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.
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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.”