Lionel Ziprin was a prolific writer, a mystical poet who produced thousands of poems in his time, although you wouldn’t be able to tell that from his published output: In 1990 a small wooden box with ephemera and a flexi-disc was released and 2017 saw the publishing of his book Songs for Schizoid Siblings, there were a few contributions to magazines and that’s it. So it was high time to bring some more attention to Lionel Ziprin.
The box contains an eulogy broadside by Louise Landes Levi, an interview with Lionel by his friend Robert Yarra, a memoir chapbook by Robert Yarra, a facsimile letter, a postcard, a short tape of Lionel Ziprin reciting a few of his Schizoid poems, and three archival art prints, numbered and signed by Marco Bakker.
The box, a joint production of Counter Culture Chronicles and Marco Bakker, is made in an edition of 50 copies.
Ira Cohen once said: “He was much larger than a poet, he was one of the big secret heroes of our time.”