Poetry with a painter’s directness
Jack Micheline’s poetry and visual work share an immediate, personal voice. Associated with the literary life of New York and San Francisco, he wrote about people outside conventional success and brought the energy of spoken language to the page.
His small publications, inscriptions and painted pages give that voice a physical form. The copies here connect poetry with handwriting and original art, making the individual book as interesting as the text it carries.
Works at Breething Books
- EXTREMELY RARE. Poems for a Reading at Bishop, CAL Oct. 5, 1986. Jack Micheline
- Jack Micheline — Sixty-Seven Poems for Downtrodden Saints, Deluxe Copy with Original Painting and Association Inscription (1999)
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Books, portfolios and editions
For Jack Micheline material in book or portfolio form, useful distinctions include the issue or limitation, signatures and inscriptions, inserted or accompanying material, wrappers or binding, completeness, and documented provenance. Those details can separate an ordinary reading copy from a scarce association, presentation, or limited issue, so the Breething Books records emphasize the specific copy being described.
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