Circle Editions
George Leite began Circle Editions in 1945 as an outgrowth of Circle Magazine, which was published from his Berkeley, California bookstore and gallery, daliel's (stylized with lowercase 'd'). Producing avant-garde, experimental work, the volumes included pamphlets, hardbound books, and two phonograph recordings by creative talents such as Henry Miller, Lawrence Hart (poet), Lawrence Durrell, Albert Cossery, Harry Partch and others. More editions were planned, but with the suspension of publication of Circle Magazine after Issue 10 in 1948, and the later closure of daliel's in 1952, the enterprise ended. • Illustration — Lawrence Hart (poet) group • Illustration — Henry Miller reading Tropic of Capricorn • Illustration — Lawrence Durrell's Excursions into Reality
Circle Editions
- Founded
- Circle Editions was established or created in 1945.
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- George Leite
- Dissolved
- Circle Editions was dissolved or ceased in 1950.
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George Leite began Circle Editions in 1945 as an outgrowth of Circle Magazine, which was published from his Berkeley, California bookstore and gallery, daliel's (stylized with lowercase 'd'). Producing avant-garde, experimental work, the volumes included pamphlets, hardbound books, and two phonograph recordings by creative talents such as Henry Miller, Lawrence Hart (poet), Lawrence Durrell, Albert Cossery, Harry Partch and others. More editions were planned, but with the suspension of publication of Circle Magazine after Issue 10 in 1948, and the later closure of daliel's in 1952, the enterprise ended. • Illustration — Lawrence Hart (poet) group • Illustration — Henry Miller reading Tropic of Capricorn • Illustration — Lawrence Durrell's Excursions into Reality
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Circle Editions was dissolved or ceased in 1950.
The record gives 1945 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Activity is recorded as ending in 1950. Its recorded founders are George Leite.
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- 1.Oral history interview with Nancy Leite. daliel.leitefamily.net. May 5, 2015.
- 2.Davidson, Michael. The San Francisco Renaissance: Poetics and Community at Mid-Century. Cambridge University Press. 39. 1991. 978-0-521-42304-5.
- 3.Brady, Mildred. The New Cult of Sex and Anarchy. Harper's Magazine. April 1947.
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