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levy, d.a., 1942-1968

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1942 October 29 - 1968 November 24

Parallel Names

  • Levy, D. A.
  • Levy, DA

Nationality

American

Found in 424 Collections and/or Records:

Random Sightings (d.a. has left the building) / levy, d.a. ; Horvath A., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-48658-69690
Scope and Contents

The cover photograph is by Alan Horvath. Includes several poems and polemics against the Vietnam war as handwritten manuscripts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Random Sightings [Reprint], 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-33510-35159
Scope and Contents

Several poems are word portraits of artists that include Francis Bacon, William Baziotes, James Ensor, Paul Gauguin, Turner, and Robert Motherwell. The book also includes reprints of levy's introductory essay to 306, 5 Cleveland Poems, you murders with your indifference, and the "IN" Group. The cover was designed by Alan Horvath, the publisher. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Random Sightings (With No One Around); letters from d.a. levy, 2007

 Item
Identifier: CC-47224-49967
Scope and Contents

This book consists of letters in reproduction from d.a. levy to his friends. The originals were handwritten, typed, and mimeographed. In addition, several of levy's abstract expressionistic paintings are reproduced in color. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Reality Stinks! , 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-07194-7335
Scope and Contents

Most of the text deals with Buddhist themes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[recto, letter to Bill Wyatt re renegade 7 flowers books he is sending him / verso, announcement of "Coming Forth By Day"] / levy, d.a.., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-60783-56226
Scope and Contents

The book that levy announces was not published under the title given to it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Red Cat of Reason (Barking Too) / levy, d.a. ; bissett b ; Heilbrun S ; Scott JR., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-07249-7392
Scope and Contents

In a reprinted mimeographed letter from levy to neal emerson, editor of Love, levy writes: "...- just sent you 2lbs of poetry mags etc & wish you luck - i cant take it here much longer & hope ill be leaving the city in one way or another very soon - i just wan to let you know that when you get busted for trying to communicate, when you get busted for trying to love... some catholic is going to get a nice paying promotion into the city hierarchy - so your blood wasnt a complete waste - yrs in the slow death d.a. levy.Some of these poems were published previously, e.g., red lady, the madiason envelope, etc.According to a letter from Alan Horvath, the publisher of this book, most copies including the Sackner copy were printed with a blue flip cover with a red image. A rarer copy had a brown cover with a black image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Red Lady / levy, d.a.., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-62262-56260
Scope and Contents

This is the 2nd editiion and the 1st Canadian edition of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Rejection Letter to Dante Thomas / levy, d.a.., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-60415-10003359
Scope and Contents

This is a 1/2 page, eight line, handwritten letter signed by levy of a poem submitted by Dante Thomas for a d.a. levy publication.It was priced by Captain Ahab's Rare Books at $1,250. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Scarab, 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-06810-6931
Scope and Contents

The text consists mainly of dense overtyping of repetitive phrases collaged onto cardboard as a 2 x 3 grid such as "interior of my sphere," "thee like Ra, he praises," etc. The frottaged image in the middle right grid is a bony thorax overlaid by letraset formed words, SCARAB and SCARAB. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Scarab Poems 2nd Edition / levy, d.a.., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-45028-47204
Scope and Contents

Poems were composed by d.a.levy in 1967 and most of the originals are held by the Sackner Archive. The covers differ between the 1st and 2nd editions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Scarab Poems 1967-1978 / levy, d.a.., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-07262-7405
Scope and Contents

Poems were composed by d.a.levy in 1967 and most of the originals are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

(Scheduled) Random Sightings, 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-34179-35864
Scope and Contents

This book includes a reprint of "White Light," previously unpublished correspondence between levy and Richard Allen Morris, and levy and Robert Kelly. It also reprints editorials and book reviews by levy from his small magazines. The cover was designed by alan horvath. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000