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Conventional non-fiction

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1840 Collections and/or Records:

Peaces / sigmund, r.j., aka rjs ; levy da ; Cornillon J ; Jones G., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-28495-29770
Scope and Contents

The inscription might be to Grace Butcher, a poet in da levy's circle. The cover drawing was done by Grady Jones and the introductory essay by John Cornillion. The first poem, entitled "Peaces" is a loose listing of permutations of its title, e.g., peA ces, peces pe Aces, Pea c ess, PEA cess, peees ssess, etc. The ink drawing depicts a large calligraphic marking; three other markings, reproduced in mimeographed printing, are scattered throughout this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Penny Farthing Madness / Morris, Stephen., 1973

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Identifier: CC-38237-40133
Scope and Contents

This book was first published in 1969 and reprinted in 1971 and 1973. Most of the poems in this book are love poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

(Periodic Systems of Words} / Iov, Ivan., 1997

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Identifier: CC-34014-35690
Scope and Contents

The poems in this collection are printed in a great number of different typefaces. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Personal Pronouns / Fraenkel, Marianne., 1980

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Identifier: CC-11491-11707
Scope and Contents

A line of poetry, printed in red, is alternated with a technical sentence of sound and voice production. The diagramatic drawings of the head, lips and throat illustrate how vocal sounds are formed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

P.G. Tips / Cutts, Simon., 1981

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Identifier: CC-18114-18486
Scope and Contents

P.G. stands for Percy Grainger, the Australian musician, who died in 1961. The Coracle Press published a card depicting one of his music machines that is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Phone / Mac Low, Jackson ; Johnson R., 1979

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Identifier: CC-47579-68588
Scope and Contents

A poem is pringed on each page with six stanzas with the first letter of each phrase reading WI EIS HIIC Y S&T HNII. At the bottom of each page is a reproduction of a telephone drawn by Ray Johnson, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Pianostool Footnotes, 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-18107-18479
Scope and Contents

Designated Jargon 94. Includes reprints of prior publications, most of which are held by the Sackner Archive in their first issuance. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Pianostool Footnotes , 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-18108-18480
Scope and Contents

Designated Jargon 94. Includes reprints of prior publications, most of which are held by the Sackner Archive in their first issuance. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Pictures Of Life And Of Death / Patchen, Kenneth., 1946

 Item
Identifier: CC-55665-51115
Scope and Contents

The cover depicts a surrealistic image drawn by Patchen. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1946

Pictures Words Threes & Other Numbers / Shein, Keith ; Arnold P., 1977

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Identifier: CC-39467-41423
Scope and Contents

Cover was designed by Patty Arnold. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Pie Anthology / Smith, Paul A., editor ; Morgan M ; Duke JH ; Edwards J ; Adam R ; Murphy P ; Selenitsch A ; Smith P ; Pie-O ; Jenkins J., 1974

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Identifier: CC-57985-10001245
Scope and Contents

A section of Jas H Duke's 'Destiny Wood' is printed for the first time in this book. This book depicts the first printing of Alex Selinitsch's poem 'rivers of light.' The editor Paul Smith was given the middle initial 'A' of his name in this database to distinguish him from Paul Smith, the American typewriiter artist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Pieces of Poetry 2nd edition / Nuttall, Jeff., 1997

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Identifier: CC-45085-47262
Scope and Contents Designated Writers Forum Poets No.17.Wikipedia: Jeff Nuttall (8 July 1933 -- 4 January 2004) was an English poet, publisher, actor, painter, sculptor, jazz trumpeter, anarchist sympathiser and social commentator who was a key part of the British 1960s counter-culture. He was born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, and grew up in Herefordshire. He studied painting in the years after the Second World War and began publishing poetry in the early 1960s. Together with Bob Cobbing, he founded the influential Writers Forum Press and writers workshop.He also associated with many of the American beat generation writers, especially William Burroughs. Nuttall's self-published "My Own Mag" mimeographed newsletter provided Burroughs with an important outlet for his experimental literature in the early 1960s.In 1966 he was one of the founders of the People Show, an early and long-lasting performance art group and was involved in the founding of the UK underground newspaper International Times. In 1967...
Dates: 1997