Digger Papers, 1967

Heading: (Brautigan, Richard)
Author:
Title: The Digger Papers
Place Published: [San Francisco]
Publisher:[The Diggers]
Date Published: [1967]
Description:

23 pp. Illustrations. 28x22 cm (11x8½"), newsprint in self-wrappers.
Issued in two versions, one distributed by Diggers with "Free" on cover as in this, the more scarce of the issues; the other was distributed as The Realist, issue #81. This issue features Brautigan's poem, 'All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace,' as well as anonymous contributions from: Neal Cassady, Gary Snyder, William S. Burroughs, Emmett Grogan, etc.

The Digger Papers was a free collective publication of the Diggers, one of the 1960's improvisational theatre groups in san Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. The final issue was published in the summer of 1968. Brautigan, along with poet Michael McClure, would sometimes stand on Haight street and hand out the free publications to passersby.
Condition Report: Just a bit of light edgewear, usual toning; near fine.