Bohemian New Orleans : the story of the Outsider and Loujon Press / Jeff Weddle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weddle, Jeff.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Small presses--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--20th century.

Small presses.

Book industries and trade--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--20th century.

Book industries and trade.

Publishers and publishing--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--20th century.

Publishers and publishing.

Outsider (New Orleans, La.).

Loujon Press--History.

Loujon Press.

Webb, Jon Edgar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1960, Jon Edgar and Louise ""Gypsy Lou"" Webb founded Loujon Press on Royal Street in New Orleans's French Quarter. The small publishing house quickly became a giant. Heralded by the Village Voice and the New York Times as one of the best of its day, the Outsider , the press's literary review, featured, among others, Charles Bukowski, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Robert Creeley, Denise Levertov, and Walter Lowenfels. Loujon published books by Henry Miller and two early poetry collections by Bukowski. Bohemian New Orleans traces the development of this courageous imprint and examine

Contents:

From Cleveland to New Orleans

Four steps to the wall and Hollywood dreams

Outsiders in New Orleans

Creating a literary network

The Outsider flourishes

A focus on Bukowski

Meeting Bukowski

Tucson and Henry Miller

Editor's bit and obit

Death in Nashville

Postscript : what became of them.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-48516-4

9786612485169

1-60473-155-9

OCLC:

220852148