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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1438 Collections and/or Records:

Ellis Island / Horrigan, Terry., 1995

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Identifier: CC-09893-10089
Scope and Contents

In this book, Horrigan reviews the medical inspections and legislation affecting steerage passengers immigrating to America from Europe 1892-1954 through Ellis Island. The letter-codes of suspected or real illnesses in the immigrants were written in chalk on their lapels. A listing of the codes and meanings in a calligraphic text done by Ann Miller are printed on a three page fold-out. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Endless Threshold / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1992

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Identifier: CC-09330-9516
Scope and Contents

Includes poem relating to Marvin Sackner (page 73), "I Steal" that begins with the following passage: Scavaging's the way I make my buck. Pick my way thru the garbage of the rich for cardboard, fabric-sampler folders, odd papers, plastics. Paint over them. Send them to a man who collects things like that. Just enough to pay for my hotel pad. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Entrails. No.2/Sep-Oct / Gene Bloom, editor ; Berardi M ; Blazek D ; Major C ; Richmond S ; Bloom G ; Elder G ; Bukowski C ; DelPino L ; Miller B ; Tucker H ; Briggs H ; Rufus S ; Kupferberg T ; Sanders E., 1966

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Identifier: CC-51306-72395
Scope and Contents

This issue is dedicated to and in the memory of Lenny Bruce who died of audience starvation. Fuck em Lenny..for they do not know what they did. The cover was designed by Lawrence Cook. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Erratum / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1978

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Identifier: CC-12147-12371
Scope and Contents

This poem is an attack on the intelligence of the British Arts Council, presumably relating to a Finlay proposal or a grant request. The poem reads, For 'mind' read 'void'. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Essay Packs / Holzer, Jenny., 1980

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Identifier: CC-49660-70713
Scope and Contents

The typographic appearance of the broadsides shows poorly printed typesetting of the texts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Essence: International Networking Culture / Held Jjr ; Finlay E ; Welch C ; spence p ; Groh K ; Tipping R ; Cleveland B ; Padin C ; Stake C ; Petasz P ; Cohen R ; Gaglione B ; Morandi E ; Dogfish ; Strada G ; Tisma A ; Dellafiora D ; Kamperelic D ; Kamperelic R ; Collins P ; Bogdanovic N ; Blurr B ; Barbot G ; A1 Waste Paper ; Bates K ; Baroni V ; Maggi R ; Ruch G ; Crozier R ; Segay S., 1995

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Identifier: CC-29547-30915
Scope and Contents

The exhibition was organized by Neil Degney around the theme of Shozo Shimamoto's B'book Burning Edict." One hundred participants from 22 countries sent networking material for the exhibition. The works consisted of correspondence art and personal statements. "Essence reveals both a universal personkind and a global divergence of ideas and circumstance." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Estuary / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1997

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Identifier: CC-35375-37110
Scope and Contents

The poem lists names of ships along with names of major oil refinery companies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Et in Arcadia Ego / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Andrew, John., 1981

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Identifier: CC-12770-13035
Scope and Contents

Depicts a carved in stone image of an armored vehicle in a landscape scene with an additional caption, "After Nicholas Poussin." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

European Heads / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Farthing, Julie., 1992

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Identifier: CC-12428-12655
Scope and Contents

The word "European' is printed in yellow and the word "Heads" in red. The latter is printed upside down. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Events aren't moved by blind change / Goswell, Joan Iversen., 2003

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Identifier: CC-41448-43433
Scope and Contents

The image depicts George W. Bush astride a horse dressed like a crusader invoking God for initiating the Iraq war. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Every Goal Negates. Ludwig Feuerbach / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1985

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Identifier: CC-11911-12133
Scope and Contents The poem is printed in red with folded paper shaped like an arrow. It was printed on the Second Anniversary of the First Battle of Little Sparta and its slogan relates to Finlay's dispute with the local tax collectors. Wikipedia: Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach (July 28, 1804 "“ September 13, 1872) was a German philosopher and anthropologist best known for his book The Essence of Christianity, which provided a critique of Christianity which strongly influenced generations of later thinkers, including both Karl Marx and Frederich Engels. Feuerbach was the fourth son of the eminent jurist Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, brother of mathematician Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach and uncle of painter Anselm Feuerbach. An associate of Left Hegelian circles, Feuerbach advocated for liberalism, atheism and materialism. Many of his philosophical writings offered a critical analysis of religion. His thought was influential in the development of dialectical materialism, where he is often...
Dates: 1985