Item K/PP106/7/232/1-16 - The Floating Bear, 1961-1969

The Floating Bear: a newsletter 10 (New York, 1961), edited by Diane Di Prima and LeRoi Jones: includes signed appeal (by Di Prima) for funds;

Issue 12, 1961: contains work by John Ashbery, A. B. Spellman, Carl Solomon;

Issue 13, 1961: contains work by A. B. Spellman, Joe Early, David Ossman, Steve Jonas, John Thomas, Fielding Dawson;

Issue 14, 1961: comprises playlet by Michael McClure, 'The feast';

Issue 16, 1961, edited by Diane Di Prima and LeRoi Jones: includes poem by Charles Olson;

Issue 17, 1961: includes work by Joel Oppenheimer, Hubert Selby, Charles Olson;

Issue 20, 1962: editorial on failure of obscenity prosecution against Floating Bear, plus work by Paul Blackburn, Ed Dorn and others;

Issue 21, 1962: includes work by Allen Ginsberg, Frank O'Hara and Charles Olson;

Issue 22, 1962: includes work by LeRoi Jones and Gary Snyder;

Issue 23, 1962: includes work by Diane Di Prima;

Issue 27, 1963: features unattributed sequence, 'The art of literature: for Lewis Welch';

Issue 29, 1964: features translation of Robert Grosseteste's Treatise on Light, plus poems by Frank O'Hara and Gerard Malanga;

Issue 32, 1966: includes work by Michael McClure and Allen Ginsberg, 2 copies;

Issue 33, San Francisco, 1969, edited by John Wieners, including work by Jack Spicer, Allen De Loach, Diane Di Prima;

Issue 36, 1969: edited by Bill Berkson;

Issue 37, 1969: edited by Diane Di Prima. Includes work by LeRoi Jones, Gary Snyder, Michael McClure