Stan Weir - Letter on Singlejack Books

A letter sent by Stan Weir along with his shipment of assorted records to the Tamiment Library at NYU. In it is he gives a brief synposis of the "kafkaesque" difficulties he encountered trying to run Singlejack Books. He summarized: "Half the contents of this box reveal how the US gov't can make it impossible for a small publishing effort to survive."

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