Scope and Contents This is a piece that was sent to Bill Wyatt by d.a. levy. Bennett Hassink died in 2008 and his obituary was printed in the Berkeley Daily Planet. Bennett James Hassink, known to his many friends as "Bud," died in Berkeley on Monday Feb. 25, 2008, at the age of 81, from congestive heart failure. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio in March 1926, where he was married to Mildred Pugh. Bud and Millie could be considered one of the early "bohemian" couples during the early 1960s. Millie, a talented artisan and jeweler, bore him his first daughter March. Their home on Wadena Street in East Cleveland was always full of interesting people, listening to electronically combined sounds and bits of recorded music that Bud mixed on reel-to-reel tapes, with lots of conversations, philosophical discussions and chess games. The music Bud made was far ahead of the synthesizer music and sounds of the'70s, and it had an ethereal yet melodic quality. He was routinely involved in the Cleveland music...

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The note reads "will. i changed my mind tore up letter nothing is urgent -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Wikipedia: Hassan-i Sabbāh (Persian: حسن صباح"Ž; 1050s"“1124) was a NizārÄ« Ismā"Ä«lÄ« missionary who converted a community in the late 11th century in the heart of the Alborz Mountains of northern Persia. He later seized a mountain fortress called Alamut and used it as the headquarters for a decentralized Persian insurrection against the dominant Seljuk Turks. He founded a group of fedayeen whose members are often referred to as the Hashshashin, or "Assassins". -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poem was written by levy in 1966 but published in 1970 for the friends of the press by D.r. Wagner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Most of the material in this book has been published in small press periodicals; a number of pieces have been reworked. This book is designated Outlands four. Includes three pages in homage to the wisdom of d.a. levy and 3 pages reprinted from "twenty bottoms," curry's pornographic book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Most of the material in this book has been published in small press periodicals; a number of pieces have been reworked. This book is designated Outlands four. Includes three pages in homage to the wisdom of d.a. levy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This work is also designated as Card 12 from "Stories from the Flats." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited by d.a.levy. Theme relates to signs that might have appeared in a newspaper or magazine that advertised "bread." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poetry selected in this anthology appeared in the first eight issues of "Ole" from 1964-1967. Stored in Ole magazine box. One of 5000 numbered copies, though far fewer than that were acually produced. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the most visually exiting issue of the periodical. It was available in a hard cover and stiff cover edition. The Sackner Archive copy holds the stiff cover version. There is a section that deals with remembrances of Kenneth Patchen by other poets and writers as well as an interview of Patchen. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poem by contributed by da levy in this anthology is an autobiographical account of his growing-up and his Jewish experience with his father. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the 2nd edition of the the book that was originally publisHed by 7 Flowers Press. The cover print was done by MaRa. This is stored in d.a.levy 7 Flowers box.It was considered one of the allegedly obscene books and seized by the Cleveland police in December 1966. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover drawing (gouache, watercolor) was made by maRa. The two issues have distinctly different images. Printed by d.a. levy who ran this press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The inscription might be to Grace Butcher, a poet in da levy's circle. The cover drawing was done by Grady Jones and the introductory essay by John Cornillion. The first poem, entitled "Peaces" is a loose listing of permutations of its title, e.g., peA ces, peces pe Aces, Pea c ess, PEA cess, peees ssess, etc. The ink drawing depicts a large calligraphic marking; three other markings, reproduced in mimeographed printing, are scattered throughout this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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d.a levy (1963) did the cover design as well as 13 abstract, semi-realistic figurative and bimorphic, brown watercolor, picture poems to illustrate this book. The book stored in d.a. levy box (1963). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.