in Chicago,Ole, some pretty good writing came out of that period. Not like today. Too many out there with too little to say. Charles Bukowski

The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracleis a fascinating text, reminding us yet again that the Sixties were a somber time and that aspects of fascism have always thrived in America. Mike Golden's work on d. a. levy is brilliant.Jim Harrison

He was like Jeremiah. He had the potential to be a great religious writera prophet.Ed Sanders

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d.a. levy (1942-1968) was an underground poet and publisher from Cleveland. He died, under mysterious circumstances, at the age of twenty-six. MIKE GOLDEN is a poet, journalist, novelist, filmmaker, and award-winning playwright and screenwriter.