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- The Sparring Artists is an illuminated Special Edition anthology featuring 138 contributing "Sparring Artists" from the popular multi-media series Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts. The anthology is comprised of poetry and prose combined with art and photographic intensifiers throughout.
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The Sparring Artists is an illuminated Special Edition anthology featuring 138 contributing "Sparring Artists" from the popular multi-media series Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts. The anthology is comprised of poetry and prose combined with art and photographic intensifiers throughout.
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California Road Kill is the new novel by author GenXCore. It is the harrowing journey of three societal outliers marred by violence, homelessness and the residue of addiction. Its characters embark on a path both physical and spiritual, of psyche and soul, as they seek redemption from the past, present and future. From urban blight to coastal breezes, it is a story not only of renewal and reckoning, but of California itself.. $20.00 (*+$5.00 ship in U.S.)
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This deluxe, 608-page edition is filled with glorious art, compelling poetry, narrative fiction, in-depth reviews, legacies, remembrances, thoughtful expressions of creative greatness, and the poetic chronicle of the SPARRING WITH BEATNIK GHOSTS © multi-media poetry series. This groundbreaking compendium, contains 267 artistic contributors and is dedicated to American poet Michael C Ford. $65.00 (*plus $5.00 ship in U.S.)
Full-Color, Hardcover, "Illuminated Volume" (8.5" x 11" Format)
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Explore this exciting, illuminated, full-color, hardbound edition of Sorcerers: Through Dimensions Infinite by Yaryan & Fitz!
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- 232 pages! The first complete volume of cosmic pulp poetry!
- Artwork by Fitz
- Introduction by Michael C Ford
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Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler (Illuminated Edition)
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The modern classic tale of Mexico and marijuana smuggling in the mid-1960s by novelist Jerry Kamstra in a new, illustrated 45th Anniversary Edition.
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- Introduction by Gerald Nicosia
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Coming Soon! Born in Berkeley
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Lynn Rogers' Born In Berkeley is a coming-of-age story from the perspective of a young woman in the 1960s that picked up where the Beat Generation left off. A powerful novel based on a true story in the heart of a counterculture movement.
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Limited Edition Poster
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Limited edition Ferlinghetti centennial poster by Yaryan & S.A. Griffin. This club exclusive poster features Yaryan poem "Beatific Through Ferlinghetti's Boundless Glasses" with collage art by Los Angeles poet/artist S.A. Griffin.
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Rare Santa Cruz Poet Tree Festive All Poster
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Rare poster print of Jerry Kamstra's "Poet Tree Festive All" event poster featuring famous poets, including Gregory Corso, Amiri Baraka, Bob Kaufman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Wanda Coleman, Kathy Acker, Diane DiPrima and more!
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Mystic Boxing Commission T-Shirt with logo artwork by Fitz. (Black with "Mystic Blue logo).
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Features
SPARRING WITH BEATNIK GHOSTS
Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts (SWBG) is a multi-media poetry supershow that began in the basement of Li Po Lounge in San Francisco's Chinatown on August 23, 2008. The series has traversed California from Mill Valley to Venice -- hosting mystic boxing matches with all the bygone ghosts of literary history. Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts is the creation of poet, publisher and event organizer Daniel Yaryan. SWBG also spawned many volumes of literary/art anthologies collected by the Bancroft Library, UCLA, The Huntington Library and other special collections. Watch the 15th Anniversary show from 9/23/23 at Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA!
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WEED: ADVENTURES OF A DOPE SMUGGLER -- by Jerry Kamstra
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Jerry Kamstra's new classic is a tale of marijuana and marijuana smuggling but it is also about Mexico itself. What started out as a simple photographic expedition turned into a major smuggling operation involving a ton of marijuana and the hair-raising means used to bring the weed into the States. This absorbing story reads like an adventure novel -- but it's all true. Peer Amid Press and Mystic Boxing Commission bring you this special 45th Anniversary Edition with over six dozen photographs and never before seen illustrations by artist Fitz (AKA Mat Fitzsimmons).
