Poems of a Penisist
- Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1974
Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1974. First Edition. First printing. Wrappered issue. Octavo; pictorial card wrappers,108pp. Small bruise to paper near base of spine; faint creases to wrappers, else a tight, unmarked copy, on the better side of VG. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of abstract collages by Yuri Nonaka.
Selections from Takahashi's first two books of poetry, published in Japan in the 1960s. This collection introduced Takahashi to an English-language audience, establishing him immediately as an important global voice in the literature of Gay liberation. Includes the important long-poem "Ode", which has been described by one critic as "the great gay poem of the 20th century." There was a simultaneous (and considerably scarcer) hardcover issue, but all original printings of this now-legendary collection have become elusive and desirable.
Selections from Takahashi's first two books of poetry, published in Japan in the 1960s. This collection introduced Takahashi to an English-language audience, establishing him immediately as an important global voice in the literature of Gay liberation. Includes the important long-poem "Ode", which has been described by one critic as "the great gay poem of the 20th century." There was a simultaneous (and considerably scarcer) hardcover issue, but all original printings of this now-legendary collection have become elusive and desirable.