V. Vale

V. Vale is a writer and publisher. He is the publisher and primary contributor to books and magazines published by his company, RE/Search Publications. Vale is a Japanese-American. In 1977, while working at City Lights bookstore, he began publication of Search & Destroy, a San Francisco-based zine documenting the then-current punk subculture, with $100 donated by Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. In 1980, he began publication of RE/Search, a tabloid format zine focusing on various counterculture and underground topics, with financial help from Geoff Travis of Rough Trade Records and actress/film director Betty Thomas. At the same time he also started his own typesetting business, allowing for a day job to fund his publishing exploits and guaranteeing high quality typography and design for his magazines and books.
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