Joe Brainard

Kenward Elmslie

Pay Dirt

Lucia Berlin

Love, Loosha is the extraordinary collection of letters between Lucia Berlin and her dear friend, the poet and Broadway lyricist Kenward Elmslie.

The Letters of Lucia Berlin and Kenward Elmslie

Love, Loosha

Claibe Richardson

A Musical Play

The Grass Harp

The Orchid Stories

A musical play. Book and lyrics by Kenward Elmslie. Based on the novel by Truman Capote

The grass harp

Poetry. Illustrated by Joe Brainard. THE CHAMP (originally published in 1968) is back for a new generation of readers who will swim with delight in the Elmslie ocean. THE CHAMP explores the mysteries of dailiness in all its beauty ('He wept wetting the apple') and terror ('A black curtain removed the hair of the champ/pretending to be the wind'). And the mysteries are never revealed but amplified by Joe Brainard's lucid flowers, chimps, pendants, cigarettes, boys, toys, and tangled weeds--the perfect one-handed accompaniment to Kenward Elmslie's opaquely glowing language. But beware! THE CHAMP--a collaborative classic of alternative letters--still doesn't behave. It's alive and exuberant. Savor it!"--Maxine Chernoff.

The Champ

Bare Bones

Kenward Elmslie

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