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This periodical was edited by Bill Gaglione. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This drawing as well as many of other works by Basinski is performed by Basinski in his unique, extemporaneous manner. Basinski writed in an accompanying letter, "Here in paper work from mailed FISH FRY (A favorite in Catholic Lent old time buffalo - I find it most amsusing (sic) like a spring rite of passage). Hope you are well and thank you for adding FISH FRY to your marvelous collection." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The prints are reproductions of the illustrations in the book that have been printed by offset or silkscreen process. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This work was purchased from the exhibition "Textiles/Fibers/Threads: The Book Show" at The Center for Book Arts, New York. The exhibition was curated by Kumi Korf and Charlotte Thorpe. Hensel describes her work as follows: "The words we all speak and think link together in sentences, disjointed phrases, odd web structures, broken threads and dangling participles. The words rush out of a vein, they cascade over all our experiences. This particular piece is about those threads of conversation left unfinished, dangling out of context, with sometimes unexpected consequences. At the time that I wrote this piece, I was thinking about the cruelty of teenage girls and about the half-truths and innuendos we hear on the news daily. This is a meander through the effects of impulsive adolescent conversations and rumors." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This ninth page from Dante Diary which is not dated, was drawn in Rio de Janeiro. Text at the top left corner reads, "dante in brazil," and on the top right corner, "Waiting for Pella in the New Wave." Pella refers to Tom's friend, the bookbinder Pella Erskine-Tulloch. A collaged "NY & Lakeville," with the name Lakeville scratched out, is placed below this caption. Phillips' handwritten notes explain that the plans to go to Lakeville, Connecticut with Martin and Diane Ackerman were cancelled. Phillips also writes that on his return trip from Brazil to New York via Miami he "was able to smuggle a postcard out of the tourist lounge at 5 a.m. to send to the Sackners whom I'd have loved to have seen." Phillips mentions his search for the Virgin Butterfly native to Brazil. The image of butterflys and poetry from "A Humument" is found in the third illustration of Canto II. ["A butterfly gives meaning to brighten poetry."] In his iconographical notes and commentary on the...

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Page 50 is titled Dante & the Madnill Bank. The center of the page is filled with a large 10000 Italian lire bill with a picture of Dante in profile in the center. The collage elements are all bank papers of account information.On the left edge ofthe page Phillips writes, "XXV/VI/LXXXIII Money on hand from Waddingtons (at interest) in advance of copies not yet done. Staves off financail disaster yet again. Silkscreens all paid. Some litho & etching outstanding." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Page 51 is titled Dante Reads Comics and is collaged with many ripped pieces of comic strips and two collaged elements from A Humument. The comic strips relate to Nazi German war scenes.The Humument additions read, " cowled dejection" and " a campign of mean miltary industry." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Page 52 is titled Dante & A Humument.This page is collaged with a bit of the purple cover of A Humument, several parts of pages painted and found poetic texts presented and a partial photograph of a man in a top hat. Phillips writes, "possibility of A Humument epic. some major work retold in its pages arranged: some new Ulysses of economy ----- the Aeneid. War & Peace?" and "Sometimes difficult to find appropriate bits and I think the strain occasionally shows. I think it's worth the real success and insights." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Page 53 consists of a sketch of a round 'No Entry' traffic sign. Phillips writes, "One of the few practical field trips was Nick Tite and Antheas scaling of a traffic sign to take the exact measurements. The only moral error in this is that we ought really to have used the fading no entry sign in the car park site of 20 sites or years. Only connect!!! The bottom portion of the page contains text from a page of A Humument that relates to a blocked roadway. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Page 54 is titled "1945. Dante & the Turf 81 - 86" and the theme is horse racing .On the bottom centerof the page is a card of the "Winner of the Derby 1945 - Dante." Other collaged newspaper and racing scraps of paper contain the name of Dante. Phillips writes about the horse Dante's Rogue that seems to have been withdrawn from racing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.