Black Sparrow Books [SEP] inception
Black Sparrow Books
Black Sparrow Books, formerly known as Black Sparrow Press, is a publishing company founded in 1966 by John Martin in order to publish the works of Charles Bukowski and other avant-garde authors. Martin financed the start-up of the company by selling his large collection of rare first editions.
Black Sparrow Press is best known for publishing the work of Charles Bukowski, John Fante, and Paul Bowles. These authors are now considered to be part of a contemporary "alternative tradition." Many Black
Science Fiction Vision" (1972) Io Books [No ISBN]
- "Two Essays" (Sparrow 7) (1973) Black Sparrow Press [No ISBN]
- "The Continents" (1973) Black Sparrow Press
- "The Book of Being Born Again into the World" (1974) North Atlantic Books
- "Book of the Cranberry Islands" (1974) Black Sparrow Press
- "The Windy Passage from Nostalgia" (1974) North Atlantic Books
- "The Long Body