Alan Casline Small Press Collection

Alan Casline graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1973 and received his PhD from SUNY Albany. He established Rootdrinker Institute in 1973 and began publishing Rootdrinker magazine in 1975. He has championed local culture, art, music, poetry, organics, and a "back to the land" philosophy through the Rootdrinker Institute and Benevolent Bird Press, as well as through talks, lectures, concerts and other events.

This collection consists primarily of broadsides, in booklet, stapled and loose-leaf formats, of poetry by various poets published by Mr. Casline's Benevolent Bird Press and the Rootdrinker Institute, based in Delmar, NY.