The eight narrative poems in this book originate from Icelandic, Mayan, Spanish, and Old English sources. The superimposed lyrics, printed in brown ink, are based upon Aztec oral poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This poem is printed on cream colored paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This poem is printed on gray paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This poem is printed on gray paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This poem is printed on brown paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This pamphlet consists of a poem in Spanish by Federico Garcia Lorca that has been translated by Karl Young. It is illustrated by three ideograms by thalia signifying 'open balcony.' The bottom half of the pages consists of a poem in English arranged like the railings of a balcony, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poems are based on lists of names in the Aramaic writings of the Jews of Elephantine, Egypt. There is also an essay about the Elephantine Jews, an island in the Nile river at Egypt's southern border who lived in that place in the fifth century B.C. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poems are based on lists of names in the Aramaic writings of the Jews of Elephantine, Egypt. There is also an essay about the Elephantine Jews, an island in the Nile river at Egypt's southern border who lived in that place in the fifth century B.C. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poems are based on lists of names in the Aramaic writings of the Jews of Elephantine, Egypt. There is also an essay about the Elephantine Jews, an island in the Nile river at Egypt's southern border who lived in that place in the fifth century B.C. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The cover design is based upon Mayan figures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The cover design is based upon Mayan figures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Karl Young collated, at random, rejected or test pages from the books of his own Membrane Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The five poems that make up the text are based upon Japanese ghost stories told by Lafcadio Hearn in his book, "Kwaiden." The book has an unusual construction in that the sleeve pages are to be opened from their sides to reveal continuation of the poem printed on the recto sides of the pages. In the introduction, Young writes, "...I make use of the three-dimensional pages: pages with insides and outsides... I hope that each reader will bring his or her own senses of inside and outside to the reading of this book. I should, however, point out that the insides and outsides interact with each other in various ways, primarily by paralleling or working against each other. The inside-outside tension should not only create a dialectical progression, but constantly turn the book on on itself and out to the reader." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.