Between C and D: Post-Literate Lower East Side Fiction Magazine. Fall 1985. Volume 2, Number 2
New York: Between C & D, 1985. 1st Edition. Quarto, publisher's dot-matrix printed fanfold paper with photo-illustrated card mounted to upper wrap, original ephemera inserts, original Ziploc plastic bag.
"Birth, Rebirth, After Birth, Still Birth, Computers." Fall 1985 issue of the influential LES quarterly literary magazine. Established by novelists Joel Rose and Catherine Texier in 1983, Between C & D published the work of established and emerging writers and artists from the downtown scene throughout the 80s. Named for Rose and Texier’s apartment that also housed the publication’s operations between Avenues C and D (it's also been suggested it stands for "between coke and dope"), the DIY venture was printed on fanfold printer paper on donated Epson dot-matrix printers and distributed in Ziploc bags (reminiscent of drug baggies) and at times included additional small ephemera. Regular contributors included Dennis Cooper, Lynne Tillman, Kathy Acker, Tama Janowitz, David Wojnarowicz, and Anthony Bourdain, whom Rose creatively supported for many years. This issue comprises fiction by Gary Indiana, Mike Topp, Eileen Myles, Nina Zivancevic, Darius James, and others, with a cover by Barbara Kruger and separate back cover photo on stiff cardstock by Jeffrey Danneman. This issue also includes cocktail napkins depicting "hungry, sick and displaced women and children of El Salvador" in a small Ziploc bag, designed by visual artist Jolie Stahl in response to US policy in Central America during the Reagan era. Some rubbing to original Ziploc bag, else fine. Uncommon. Item #13008
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