Tau & Journey To The End Av Philip Lamantia, John Hoffman

<DIV><p>Two long-lost volumes from the classic Beat period. <i>Tau</i> is Philip Lamantia’s mystical second collection of poems, originally slated for publication in 1955, but suppressed by the poet due to his evolving religious beliefs. <i>Journey to the End</i> contains the poems of the legendary John Hoffman (1928–1952), whose poems were read by Lamantia in 1955 at the 6 Gallery reading where Allen Ginsberg debuted “Howl.”</p><p>Lamantia’s closest friend, a character in Jack Kerouac’s <i>Dharma Bums</i>, and the inspiration for two lines of “Howl,” Hoffman moved between San Francisco and New York before his death in Mexico at the age of twenty-four. This volume includes biographical notes and Lamantia’s commentaries on Hoff man’s poetry.</p></DIV>