A New View Of Matter

by ruth weiss

253 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1999

About the author

ruth weiss was a German-born poet, performer, playwright and artist who made her home and career in the United States. weiss was an artist of the Beat Generation, a label she embraced later in her life and that is used frequently by historians detailing her life and works.

weiss spelled her name in lowercase as such as a symbolic protest against "law and order," since in her birthplace of Germany all nouns are spelled capitalized.

--from wikipedia

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Reviews

[C.B. Young · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the forgotten Beatnik poets, (bc woman in 1950’s America) ruth weiss ran amok San Francisco with the likes of Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, Kerouac, and Neal Cassady.

I managed to snag a signed hardback copy of A New View of Matter on AbeBooks for $25, would recommend to anyone who enjoys Beat and/or Dada