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Conventional non-fiction

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1840 Collections and/or Records:

The Hits of T.S. Eliot / Adlers, Bengt., 1980

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Identifier: CC-24359-24811
Scope and Contents

Second book in the trilogy "POETIX" in which Adlers rearranges words and poems to form his own collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

The House of Illnesses, 1993

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Identifier: CC-00110-113
Scope and Contents

Zurn was the companion of Hans Bellmer; she suffered from mental illness the last 13 years of her life. The book was written in 1958 after she developed a case of jaundice. Contains 18 surrealistic, calligraphic drawings related to the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

The House That Vispo Built / Baroni, Vittore ; Topel, Andrew ; Marinetti FT ; Cangiullo F ; Ruscha E ; Ben ; Mallarme S ; Mon F ; Mayakovsky V ; Ruhm G ; Arias-Misson A ; Fahlstrom O ; Finlay IH ; Tzara T ; Carroll L ; Gorey E., 2012

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Identifier: CC-54981-990388
Scope and Contents

The authors are listed on the cover as Bela Noiport & Odrew Van Reitt which is an anagrm of the combinations of the names of both authors, Baroni and Topel. Andrew Topel created the "visual poetry and other rough elements, mixed and augmented by Vittore Baroni, who also wrote the rhymed couplets." This book is stored in the Baroni box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2012

The Iron Whim; A Fragmented History of Typewriting / Wershler-Henry, Darren ; Ballard J ; Burroughs WS ; cummings ee ; Gysin B ; Kafka F ; McCaffery S ; Kerouac J ; Ronell A ; Ruscha E ; Smart C ; Vollmann W ; Williams M ; McLuhan M ; Olson C ; Sackner MA., 2005

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Identifier: CC-54579-990025
Scope and Contents This book is a first edition, first printing.The author provides a history of the typewriter as a machine. There is also a section on "cut-ups" by Burroughs and Gyson.Review in The Atlantic, April 2007: "Witty and idiosyncratic, this history of typewriting says more than one might think possible about the subject. . . ." Book Description Amazon.com: "The Iron Whim is an intelligent, irreverent, and humorous history of writing culture and technology. It covers the early history and evolution of the typewriter as well as the various attempts over the years to change the keyboard configuration, but it is primarily about the role played by this marvel in the writer's life. Darren Wershler-Henry populates his book with figures as disparate as Bram Stoker, Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, Norman Mailer, Alger Hiss, William Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Northrop Frye, David Cronenberg, and David Letterman; the soundtrack ranges from the industrial clatter of a...
Dates: 2005

The Iron Whim; A Fragmented History of Typewriting / Wershler-Henry, Darren ; Ballard J ; Burroughs WS ; cummings ee ; Gysin B ; Kafka F ; McCaffery S ; Kerouac J ; Ronell A ; Ruscha E ; Smart C ; Vollmann W ; Williams M ; McLuhan M ; Olson C ; Sackner MA., 2007

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Identifier: CC-56139-9999582
Scope and Contents This book is a first edition, first printing.The author provides a history of the typewriter as a machine. There is also a section on "cut-ups" by Burroughs and Gyson.Review in The Atlantic, April 2007: "Witty and idiosyncratic, this history of typewriting says more than one might think possible about the subject. . . ." Book Description Amazon.com: "The Iron Whim is an intelligent, irreverent, and humorous history of writing culture and technology. It covers the early history and evolution of the typewriter as well as the various attempts over the years to change the keyboard configuration, but it is primarily about the role played by this marvel in the writer's life. Darren Wershler-Henry populates his book with figures as disparate as Bram Stoker, Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, Norman Mailer, Alger Hiss, William Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Northrop Frye, David Cronenberg, and David Letterman; the soundtrack ranges from the industrial clatter of a...
Dates: 2007

The Joking Muse / Stone, David H.., 1995

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Identifier: CC-03101-3149
Scope and Contents

Includes several shaped, typewriter produced, poems depicting a vase, hand, pitchfork, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

The Killing of Nettie Love / Erenberg, Sam., 1983

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Identifier: CC-13727-14031
Scope and Contents

Describes the killing of a innocent civilian by gang members in Los Angeles. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

The King of Time / Khlebnikov, Velimir ; Paul Schmidt, translator., 1985

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Identifier: CC-29836-31217
Scope and Contents

The book includes a representative selection of Khlebnikov's writings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

The King of Time / Khlebnikov, Velimir ; Paul Schmidt, translator., 1990

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Identifier: CC-29837-31218
Scope and Contents

The book includes a representative selection of Khlebnikov's writings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

The Limbless Virtuoso 2nd Edition / Nuttall, Jeff ; Musgrove, Keith., 1997

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Identifier: CC-45029-47205
Scope and Contents

This is also designated Writers Forum Poets No.1. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

The Limbless Virtuoso / Nuttall, Jeff ; Musgrove, Keith., 1963

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Identifier: CC-59785-10002842
Scope and Contents

This is also designated Writers Forum Poets No.1. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

The Limbless Virtuoso / Nuttall, Jeff ; Musgrove, Keith., 1963

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Identifier: CC-33708-35370
Scope and Contents

This is also designated Writers Forum Poets No.1. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963