George Leite
George Thurston Leite (December 20, 1920 – August 6, 1985) was an American author, poet, publisher, bookstore, gallery, and native plants nursery owner active in California's San Francisco Bay Area starting in the 1940s. Born to a Portuguese-A ...
began Circle Editions in 1945 as an outgrowth of ''
Circle Magazine
''Circle Magazine'' was published from 1944 to 1948 by George Leite, initially with poet Bern Porter. Produced at Leite's Berkeley, California, bookstore Daliel's Bookstore, daliel's (stylized with a lowercase 'd'), it featured poetry, prose, c ...
'', which was published from his
Berkeley, California
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bookstore and gallery,
daliel's (stylized with lowercase 'd'). Producing avant-garde, experimental work, the volumes included pamphlets, hardbound books, and two phonograph recordings by creative talents such as
Henry Miller
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,
Lawrence Hart (poet),
Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence George Durrell (; 27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. He was the eldest brother of naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell.
Born in India to British colonial pa ...
,
Albert Cossery
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,
Harry Partch
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and others. More editions were planned, but with the suspension of publication of ''
Circle Magazine
''Circle Magazine'' was published from 1944 to 1948 by George Leite, initially with poet Bern Porter. Produced at Leite's Berkeley, California, bookstore Daliel's Bookstore, daliel's (stylized with a lowercase 'd'), it featured poetry, prose, c ...
'' after Issue 10 in 1948, and the later closure of
daliel's in 1952, the enterprise ended.
Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, so ...
reading Tropic of Capricorn
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File:Lawrence Durrell's Zero and Asylum in the Snow, published by Circle Editions 1947.jpg, Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence George Durrell (; 27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. He was the eldest brother of naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell.
Born in India to British colonial pa ...
's Excursions into Reality
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