Conventional fiction

Scope and Contents This is one of the books sold by David Alberts, LA book distributor, who was sentenced and fined for distributing "obscene and indecent" books such as "Sword of Desire," "She Made it Pay" etc. On appeal, there was a challenge to the constitutionality (First Amendment) rights but the conviction was upheld. Judge Brennan's formula for determining obscenity in the court's decision: 1) whether to the average person, 2) applying contemporary community standards, 3) the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole, 4) appeals to prurient interest.One of the more "obscene" passages follows: "His lips continued to stray over her flesh, her breath began to pant as the caresses grew more and more violent, progressing to the inevitable culmination. Her body jerked and strained. She cried out.'Oh darling, wait,' she gasped.An instant late they were locked in the most intimate of embraces, taking the full delight eah had to offer till they were left breathless and exhausted, and utterly...

Dates: 1952

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Shit / Riddell, John., 1990

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Identifier: CC-46692-49422

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Also designated twobitter 24. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Shit, The: mothers love dead sons. No.5 / Norman Chadwick, D.M. Owen, editors ; Reid T ; Truhlar R ; Evason G ; Owen DM ; Smith J ; Cohen R ; Bradley Df ; McElroy G ; curry jw., 1993

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Identifier: CC-48639-69671

Dates: 1993

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals

SHORT FILMS / Depew, Wally., 2003

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Identifier: CC-53213-74365

Dates: 2003

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Short Stories / Wiz, Boom Boom., 1994

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Identifier: CC-28319-29497

Dates: 1994

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

Sidewalk. No.1 / Alex Neish, editor ; McClure M ; Finlay IH ; Butor M ; Ginsberg A ; Morgan E ; Burroughs WS ; Olson C ; Logue C ; Hasselwood D ; Bataille G., 1960

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Identifier: CC-37458-39311

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Ian Hamilton Finlay contributed a conventional poem entitled "Orkney Interior." Michel Butor wrote an essay on Baudelaire. An excerpt from "Kadish" by Allen Ginsberg is printed in this issue. Charles Olson contributed a poem with concrete poetic elements, Edwin Morgan wrote an essay on "Jean Genet: A Life and its Legend." "Naked Lunch" by William Burroughs was reviewed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals