“Best of Burroughs, Malanga & More” features 25 top-flight rarities from such luminaries as William S. Burroughs, Ed Sanders, Gerard Malanga and others. Check the link below to browse the bimonthly feature: https://www.thirdmindbooks.com/featured.php So, we launched the special a bit late this month—and it’s because Third Mind Books is headed to that other center of […]
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MAY/JUNE 2018 — Burroughs, McClure & Beyond — The Fine Print Newsletter
The Third Mind Books May/June special celebrates Beat-&-Beyond giants WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS and MICHAEL McCLURE with 30 hand-selected rarities spanning the storied careers of both relentless innovators. 15 items from Burroughs & 15 Items from McClure—all 10-15% off for the months of May/June only! To celebrate our namesake, Master Magician of American Letters, William S. […]
MARCH/APRIL 2018 — Jack Kerouac Special! — The Fine Print Newsletter
This month marks the ninety-sixth birthday of Jack Kerouac (March 12). To us, Kerouac’s life and legacy are at once the most emblematic–and enigmatic–of the founding members of the Beat Generation. The man whose writings inspired his and subsequent generations all over the world to this day and beyond to break the bounds of convention, […]
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018 — Publisher-Printer-Poet Special — The Fine Print Newsletter
The Third Mind Books January/February Feature is the PUBLISHER-PRINTER-POET Special! For the first two months of the new year, we’ve chosen selections from poets published on their own press, publications from the presses of poet-publishers, and books about individual publishers and their presses. Among the author-publishers represented are NEELI CHERKOVSKI, GARY SNYDER, LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI, KEN […]
DECEMBER 2017 — Holiday Sale! — The Fine Print Newsletter
Happy Holidays from Third Mind Books! Instead of having a blowout “Cyber Monday” sale with the rest of the world earlier this week (if we were in it for conformity, do you think we’d be booksellers?) we decided to launch our special Dec. 1 and to make it by and large the most ambitious sale […]
NOVEMBER 2017 — McC-Rarities/Mik-Rarities Pt. II — The Fine Print Newsletter
THE THIRD MIND BOOKS NOVEMBER SPECIAL is “McC-Rarities/Mik-Rarities Pt. II,” featuring twenty-five collection-defining rarities from the archives of Ken Mikolowski, founder of Detroit’s legendary “Alternative Press,” and Jim McCrary; poet, educator, and part of William S. Burroughs’ inner circle in Lawrence, Kansas during the last years of his life. We added to the mix some […]
OCTOBER 2017 — OFF-BEAT & LATE BEAT SALE — The Fine Print Newsletter
THE THIRD MIND BOOKS OCTOBER MONTHLY SPECIAL is titled “OFF-BEAT & LATE BEAT,” and we’ve chosen to feature selections from the “Off-Beat” category of our site and key late works by definitive participants from the Beat literary epoch. Among the authors and artists represented are JOHN CAGE, PHILLIP GLASS, JEAN COCTEAU, ALLEN GINSBERG, WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, […]
SEPTEMBER 2017 — GARY SNYDER SALE! — The Fine Print Newsletter
THE THIRD MIND BOOKS SEPTEMBER SPECIAL features GARY SNYDER, Beat-&-Beyond ambassador of ecological, ethno-poetic and Zen learning. For the month of September only, we’ll be featuring 25 items from Snyder–and most from the collection of KEN MIKOLOWSKI, poet and publisher of Detroit’s legendary Alternative Press. The ORIGINAL “Alternative Press,” not the music magazine of immense […]
AUGUST 2017 — Kenward Elmslie & a Beat Bricolage! — The Fine Print Newsletter
The Third Mind Books AUGUST MONTHLY SPECIAL features the oft-overshadowed KENWARD ELMSLIE; poet, playwright, songwriter, lyricist extraordinaire of “New York School” renown. The Elmslie items featured are from the collection of KEN MIKOLOWSKI, co-founder of the legendary underground publishing house, the ALTERNATIVE PRESS, publishers & friends of myriad Beat Generation, “New York School,” and […]
JULY 2017 — 25 ASSOCIATION RARITIES — The Fine Print Newsletter
25 ASSOCIATION RARITIES FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF Jim McCrary and Ken Mikolowski! When planning the Third Mind Books July Monthly Special, Arthur & I thought it might be fitting to do a “McC-rarities” Part II—to feature more of the incredible William S. Burroughs inventory we obtained directly from Jim McCrary, a key associate of WSB […]