Beat Poets

Actually, not sure I would consider Frost and Bukowski as Beat poets.Perhaps Brautigan.
*******************************************Anyway, I am glad this topic was posted and I happened across it, as I find myself in a strange situation.A few days ago I watched the excellent dvd documentary/biography on Bob Dylan, NO DIRECTION HOME.In this film several of the Beat poets are mentioned-Kerouac, Ferlinghetti, Charles Plymell, and others.There is also some interviews with Ginsberg.Anyway, I recognized Plymell's name.From 1995-1999 I had a one man operation LONE WOLF PUBLICATIONS, and was editor/publisher of it's 'zine, 'THE WEB, a journal of poetry & art'.Around 1995-1996 I received a submission from Charles Plymell, who obviously thought my venture was a more major professional publishing house.I was quite ignorant of who Plymell was at the time, I knew he was associated with the Beats and also the Merry Pranksters( which also included Neal Cassidy, Kerouac, Ken Kesey, Thomas Wolfe, etc.), but thought Plymell was a lesser figure, more a small press poet(I was largely ignorant of the Beat/Pranksters at the time and was not a big fan of the Beats in general anyway).The material he submitted to me consisted of a 170 page novella, about 20 poems, some photo-copied pictures(Plymell with Cassady, Kesey, Ginsberg, the infamous Merrry Prankster bus) and a handwritten cover letter.I accepted some of the poems for issue #5 of The WEB(due to the backlog problem many small press paper 'zines had at that time, material sometimes wouldn't be published for a year or two).I wrote Mr. Plymell accepting the poems and was given the rights to publish whatever I saw fit to use(in another letter(actually both letters are like short notes) I received from Mr.Plymell).Unfortunately due to time, cost, and personal troubles at the time, I was forced to cease my publication venture before that issue was published. Ironically the day before seeing the Dylan film(which is excellent by the way), I had went through a large box of papers of various submissions to the 'zine and a mess of other papers and documents and had come across the Plymell stuff.Immediately upon hearing the references in the Dylan film, I realized Plymell was much more signifigant than I had realized many years earlier.So I now find myself in possesssion of some unpublished works of an important literary poet/writer of the Beat movement.I had planned on first, trying to contact Mr. Plymell, if he is still living, and seek permission to serve as editor still and either take the material to a professsional publication house or resurrect my own imprint and self publish the material.Or if he is no longer amongst the living, contact his estate and request permission to do the same, or see if the executor would like the material back.As this just all came about a few days ago, I haven't had a chance to check into this yet.I am unsure of the legalities of this matter and of any rights/royalties I would be entitled to as editor of the material(actually would just be pleased to see the material get published/or returned to it's legal owner). I am very excited(I cannot believe I have been sitting on some unpublished works by one of that movements important literary writer/poets for over ten years!!)by this find/realization..If anyone has any knowledge, information, or advice on this matter, by all means, please contact me, or post it in this topic/forum, it would be greatly appreciated.Meanwhile I will try to find out how to proceed with this by whatever information I can find out myself.

My 'zine publication was just a small venture-about 100-200 copy circulation, did the first couple issues on computer but the ink was so costly, did the next couple issues via photocopy and covers by a professional printer.Yeah was editor and publisher of THe Web magazine from 95-99 and co-editor and publisher of it's more 'street' sister publication The Rolling Paper Review from 97-99.Most of the small prees 'zines of the 90's were one or two people operations.As for as having to kill me-catch me on the right day and I may take you up on that!**********************************************

Anyone have any suggestions on the Plymell material/situation I mentioned in above posting?

Alan Ginsberg & Ferlingetti

I also like Jack Kerouac and his buddies, not so much for the writing, just the characters.

wow!

haha