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Purgatory and Carousels (2nd Printing) / Billera, Jau ; levy da., 1963

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Identifier: CC-24044-24494

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Scope and Contents

This is the second printing by d.a. levy's press; the first printing had the imprint, The Free Lance Poets & Prose Workshop. The Renegade Press edition includes an abstract print and the cover that was made by levy. Billera had a Cleveland radio program on WCLV and editied "Podium" in the mid-1960's. Billera committed suicide in 1981 in his sealed automobile with the motor running from carbon monoxide poisoning. It is stored in a box labeled levy and Renegade Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1963

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book + pages (letterpress) (32 pages) in cover (wood block)) ; 21.6 x 14.2 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

box shelf levy

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Bob Moore, 1995.

General

Published: Cleveland, Ohio : Renegade Press. Nationality of creator: American. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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