Bissett, Bill, 1939-

The Cosmic Chef: An Evening of Concrete, 1970

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Identifier: CC-27765-28892

Scope and Contents

This issue features typewriter and calligraphic concrete poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

The Last Blewointment Anthology (Vol.1: AC-LE: 1963-1983) / bissett, bill, editor ; Atwood M ; Gilbert G ; bissett b ; Broudy H ; Cobbing B ; Copithorne J ; curry jw ; DiPrima D ; Farrell L ; Gadd M ; Hollingshead R ; Jankola B ; Lachance B ; Lantz C ; levy da ; Kearns L ; Birney E., 1985

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Identifier: CC-23027-23464

Scope and Contents One copy placed has been placed in bill bissett box, the otherin blewointment press box. John W. Doull: BISSETT, Bill. The Last Blewointment Anthology 1963-1983. Volume 1 : AC-LE.(Toronto : Nightwood Editions, 1985). Pp (2),[1]-123,(3). Illustrated. 4to, illustrated blue card covers. "During its twenty-year history blewointment offered unprecedented access to publication to a wide variety of artistsand writers, among them some of Canada's most important and influential poets. In "the last blolewointment anthology," bill bissett has selected excerpts from the press's vast output of books, magazines and anthologies. In his introduction, he explains how the press came into existence and how it brought the work of bissett and many others before the public. "the last blewointment anthology" has been divided into two volumes. Volume 1- "AC to LE"- features Milton Acorn, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Avison, Deidre Ballantyne, Earle Birney, bill bissett, ooljah bissett, Yvonne Bond, Hart...

Dates: 1985

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

The Last Blewointment Anthology (Vol.2: LI-ZO: 1963-1983) / bissett, bill, editor ; Cobbing B ; Nichol bp ; Thibaudeau C ; UU D ; Vroom I ; West D ; Ball H ; Tzara T ; Schwitters K ; Apollinaire G ; Cage J., 1986

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Identifier: CC-23214-23653

Scope and Contents

Includes concrete poem by David UU on the breath of love, entitled "Verklarte Nacht" meaning Transfigured Night, written in the style of James Joyce with John Cage overtones with employment of neologisms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

the last photo uv th human soul , 1993

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Identifier: CC-48746-69780

Dates: 1993

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / BOOKS

ths is erth thees ar peopul , 2007

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Identifier: CC-53147-74299

Scope and Contents

From the rear cover review by the National Post: "The question this latest fusion of song, sound, performance and visual poetry from bill bissett is for a human condition ourside the perpetual terror of the twenty-first century..." Has marginalia in graphite by previous owner on pages 5, 8, 26, 27, 125 and 142. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / BOOKS / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)

Thumbprints / Fetherling, Douglas, editor ; Nichol bp ; bissett b ; Atwood M ; Ball N ; Souster R ; Garnet E ; Colombo JR., 1969

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Identifier: CC-11248-11463

Scope and Contents

Subtitled "An Anthology of Hitchhiking Poems," this may be considered a precursor to the hitchhiking poems and journal of John Curry on his trip across Canada in 1994, held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

trewt [1] / bissett, bill., 1971

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Identifier: CC-22291-22714

Dates: 1971

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

trewt [2] / bissett, bill., 1971

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Identifier: CC-22287-22710

Dates: 1971

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

trewt [grid text over text] / bissett, bill., 1971

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Identifier: CC-48346-69371

Scope and Contents

This poem was reproduced in Dust No.16. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

trewt [intersecting lines with text over text] / bissett, bill., 1971

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Identifier: CC-48344-69369

Scope and Contents

This poem was reproduced in Dust No.16. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

trewt [reading vertically] / bissett, bill., 1971

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Identifier: CC-48345-69370

Scope and Contents

This poem was reproduced in Dust No.16. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

trewt [triangular shape] / bissett, bill., 1971

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Identifier: CC-48343-69368

Scope and Contents

This poem was reproduced in Dust No.16. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

tuffshit lovepomes / bissett, bill., 1970

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Identifier: CC-48447-69475

Dates: 1970

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Turtle / bissett, bill., 1973

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Identifier: CC-22298-22721

Scope and Contents

On the top page collaged fragment, the words "eyehoyeh" are repetitively typed, whereas in the bottom fragment "oooo..." are repetitively typed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats