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Title: Purchase in the White Botanica: The Collected Poetry of Piero Heliczer, A by Piero Heliczer, Gerard Malanga, Anselm Hollo ISBN: 1-887123-57-1 Publisher: Granary Books Pub. Date: December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: At Last, Piero Gets Some Credit
Comment: I knew Piero Heliczer, and was shocked to hear of this death. He was a talented filmmaker, poet, writer, musician, and all around scenester back in the Warhol days, although he pretty much developed a circle of his own collaborators. If only his films were available on DVD!! In the meantime, as one of the forgotten founders of the 60s New York avantgarde movement, this book is a fitting tribute to Piero's poetic vision. Unlike some of this contemporaries, Piero wasn't particularly skillful at publicizing his works, or his contribution to experimental cinema / poetry history, which accounts in some measure for his near obscurity. But don't let that put you off; this is great work. It's nice to see that Gerard Malanga and Anselm Hollo have put this volume out. It's a beautiful job. Highly recommended.

Rating: 3
Summary: American Poet
Comment: In the sort-of easy, surrealist, mannerism of Heliczer's work, we are simultaneously charmed and made aware of a dark undercurrent of thought that keeps us questioning his intention. His line breaks and diction do seem arbitrary at times, but his metaphors provide many interesting hooks that coalesce in the imagination long after the book has been set aside for other interests.
Ultimately, what we come away with is the idea that Heliczer has left us with a testament to his double vision, as he synthesizes late twentieth-century New York in the mindset of a medieval troubadour. Amid the sometimes sterile environment of contemporary poetry, this book provides a fruitful cathedral of new avenues for a whole new audience, giving Heliczer a rightful position among the visionary artists of the twentieth century.