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Hirschman, Jack A., 1933-2021

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Found in 293 Collections and/or Records:

Version / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1990

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Identifier: CC-09022-9199
Scope and Contents

This book was written as a homage to Hirschman's friend, Sara Menefee, who will be on trial for feeding hungry people without a permit. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Visionary Haiku / Jack A. Hirschman., 1990

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Identifier: CC-09000-9177
Scope and Contents

Theme makes an analogy to the size of the Ant. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

When Word's Meaning Is in Their Look / Cotter, Holland; Drucker J; Hirschman J; Wolf A; McVarish E; Straus A; Bernstein C; Bee S; Scher P; Seagram B; Freeman B; Goswell J; Licko Z; Fella E; Ligorano N; Reese M; Burke B; Lehrer W; Meador C; Laxson R; Kellner T; Weiner L., 1998

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Identifier: CC-31028-32489
Scope and Contents

Cotter reviews "The Next Word" at the Neuberger Museum of Art to which the Sackner Archive lent 25 books and pictures. Several of the works from the Archive are specifically described in the article including a manuscript by Jack Hirschman, a drawing by Anne Wolf, Emily McVarish's pasted-up words locked inside a metal frame, Paula Scher's "Opinionated Map: Central and South America" in which every inch on the Southern Hemisphere that is jammed with critical annotationt. "Elsewhere, the printed text, often taking a cue from advertising, comes to the fore. Blair Seagram's 'U Temp est Us' uses a sleek sans-serif type, offbeat spacing and shifting character sizes to hide phrases within other phrases." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Words at My Feet / Jack A. Hirschman., 1991

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Identifier: CC-09159-9340
Scope and Contents

The poem depicts a man sitting on a curb with a touch of the homelessness. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Xibalba 5 Houses / Jack A. Hirschman., 1990

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Identifier: CC-08990-9167
Scope and Contents

Contains hieroglyphics relating to the Mayan underground. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Xibalba 5 Houses / Jack A. Hirschman., 1990

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Identifier: CC-09062-9241
Scope and Contents

The book and the tilles depict hieroglyphics relating to the Mayan underground. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Yod, 1966

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Identifier: CC-09485-9673
Scope and Contents

This book is an example of the Kabbalistic period of Hirschman's work in which the poet combined Hebrew letters within his poetry. Yod is the letter Y and also means hand in Hebrew. The book was designed by Paul Vaughn and Pip Benveniste as a facsimile of Hirschman's manuscript. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

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