This essay is an excellent critique and analysis of selected poems that Grumman ties together. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

John Keys was an American poet in the circle of da levy who emigrated to London in the mid 1960's. The cover was probably done by John Keys. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Johnson writes in the introduction, "These poems are listenings, as poems must listen and sing simultaneously. They are a progression of hearings of Mahler's 'Song of the Earth' on records, in concert, and in my head."The only difference between this disavowed edition and the regular edition that is also held by the Sackner Archive is the inclusion of one rather than three blank pages at the end of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Johnson writes in the introduction, "These poems are listenings, as poems must listen and sing simultaneously. They are a progression of hearings of Mahler's 'Song of the Earth' on records, in concert, and in my head."The only difference between this regular edition and the disavowed edition that is also held by the Sackner Archive is the inclusion of three pages rather than one blank page at the end of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.