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Conventional non-fiction

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1840 Collections and/or Records:

Shake / Beckman, Joshua., 2006

 Item
Identifier: CC-44915-47087
Scope and Contents

Joshua Beckman gave the Sackners this book on the occasion of a visit to the Archive owing to his interest in exhibiting examples of cancelled text for a museum in Seattle. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Shifts: 1st Copy / Musgrove, Keith., 1981

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Identifier: CC-06092-6206
Scope and Contents

The book is inscribed by Bob Cobbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Sidewalk. No.1 / Alex Neish, editor ; McClure M ; Finlay IH ; Butor M ; Ginsberg A ; Morgan E ; Burroughs WS ; Olson C ; Logue C ; Hasselwood D ; Bataille G., 1960

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Identifier: CC-37458-39311
Scope and Contents

Ian Hamilton Finlay contributed a conventional poem entitled "Orkney Interior." Michel Butor wrote an essay on Baudelaire. An excerpt from "Kadish" by Allen Ginsberg is printed in this issue. Charles Olson contributed a poem with concrete poetic elements, Edwin Morgan wrote an essay on "Jean Genet: A Life and its Legend." "Naked Lunch" by William Burroughs was reviewed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960

Signs / Chopin, Henri ; Jean Chopin, translator., 1975

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Identifier: CC-30900-32354
Scope and Contents

This book consists of 14 poems dating from 1949-1955. The final poem is a constellation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Silence and License / Fox, William L.., 1994

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Identifier: CC-11482-11698
Scope and Contents

The author has used a strike-through techique, presumably accomplished with a word processor program, to achieve the visual presentation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Silence and the Hammer / Berry, Jake ; Sides, Wayne., 2001

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Identifier: CC-43624-45709
Scope and Contents

The poems were composed by Jake Berry and the photographs were taken by Wayne Sides. The CD is a music album played by the two. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Sing Me One Song of Evolution, 1998

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Identifier: CC-29841-31222
Scope and Contents

The poet learns at age 48 that he has Tourette's Syndrome, a disease of uncontrollable tics and ranter. Previously, it was thought that he was just "one crazy poet." These poems depict Tourett's Syndrome through poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Sinillogical Translations Volume Seven: The Sino-Andalusian Translations / curry, jw ; Laba, Mark., 1986

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Identifier: CC-30380-31795
Scope and Contents

Designated 2 bit Poetry No.18. The cover collage incorporates fragmented text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986