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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3466 Collections and/or Records:

The Stratheclyde Times [Friday, June 17, 1983] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1983

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Identifier: CC-57801-10001053
Scope and Contents

This newspaper is a political spoof with regard to the region's efforts to tax Finlay's garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

The Supreme Indecision of the Writer: The 1994 Lectures in Turkey / Federman, Raymond ; Abish W ; Gins M ; Gass W ; Sukenick R ; Burroughs WS ; Beckett S., 1995

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Identifier: CC-27877-29016
Scope and Contents

The titles of these lectures include "The last Stand of Literature," The Real Begins When the Spectacle Ends," "Federman on Federman: Lie Or Die," and "the Supreme Indecision of Postmodernism." The clarity of the essays and the analysis of how Federman sees himself in relation to the political and cultural world reinforces his importance and influence in 20th century literature and thought. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

The Sweetmeat Saga: The Epic Story of the Sixties / gravenson, g f., 1971

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Identifier: CC-42782-44821
Scope and Contents

This is a fictionalized account of a famous Sweetmeat twins Rock Concert in May 1966 held at Big Sur, California. The book is presented as a typewritten document. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

The Telephone Book / Friedman, Ed., 1979

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Identifier: CC-29842-31223
Scope and Contents

The book consists printing of taped and transcribed telephone conversations with the author in New York and Los Angeles in 1977 and 1978. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

The Temptation of Saint Antony 1987-1990 / Rollins, Tim + K.O.S., 1990

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Identifier: CC-03357-3410
Scope and Contents

This catalogue prints interviews with Tim Rollins (an art teacher) and KOS of the background behind the subject which began with the reading of a book on Grunewald in Rollins collection in 1982 by Carlos Rivera, a 12 year student with learning disability, who was asked to reproduce his favorite painting in the book. Rivera selected The Temptation of Saint Antony, did an impressive drawing of the work which was enjoyed by the rest of Rollins' class to the point where other artists' versions were shown. The latter included Schongauer, Brueghel, Bosch, Callot, Redon, Ensor, and Ernst. The influence of these images and the text on Rollins group over the years led them to do their own interpretations of the work as watercolor studies, paintings and finally prints at Crown Point press. The catalogue includes several reproductions including an etchings from "The Temptation of Saint Antony" series, a work held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

The Thing, No. 10: Starlee Kine - Crying Instructions, 2008

 Item — Box 274: [Barcode: 31858072460607]
Identifier: CC-50951-72029
Scope and Contents

The text of the pamphlet deals with a bad movie entitiled "Garden State." The text laser etched into the wood block deals with the purchase and cutting of an onion. Kine states in the pamphlet that her object is a cutting board and recommends that the more the board is used, the less the text can be read, and if all goes as planned, "the quieter the ghosts of meals past will become." She also recommends that you first slice an onion on the board that will cause you to cry for as a mental cathartic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

The Tom Phillips Website Recent Updates / Phillips, Tom; Sackner SE., 2004

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Identifier: CC-43224-45283
Scope and Contents

This photoessay by Sara Sackner published on the Phillips web site for the first time, documents the work at Tom's studio in London during the production of the fine press book Dante's Inferno in 1980. This is vol. 6, no. 1 of recent website updates. John Pull, webmaster, writes, " I first saw Sara's photos while visiting the Sackner Archive of Visual and Concrete Poetry (sic) in Miami Beach. I loved the image I saw of Tom and NIck Tite reviewing the plate and was floored by the cache of prints Sara loaned me for this special exhibition, 57 in '80. Fond appreciation to Sara for her generosity." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

The Tour / Sackner, Sara; Sackner MA; Sackner RK., 2002

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Identifier: CC-42394-44404
Scope and Contents

This book was assembled by Sara Sackner on the occasion of Marvin Sackner's 70th birthday. It contains clips from the film "Concrete" that Sara produced about the Archive. Her dedication reads, " Oh Clips!/ Speak to me/ LONG and short/ Tell me / Where you want to go!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

The Tree of Sephiroth (DAATH) / Laffoley, Paul., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33307-34941
Scope and Contents

One of 11 drawings in the series is illustrated. The subject is "the ten globes of absolute light of the tree of the Sephiroth and the false eleventh Sephirah named Daath (or knowledge) which spans the Abyss of Transition." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

The Trees of Unknowing / Morrissey, Stephen ; Dudek L., 1978

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Identifier: CC-38262-40158
Scope and Contents

The haiku in this book are presented as amorphously shaped, fragmented, repetitive texts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

The Tweeze / curry, jw ; UU D ; Evason G ; Venright S ; Drumbolis N., 1991

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Identifier: CC-19661-20047
Scope and Contents

The text of this book was printed from individual rubberstamp letters. The bibliography consists of a description and excerpts of small run, non-circulated editions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

The Typewriter Revolution: A Typist Companion for the 21st Century / Polt, Richard., 2015

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Identifier: CC-61042-10003816
Scope and Contents

Amazon.com: What do thousands of kids, makers, poets, artists, steampunks, hipsters, activists, and musicians have in common? They love typewriters"•the magical, mechanical contraptions that are enjoying a surprising second life in the 21st century, striking a blow for self-reliance, privacy, and coherence against dependency, surveillance, and disintegration. The Typewriter Revolution documents the movement and provides practical advice on how to choose a typewriter, how to care for it, and what to do with it"•from National Novel Writing Month to letter-writing socials, from type-ins to typewritten blogs, from custom-painted typewriters to typewriter tattoos. It celebrates the unique quality of everything typewriter, fully-illustrated with vintage photographs, postcards, manuals, and more. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2015

The Uncommon Reader:Fifty Years of Textual Intercourse / Phillips, Tom., 2009

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Identifier: CC-50278-71345
Scope and Contents

Tom Phillips' blog includes the latest information about his exhibitions and reviews and design projects in London and in the Westminster Cathedral. The most detailed portion of the blog describes and illustrates Phillips' work on his painting "Quantum Poetics." Phillips' description of his creative process in developing the work is a rare insight into an artist's mind and techniques. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

The Unknown Avant Garde 1945-1985 / Curtay, Jean-Paul; Isou I; Pomerand G; Lemaitre M; Debord G; Wolman G; Dufrene F; Kruger B; Holzer J., 1985

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Identifier: CC-17837-18207
Scope and Contents

This is the first draft of an introductory essay for the exhibition catalog published by the Franklin Furnace on the occasion of the exhibition of the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

The Venice Library / Pound, Ezra ; Rudge, Olga ; Ginsberg A., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33693-35354
Scope and Contents

This catalogue annotates and depicts several books from the library of Pound and Rudge from their years in Venice. The dedications and the marginal notes reflect the personal and intellectual influence of Olga Rudge. The collection includes several volumes inscribed and gifted to Pound by Allen Ginsberg. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

The Virginia Woolf Poems / Mac Low, Jackson ; Waldrop K ; Waldrop R., 1985

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Identifier: CC-47576-68585
Scope and Contents

Mac Low composed the poems in this book by modifying sentences with different words by a rigorous technique in Virginia Woolf's novel, The Waves. This method was used to generate other poems from Mac Low's experiences. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985