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• Author/Creator:Roberts, Bill, 1971-
  Bottle of Smoke Press.
  
• Title:Bottle of Smoke records, 1947-2019.
  
• Physical Description:25.25 linear feet (59 boxes)
  
• Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
  

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  • Location:LSF- BEINECKE
    To request for use in the Beinecke Reading Room select a box in the finding aid
    
    
  • Call Number: YCAL MSS 1234
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    

   
• Notes:In English.
  Purchased from Granary Books, Inc. on the Ezra Pound Archive Fund, 2019.
  
• Organization:Organized into seven series: I. Releases by author, 1947 - 2019. II. Work for other presses, 2004 - 2018. III. Canceled projects, 1963 - 2017. IV. Correspondence, 1963 - 2017. V. Materials related to the Guerrilla Poetics Project, 2000 - 2019. VI. Media and press, 2003 - 2019. VII. Submissions, 2001 - 2015.
  
• Access and use:This material is open for research. Box 58 (videocassette): Restricted fragile material. Consult Access Services for further information. Box 59 (electronic media): Restricted fragile material. Access copies of digital files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
• Biographical / Historical note:Bottle of Smoke Press is a small independent printer/publisher/bookbinder of avant-garde poetry, artwork, and both short and novel-length fiction. Bill Roberts founded the Press in October, 2002, on the advice from Gary Aposhian of Twelve Gauge Press. Originally located in Leesburg, Virginia, the Press later moved to Purdys, New York. Bottle of Smoke Press uses antique letterpress printing techniques (handset lead/wood type) with cutting edge printing and bookbinding techniques, to produce short-run, collectible limited editions. The press has published works by poets including Gerard Malanga, Greg Dulli, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Charles Bukowski, Thurston Moore, Amber Tamblyn, Kim Deitch, and many others.
  
• Summary:The Bottle of Smoke Records contains correspondence, production materials, financial records, electronic media, printed material, realia, and other records relating to publications by Bottle of Smoke Press.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
  
• Cite as:Bottle of Smoke Records. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
  
• Subjects:Bottle of Smoke Press.
  American poetry--20th century.
  American poetry--21st century.
  Publishers and publishing--Delaware.
  Poetry--Publishing--Delaware.
  
• Genre/Form:Audiovisual materials.
  Born digital.
  Photographs.
  
• Occupation:Poets United States 20th century.
  Poets United States 21st century.
  
• Also listed under:Bottle of Smoke Press.