Articles & Essays

Ken's writings:

• Articles published in FIRSTS magazine:
  • "Signed vs. Inscribed" (2002)
  • "Trends in Modern Book Collecting" (1999)
  • "Collecting Howard Norman" (1998)
  • "Tim O'Brien - An Introduction to His Writing" (1997)
  • "Collecting First Editions" (1993)
  • "Collecting Peter Matthiessen" (1993)
  • "Why Collect Proofs?" (1992)
  • "The Literary Legacy of the Vietnam War" (1992)
    • Ken's 25+ Best Vietnam Books
• "Some Thoughts on the Maturing of the Rare Book Market at the Start of the 21st Century" - Transcript of a talk given by Ken to the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (2002)
• "Collecting First Books" - Ken's intro to our catalog of Author's Firsts (1997)
• The introduction to our second Vietnam/Sixties catalog (1996)

Guest authored essays from our catalogs:

• Barry Lopez's intro to our Nature Catalog (2000)
• Rick Moody's intro to our Summer Movie Catalog (1999)
• Andre Dubus's intro to our catalog of Author's Firsts (1997)
• James Welch's intro to our third Native American Lit catalog (1997)
• Joseph Bruchac's intro to our second Native American Lit catalog (1996)
• Leslie Marmon Silko's intro to our first Native American Literature catalog (1994)
• Robert Olen Butler's intro to our first catalog of Vietnam War Literature (1990)