Abracadabra #2

Abracadabra was an international magazine of poetry and arts that ran for 5 issues from 1977 to 1981. Editor-in-chief of the short-lived magazine was Marcello Angioni (1939), a Sardinian who had moved to Luxembourg and from there published Abracadabra with co-editors poet, artist and Swiss-Italian architect Franco Beltrametti (1937-1995) and Dutch photographer Harry Hoogstraten (1941). The magazine brought together a choice of American and European poets and artists, combining English and Italian poems and texts.

Abracadabra #2 was published in an edition 900 copies in 1977 and contains contributions by Steve Lacy, Anne Waldman, John Giorno, Charles Plymell, Leo van der Zalm, Ulises Carrión a.o. The condition of this copy is very good with only slight discolouring of the cover. The magazine comes with a folded poster of a poetry reading by Lewis MacAdams on Monday 12 September 1977 at De Kosmos, Amsterdam, organised by Abracadabra, Mandala and Kosmos.