James Broughton  

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James Broughton (November 10, 1913 – May 17, 1999) was an American poet and poetic filmmaker. He was part of the San Francisco Renaissance, a precursor to the Beat poets. He was an early bard of the Radical Faeries, as well as a member of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, serving the community as Sister Sermonetta.

Filmography

• The Potted Psalm (with Sidney Peterson) (1946) 18 min
• Mother's Day (1948) 22 min 16 mm
• Adventures of Jimmy (1950) 11 min 16 mm
• Four in the Afternoon (1951) 15 min 16 mm
• Loony Tom, The Happy Lover (1951) 10.5 min 16 mm
• The Pleasure Garden (1953) 38 min 35 mm
• The Bed (1968) 20 min 16 mm
• Nuptiae (1969) 14 min 16 mm
• The Golden Positions (1970) 16 mm
• This Is It (1971) 10 min 16 mm
• Dreamwood (1972) 45 min 16 mm
• High Kukus (1973) 3 min 16 mm Template:Col-break
• Testament (1974) 20 min 16 mm
• The Water Circle (1975) 3 min 16 mm
• Together (with Joel Singer) (1976) 3 min 16 mm
• Erogeny (1976) 6 min 16 mm
• Windowmobile (with Joel Singer) (1977) 8 min 16 mm
• Song of the Godbody (with Joel Singer) (1977) 11 min 16 mm
• Hermes Bird (1979) 11 min 16 mm
• The Gardener of Eden (with Joel Singer) (1981) 8.5 min 16 mm
• Shaman Psalm (with Joel Singer) (1981) 7 min 16 mm
• Devotions (with Joel Singer) (1983) 22 min 16 mm
• Scattered Remains (with Joel Singer) (1988) 14 min 16 mm

Bibliography

• Songs for Certain Children (1947) San Francisco: Adrian Wilson
• The Playground (1949) San Francisco: Centaur Press
• Musical Chairs (1950) San Francisco: Centaur Press
• The Ballad of Mad Jenny (1950) San Francisco: Centaur Press
• An Almanac for Amorists (1955) Paris: Collection Merlin
• True & False Unicorn (1957) New York: Grove Press
• The Right Playmate (1964) San Francisco: Pearce & Bennett
• Tidings (1965) San Francisco: Pterodactyl Press
• High Kukus (1969) New York: Jargon Society
• A Long Undressing (1971) New York: Jargon Society
• Erogeny: A Geographical Expedition (1976) San Francisco: ManRoot Books
• Seeing the Light (1977) republished as Making Light of It (1992) San Francisco: City Lights Books
• Odes for Odd Occasions (1977) San Francisco: Manroot Press
• The Androgyne Journal (1977) Oakland, CA: Scrimshaw Press
• Hymns to Hermes (1979) San Francisco: Manroot PressTemplate:Col-break
• Graffiti for the Johns of Heaven (1982) Mill Valley, CA: Syzygy Press
• Ecstasies (1983) Mill Valley, CA: Syzygy Press
• A to Z: 26 Sermonettes (1986) Mill Valley, CA: Syzygy Press
• Hooplas (1988) San Francisco: Pennywhistle Press
• 75 Life Lines (1988) Winston-Salem, NC: Jargon Society
• Special Deliveries: Selected Poems (1990) Seattle, WA: Broken Moon Press
• Coming Unbuttoned (1993) San Francisco: City Lights Press
• Little Sermons of the Big Joy (1994) Philadelphia, PA: Insight to Riot Press
• Little Prayers to Big Joy's Mother (1995) Port Townsend, WA: Syzygy Press
• Packing Up for Paradise: Selected Poems 1946-1996 (1997) Santa Barbara, CA & Ann Arbor, MI: Black Sparrow Press
• ALL: A James Broughton Reader (2007) edited by Jack Foley, Brooklyn, NY: White Crane Books