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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1840 Collections and/or Records:

rag & boneshop, 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-21114-21523
Scope and Contents

This is an outstanding compilation of Birney's concrete and visual poems. Several poems are written in the linguistic style used by bill bissett. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Random Sightings [Reprint], 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-33510-35159
Scope and Contents

Several poems are word portraits of artists that include Francis Bacon, William Baziotes, James Ensor, Paul Gauguin, Turner, and Robert Motherwell. The book also includes reprints of levy's introductory essay to 306, 5 Cleveland Poems, you murders with your indifference, and the "IN" Group. The cover was designed by Alan Horvath, the publisher. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Raus Mit Der Sprache, 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-49056-70094
Scope and Contents

This book is an anthology of the diverse styles of poetry written by Schauffelen. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Recovery from Codependence / Olitzky, Rabbi Kerry M. ; Grunberg, Maty., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-46427-49156
Scope and Contents

This book was added to the collection because of drawings contributed by Maty Grunberg whose artist book dealing with concrete poetry is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Recursive Spirals / Harris, Ken., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-34891-36602
Scope and Contents

The book consists of short poems, one to a page, and a single concrete poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Red Cat of Reason (Barking Too) / levy, d.a. ; bissett b ; Heilbrun S ; Scott JR., 1976

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Identifier: CC-07249-7392
Scope and Contents

In a reprinted mimeographed letter from levy to neal emerson, editor of Love, levy writes: "...- just sent you 2lbs of poetry mags etc & wish you luck - i cant take it here much longer & hope ill be leaving the city in one way or another very soon - i just wan to let you know that when you get busted for trying to communicate, when you get busted for trying to love... some catholic is going to get a nice paying promotion into the city hierarchy - so your blood wasnt a complete waste - yrs in the slow death d.a. levy.Some of these poems were published previously, e.g., red lady, the madiason envelope, etc.According to a letter from Alan Horvath, the publisher of this book, most copies including the Sackner copy were printed with a blue flip cover with a red image. A rarer copy had a brown cover with a black image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Red Wagon / Berrigan, Ted., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-20929-21338
Scope and Contents

The handwritten poem reads, "The river is flowing again between its banks, Nevertheless - The Landscape is rushing away." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Reft and Light , 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-37090-38932
Scope and Contents

This book consists of poems by Ernst Jandl along with multiple versions in text and layout of the poem by American poets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Regression, 1988

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Identifier: CC-23473-23918

Remarks on the Disorders of Literary Men or An Inquiry into the Means of Preventing the Evils Usually Incident to Sedentary and Studious Habits (Facsimile) / Greenwood, Francis William Pitt., 1974

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Identifier: CC-44305-46436
Scope and Contents

This is a facsimile of the book first published in 1825 by Cummings, Hilliard, & Co, Boston, Massachusetts. The facsimile was commisioned by Chandler Robbins. A particularly noteworthy section of this book deals with the beneficial effects of moderate exercise in literary men prone to avoid it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Renew Jerusalem / Dowden, George ; Houedard DS., 1969

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Identifier: CC-16326-16676
Scope and Contents

A part of the book deals with Dowden's encounter with Dom Sylvester Houedard in Prinknash Chapel. The poems in the book appear to be composed after Burroughs' cut-up method. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Republikanische Gedichte / Marti, Kurt., 1959

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Identifier: CC-48778-69812
Scope and Contents

The book is one of a series (No.2) designated "die quadrat-bucher" by the publisher. Another book in this series held by the Sackner Archive is Gomringer's "33 konstellationen" (No.11). The enclosed card to gomringer is dated the same as the inscription in the book, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1959

Res: Digital Culture. No.1/Fall / Abess M ; Mulholland M ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA ; Pignatari D ; Solt ME ; Nichol bp ; Olson C., 2006

 Item
Identifier: CC-46708-49438
Scope and Contents

Mathew Abess contributes an essay dealing with digital archiving of concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006