Jaffe, James S.

James S. Jaffe is a bookseller and a bibliographer of works by Jonathan Williams and material published by The Jargon Society.

Jonathan Chamberlain Williams (1929-2008) was a poet, essayist, and photographer, as well as the founder and publisher of The Jargon Society.

From the description of James S. Jaffe collection of Jonathan Williams and The Jargon Society, 1949-1990 (bulk 1968-1980). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702196934

James S. Jaffe is a bookseller and a bibliographer of works by Jonathan Williams and material published by The Jargon Society. He wrote and published Jonathan Williams: A Bibliographical Checklist of His Writings, 1950-1988 (Haverford, Pennsylvania: J. S. Jaffe Rare Books, 1989).

Jonathan Chamberlain Williams was a poet, essayist, and photographer, as well as the founder and publisher of The Jargon Society.

Educated at St. Albans School, Princeton University, and Black Mountain College, Williams also studied art and design at the Institute of Design in Chicago. His published books of poetry include An Ear in Bartram's Tree; Selected Poems, 1957-1967 (1969), Blues & Roots, Rue & Bluets: A Garland for the Appalachians (with photography by Nicholas Dean, 1971), The Loco Logodaedalist in Situ: Selected Poems, 1968-70 (1972), and Elite/Elate Poems: Selected Poems, 1971-75 (with photography by Guy Mendes, 1979). His published books of photography include Portrait Photographs (1979) and A Palpable Elysium: Photographs (1997). Williams also served as a contributing editor to the photography journal Aperture .

Since 1951, the same year Williams became a student at Black Mountain College, The Jargon Society has published works of poetry, experimental fiction, photography, and art by innovative authors of the twentieth century. Prominent authors and artists published by The Jargon Society include James Broughton, Basil Bunting, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Lou Harrison, Ronald Johnson, Denise Levertov, Paul Metcalf, Henry Miller, Lorine Niedecker, Charles Olson, Joel Oppenheimer, Kenneth Patchen, and Louis Zukofksy. In his poetry and publishing with The Jargon Society, Williams maintained an association with the Black Mountain Poets.

Thomas Meyer (born 1947), a poet and translator whose works include Uranian Roses (1977), Staves Calends Legends (1979), and Sappho's Raft (1982), was Williams' partner and collaborator with The Jargon Society.

From the guide to the James S. Jaffe collection of Jonathan Williams and The Jargon Society, 1949-1990, 1968-1980, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)