Check out the rave review from Empty Mirror onlline magazine at the bottom of this page!
EVENT PRODUCTION AND BOOK PUBLISHERS
The Mystic Boxing Commission is dedicated to artists and their fight to be seen and heard! We promote artists, produce literary events and create masterworks from our in-house design department "Peer Amid Press." We're always in your corner. We publish artistic books of poetry, prose and anthologies. Contact Daniel Yaryan for more information.
KAMSTRA SPARRING ARCHIVE
The Kamstra Sparring Archive (AKA Sparchive) is part interactive museum, part art gallery and entirely a sanctuary for poetry, performance and visual art. The aim is artistic preservation, documentation and promotion of creative endeavors. The archive honors Jerry Kamstra, author of The Frisco Kid and Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler (RIP: 1/2/35-11/26/19), The Archive is host to exclusive Sparring Artist Salons in the NoHo Arts District. Visit https://www.facebook.com/KamstraSparchive for updates or contact Daniel Yaryan for more details.
BOOK DESIGNERS
Peer Amid Press is the design department of the Mystic Boxing Commission with over three decades experience in producing the most beautiful editions possible.
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The Mystic Boxing Commission Festival of Sound & Vision >>>>>> Watch the YouTube video!
"The Mystic Boxing Commission Festival of Sound & Vision" happened LIVE at the Valley Relics Museum on Friday the 13th of November, 2020. It was an in-person and streaming event -- celebrating the release of the new book "Sorcerers: Through Dimensions Infinite" by Yaryan and Fitz. It was the only festival of its kind in the greater Los Angeles area in 2020 showcasing many of the best poetic talents of Southern California, in addition to music and a multimedia art show. The Valley Relics Museum is an open-air museum inside an enormous space inside two airplane hangars -- located at Hangars C3 & 4, 7900 Balboa Blvd., Van Nuys, CA (entrance on Stagg St.) in the west San Fernando Valley.
Reviews, Interviews & Articles
EMPTY MIRROR online magazine reviews the 45th Anniversary Edition of "WEED"
WEEDWEEK podcast interview discussion on "WEED: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler"
WEEDWEEK podcast interview discussion on "WEED: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler"
EMPTY MIRROR online literary magazine's Gregory Stephenson reviews the 45th Anniversary Edition of "WEED: ADVENTURES OF A DOPE SMUGGLER" by JERRY KAMSTRA. Click the button below to read the article...
WEEDWEEK podcast interview discussion on "WEED: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler"
WEEDWEEK podcast interview discussion on "WEED: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler"
WEEDWEEK podcast interview discussion on "WEED: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler"
WEEDWEEK hosts Donnell Alexander and Alex Halperin interview publisher Daniel Yaryan on "WEED: ADVENTURES OF A DOPE SMUGGLER" by JERRY KAMSTRA. Click button below to hear the podcast show and interview...
SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL article about JERRY KAMSTRA receiving lifetime achievement as "literary outlaw"
SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL article about JERRY KAMSTRA receiving lifetime achievement as "literary outlaw"
SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL article about JERRY KAMSTRA receiving lifetime achievement as "literary outlaw"
SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL writer Wallace Baine wrote a feature story about novelist JERRY KAMSTRA receiving lifetime achievement award for 'literary outlaw' life. (Photo by Dan Coyro/Sentinel) Click button below to read the Sentinel article...
SantaCruz.com article about LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI DAY hosted/produced by YARYAN
SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL article about JERRY KAMSTRA receiving lifetime achievement as "literary outlaw"
SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL article about JERRY KAMSTRA receiving lifetime achievement as "literary outlaw"
SANTA CRUZ WEEKLY writer Stephen Kessler wrote a feature story about LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI DAY in Santa Cruz hosted and produced by YARYAN. (Photo by Christopher Felver) Click button below to read the Santa Cruz Weekly article...