Rhyming and Necromancy
Collected Poems
$51.26
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
17 November 2026
Summary
A new collection of work, some never seen before, by a forgotten queer poet of the mid-20th Century. This collection draws from Harry Fainlight’s memoirs, unpublished work, and other biographical pieces to create a provocative portrait of the artist.
Born in New York and raised in England before returning to the Lower East Side in the early 1960s, by the age of thirty Harry Fainlight had cruised with Ginsberg, boozed with Kerouac, and posed for Warhol, all the while managing to feud w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798896231011 |
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| Author: | Harry Fainlight, M. Syd Rosen |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | NYRB Poets |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 17 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 114mm x 178mm |
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Harry Fainlight
Harry Fainlight (1935-1982)
Harry Fainlight was born into a Jewish family in New York and raised in England. After university, he worked as an ad executive in London. During the 1960s, he visited New York, where he befriended Beat poets such as Allen Ginsberg and published work in C: A Journal of Poetry, edited by Ted Berrigan.
Upon returning to London, Fainlight participated in the International Poetry Incarnation at the Royal Albert Hall, an event during which he experienced a severe breakdown. He became increasingly reclusive, eventually retreating to rural Wales in the 1970s, where he later died of pneumonia.
M. Syd Rosen writes about fame, fantasy, and radical politics, with a particular interest in marginal and experimental publishing. He recently completed a PhD in the History of Science at the University of Cambridge, where his research focused on the work of literary impresario John Brockman.
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