Bibliographical references included in "Acknowledgments" (p. [vii-viii]) Introduction / by LeRoi Jones -- The first bomb ; Little Joe / William Eastlake. -- C.B. & Q. ; 1st Avenue ; Beauty / Edward Dorn -- Cougher ; Work in flight grounded / Douglas Woolf -- The doll ; Indian game / Paul Metcalf -- El Paso del Norte ; City of lost angels ; Chicago, savage city / John Rechy -- 8 dreams ; Teddy bear ; Puppy / Michael Rumaker -- Mr. Blue ; The grace ; In the summer ; A death ; The dress ; The book / Robert Creeley -- Early in the morning ; Invisible glass ; Captain America ; Bloodstar / Fielding Dawson -- Another day, another dollar ; A penny for your thoughts / Hubert Selby, Jr. -- Seattle burlesque ; CITYCitycity ; Manhattan sketches / Jack Kerouac -- Vaudeville voices ; Berserk machine ; The ticket that exploded / William Burroughs -- The screamers ; Hypocrite(s) ; Thieves / LeRoi Jones -- Poet ; Some fool thing ; Visitors ; Southwest / Diane Di Prima -- Gulping's recital / Russell Edson -- Appedix: Uses of the unconscious / Michael Rumaker ; Preface to Gold diggers / Robert Creeley ; Essentials of spontaneous prose / Jack Kerouac ; Notes on Vaudeville voices, and The cup up method / William Burroughs Short fiction by William Eastlake, Edward Dorn, Douglas Woolf, Paul Metcalf, John Rechy, Michael Rumaker, Robert Creeley, Fielding Dawson, Hubert Selby, Jr., Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, LeRoi Jones, Diane di Prima, and Russell Edson