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Conventional poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3963 Collections and/or Records:

Testi Esemplificativi di Ricerca sulla Poesia d'Azione o Motoria / Miglietta, Enzo., 1971 - 1998

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Identifier: CC-31006-32465
Scope and Contents

The letter consists of an English translation of the introductory essay of the book that provides a self-analysis of Miglietta's philosophy underlying his "motor poetry." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971 - 1998

Testi - Immagine 1959-60 / Conte, Bruno ; Bentivoglio M., 1963

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Identifier: CC-16458-16811
Scope and Contents

Introduction by M. Bentivoglio. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Textures / curry, jw., 1980

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Identifier: CC-19717-20104
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The typewriting in this poem was done without a carbon ribbon; the letters are outlined by the graphite strokes that give the appearance of frottage. This work was published in can't afford no Kodak Instamatik Instamatik Vol.1. The poem reads, 'I i, uh, get the - the no, the IMPRESSION that - what this alludes to is sort of a - PARallell second side to things w/ that - opposite symmetry, yu know, uh - Reflecting, no, a - R reFLEction of maybe - hints that is as they say, - like this, yu know, like, that - there ARE maybe parallel universes such, - yu know?' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Textures / curry, jw., 1980

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Identifier: CC-19718-20105
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This is the first generation photocopy from which the printed version in can't afford no Kodak Instamatik Instamatik Vol.1 was derived; i.e., the printed version is a second generation photocopy. The print has darker lines than the original drawing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Th Flying Foxes / Jack A. Hirschman., 1991

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Identifier: CC-09064-9243
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The shape of the book object is bat-like. The main colors utilized, red and blue, refer to the new post-Duvalier Haiti. The box and book object are decorated with colorful Haitian words written in the Cyrillic alphabet because Hirschman regards the shape of Russian as central to his visual/verbal work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

That Fucking Line That (1st Draft) / curry, jw., 1985

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Identifier: CC-20295-20692
Scope and Contents

This anthology of jw curry's poetry was published by Bob Cobbing's Writers Forum in 1991 (held by the Sackner Archive). It is the earliest draft made previous to July 1985; Some of these poems were never published. There are handwritten citations on the verso of the pages indicating the periodicals where the poems were published previously. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

That Fucking Line That (drafts and related materials) / curry, jw; Basmajian S; Venright S; Bennett JM., 1985 - 1992

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Identifier: CC-20297-20694
Scope and Contents

Includes many previously published works on unbound pages, viz., These, Reflecting on War, A Mystery, Grecian Turn, Invocation, Too Collage (aka & they came, dancing all alone, On Waking this Morning, DShake A Foot, Instructions For Use, The Losing and The Basmajian Variations in A (minors). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985 - 1992