Strange Faeces

Editor: Opal Louis Nations.

Location: New York, Vancouver, London, San Francisco, Cambridge MA, Monterey

Duration: 1970-75

**STRANGE FAECES MAGAZINE**
-- a magazine of experimental poetry, fiction and art, published by

Opal Louis Nations from 1970-1975:

#1.  Issue devoted to "The Best Seller, a Synposis" by John

Sladek. Collage cover by Opal Nations. London, 1970. Mimeo.

Wire stitched. 25 pp. 6 1/2" x 8".

#2. Works by: Vito Acconci, Allen Fisher, John Giorno, Marilyn

Hacker, Opal Nations & others. Cover by Beatrice Livea Kuriger.

London, 1971. Mimeo. Wire stitched. 32 pp. 8" x 13".

#3. "The Ron Padgett Issue" - poems by R.P.  Cover by Joe

Brainard. London, 1971. Mimeo. Wire stitched. 40 pp. 8" x 13".

Limited edition of 250 copies.

#4. Works by: Douglas Blazek, Bob Cobbing, Clark Coolidge,

Tom Disch, Allen Fisher, Paul Gogarty, Opal Nations, Jeff Nuttall,

John Giorno. Collage cover by Opal Nations. London, 1971.

Mimeo. Wire stitched. 44 pp. 8" x 13".

#5.  "Goodies from Anne Waldman". Issue edited by A.W. Back

cover by Joe Brainard. Works by: Fagin, Brownstein, Giorno,

Berkson, Warsh, Berrigan, Schiff, Mayer, Gilfillan, Padgett &

Waldman. London, 1971. Mimeo. Wire stiched, 44 pp. 8" x 13".

#6.  "The Larry Fagin Issue". Poems & collaborations by L.F.
with

Brownstein, John Clark, Tom Clark, Padgett, Coolidge, Berkson,

Veitch. Front & back cover drawings by Glen Baxter. London,

1971. Mimeo. Wire stitched. 40 pp. 8" x 13". Limited edition of

200 copies.

#7.  Works by: Glen Baxter, Allen Fisher, Maureen Owen, Lewis

Warsh, Tuli Kupferberg, Andrei Codrescu, Tony Towle, Tom

Veitch, Larry Eigner, Keith Abbott & others. Cover by Bill

Berkson. London, 1972. Mimeo. Wire stitched. 44 pp. 8" x 13".

#8.  Edited by Allen Fisher. Works by: Jeff Nuttall, Allen Fisher,

Opal Nations, Doug Laing, Richard Miller, Ed Sanders, Charles

Plymell, Claude Pelieu, and others. London, 1972. Mimeo &

offset. 75 pp. 8 1/2" x 11 3 3/4"

#9.  Edited by Opal Nations, printed & published by Keith Abbott.

Works by: Carl Weissner, Aram Saroyan, Glen Baxter, Robin

Crozier, Paul Gogarty, Opal Nations, Pierre Joris & others.

Monterey, Calif., 1972. Mimeo. Wire stitched. 40 pp. 8 1/2" x 11".

#10. Edited by Andrei Codrescu & printed & published by him.

Works by: Lewis MacAdams, Harold Norse, Tom Veitch, Opal

Nations, Nanos Valaoritis, Andrei Codrescu, Claude Pelieu, Ted

Berrigan, Gerard Malanga, Alice Notley, Wm. Talcott, Ron

Sukenick & others. Interview with Phil Whalen. Covers by Nanos

Valaoritis. San Francisco, 1972. Mimeo. Wire stitched. 113 pp. 8

1/2C x 11.”

#10A. Edited by Allen Fisher & Dick Miller, Works by: Wolf

Vostell, Felipe Ehrenberg, Dieter Rot, Allen Fisher, Thomas A.

Clark, Glen Baxter, Dick Miller and others. London, 1972. Mimeo

w/offset covers. 57 pp. Bound with nut and bolt. 8 1/2" x 11 3/4".

#10B. Edited by Allen Fisher & Dick Miller. Works by: Stefan

Themerson, Eric Mottram, Allen Fisher, Richard Miller, John

Sladek, Opal Nations, Lee Harwood, David Mayor, Mary Beach,

Tom Disch, Claude Pelieu, Bob Cobbing and others. Cover: Jane

Suren. London, 1974. Mimeo and offset. 88 pp. Perfect bound. 8

1/2" x 11 3/4"

#11.  "The Fifth Season" by Pierre Joris. London, 1972. Mimeo

w/offset covers. 22 pp. 8 1/2" x 11 3/4". Limited edition of 200

copies.

#12/13 (Double Issue). Works by: Anthony Gnazzo, Tom Veitch,

Pat Nolan,Pat Tavenner, Opal Nations, Mike Sowl, Michael Lally,

Ron Silliman and others. Front & back covers by Ben Vautier.

London, 1973. Mimeo. Wire stitched. 57 pp. 8” x 13”. Bound with

"Acco grip". Limited edition of 100 copies.

# 14.  (N/A)

#15.  Works by: George Bowering, Nanos Valaoritis, Norman

Mustill, Opal Nations, Ray Johnson, Irene Dogmatic, Britton

Wilkie, Jack Hirschman, Kathy Acker, Tom Veitch, Cecil

Hellman, Bernadette Mayer and many others. + Arthur Craven (in

translation). Dust jacket and covers by Opal Nations. San

Francisco, 1974. Offset. 134 pp. Wire stitched. 8 ½ x 11”

#16.  "Etrange Faeces". Special French to English translations

issue, edited by Tony Montague & Opal Nations. Front & back

covers by Erro. Works by: Jarry, Apollinaire, Radiguet, Tzara,

Peret, Soupault, Arp, Eluard, Desnos, Cesaire, Michaux, Artaud,

Aragon, Jacob, Char, Breton, Prevert, Ponge and others.

Vancouver, B.C., 1974. Offset. 120 pp. Wire stitched.   5 1/2" x
8

1/2". Limited edition of 500 copies.

#17.  Special Canadian Issue of experimental fiction & graphics.

Works by: Toby MacLennan, Michael Morris, Vincent Trasov

(Mr. Peanut), Avron Hoffman, Robert Amos, Glen Lewis, Crad

Kilodney, Opal Nations, Barry Chamish, AA Bronson, ASA

Harrison, David Young, Victor Coleman and others. Front cover

by Eric Metcalfe & Barbara Shapiro. Back cover by Barbara

Astman. Vancouver, B.C., 1975. Offset. Wire stitched. 61 pp. 8 ½"

X 14". Limited edition of 500 copies.

#18.  "Endangered Faeces" Issue. Works by: Francis Ponge (in

translation) Bruce Hutchinson, Mike Sowl, Louis Postel, Anna

Banana, Maxine Chernoff, Kathy Acker, Keith Abbott, Irene

Dogmatic, Nanos Valaoritis, J.M. Bennett, David Rosenberg,

Irving Stettner & others. Front & back covers by: Gaetano Pompa.

Vancouver, B.C., 1975. Offset. Wire stitched. 82 pp. 8 1/2" x 11".

Limited edition of 300 copies.

#20. Edited by Opal and Ellen Nations. Works by: Derek Pell,

William Harrold, Ken Brown, Lisa Crafts, M. Kasper, Harrison

Fisher, Dennis Hlynsky, Peter Payack, Opal Nations & others plus

translations from the French of Alain Roussel, Joyce Mansour,

Alain Jouffroy, Gisele Prassinos, Max Ernst, Villiers de L’Isle-

Adam, J.J. Grandville & others. Front cover by Lisa Crafts. Back

cover by Ken Brown. Cambridge, MA, 1980. Offset. Wire stitched.

75 pp. 8 ½” x 11”. Limited edition of 500 copies.V