Dennis Cooper [ed]
Little Caesar #8
Los Angeles, USA: Little Caesar Press, 1979
[72 ]pp., 5.5 x 8.5”, staple-bound
Edition size unknown
Dennis Cooper published his first book of poetry at the age of 20, and began his own poetry zine at the age of 23. Little Caesar evolved into book-sized magazine expanding beyond poetry. Cooper wrote: "Maybe we're crazy but we think there can be a literary journal that's loved and powerful. We want a magazine that's read by poetry fans, the rock culture, the Hari Krishnas, the Dodgers. We think it can be done, and that's what we're aiming at.”
The periodical published twelve issues between 1976 and 1982. It featured interviews with John Lydon, teen pop idol Leif Garrett, Joe Brainard, Gram Parsons, porn director Toby Ross and many others. Contributors included Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, Nico, Rene Ricard, Debbie Harry, Brian Eno,
"We're not fifty year old patrons of the arts. We're young punks just like you, and just because Kenneth Rexroth's got a name in some crowds doesn't mean a wink's gonna get his rickety old crap in here. He comes through the back door like everyone else,” Cooper declared.
Issue #8 features the iconic nude image of Iggy Pop on the cover and content inside by Allen Ginsberg, Gerard Malanga (whose photographs include portraits of William Burroughs, Mick Jagger, John Cage, Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, and Anita Pallenberg), The Ramones and The Clash, portraits by Maria Resnick, and more.
Copies in good condition are scarce sell for between seven and eight hundred dollars.
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