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jwcurry, 1959-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1959

Nationality

Canadian

Found in 666 Collections and/or Records:

Visitations / curry, jw ; Power, Nicholas ; Venright, Steve., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-19605-19991
Scope and Contents

The inner two pages consist of a neo-dada glossary compiled by Steve Venright. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Visitations / curry, jw ; Power, Nicholas ; Venright, Steve ; curry jw ; Power N ; Venright S ; Swede G., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-19606-19992
Scope and Contents

[see pdf for full text] This work was distributed at a poetry reading held at The Groaning Board, Toronto, 1984. As noted in curry's Gesture checklist (1992), it xonsisted of the following:VISITATIONS. edited by jwcurry, Nicholas Power & Steve Venright. 98 copies (of a stated loo), aug'29'84. 14 fascicules in a printed envelope, some of which were also released separately. of the 12 poems by jwcurry/Mark Laba, they were distributed variously 4 to an envelope & thus all issued in editions of less than loo. the individual items consist of the following but there were no complete work issued; the items marked 'X' are included in the Sackner copy. ... -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Wendysstomack: Letter to Paul. No.4/Dec / jw curry., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-00395-406
Scope and Contents

These eight prints depict a progression in deconstruction such that only a partial visual image remains from the original dense tautolgical text. The duplicate copy was mailed to Jake Berry from Greg Evason. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Wharton Hood: Strip-Mining Traditional Haiku / curry, jw; Houedard DS; Nichol bp; Basho; Duggan MB; Gorman L., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-20772-21177
Scope and Contents

This piece was published in Rampike Vol.6 No.1. curry includes 5 handwritten Haiku poems by Hood (collaged onto pages) written as varients in House of Cards, Runaway Spoon & form the basis for curry's critical text. In a letter to the Sackners, curry notes that Jirgins (editor Rampike) "fucked it up by typesetting all the poems (including the bp Single letter translation!)(i'd provided him with a photocopy of bp's drawn version), rendering my discussion of Hood's handwriting superfluous..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

What about what / curry, jw., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-20742-21146
Scope and Contents

This is an unpublished article submitted to What magazine that contrasts bill bissett's book, "what," with the imaginary contents of What Magazine. bissett's book is also held by the Sackner Archive. The original typed manuscript was never returned from the magazine to curry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

What About What / curry, jw; bissett b., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-19702-20089
Scope and Contents

This was the first draft of a unpublished manuscript planned for submission to What No.1, 1985. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

What about What / curry, jw; bissett b., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-20627-21029
Scope and Contents

This is an unpublished article written for the first issue of What Magazine. curry compared bissett's book, "What" to an imagined magazine of the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

What are You Doing? / curry, jw., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-19744-20131
Scope and Contents

This was submitted for publication in NRG. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

What featured Writer? George Swede / curry, jw; Swede G., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-20629-21031
Scope and Contents

This article appeared in What #2 as an introduction to Swede's work in the magazine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

What featured writer? George Swede / curry, jw; Swede G., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-20745-21149
Scope and Contents

This is a piece that was published in What No.2 1985 as an intoduction to works by Swede. curry makes the point that Swede is known as a Haiku poet as well as a writer of children's books. He comments in a letter to the Sackners that it was writtten blind & does not go well with the works of Swede that the editors selected. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Wiggling Air, Wobbling Light / curry, jw., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-20761-21166
Scope and Contents

This is the first maquette for a manuscript of collages made from colored photographs that curry continues to edit. curry noted in a letter to the Sackners that many of the pieces in this copy will not be included in the final version. Some of the pic have been published but many have not. This copy was made for David UU who wanted to see the entire series. The book is dedicated to Frank Zappa & the images and their captions have music relationships. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

without grace / Donegan, Brendan ; Hood, Wharton., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-32135-33676
Scope and Contents

Edited by LeRoy Gorman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

wrecking ballzark, th: broadcasting from planet He (fr J.Blish). No.57 / jw curry., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-40594-42567
Scope and Contents

Also designated Curvd H&Z No.224. This is also card #32. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

wrecking ballzark, th: Can't Afford No Kodak Instamatik Instamatik. No.16/Apr / jw curry., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-53370-63139
Scope and Contents

This work is also designated Curvd H&Z No.54. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

wrecking ballzark, th: Card 24: A Poem. No.51/Jun / jw curry., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-53119-74268
Scope and Contents

Also designated Curvd H&Z no.208. Only 25 copies were actually produced due to the destruction of the rubberstamp utilized for production. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983