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The book includes conventional poems, some with minor typographic enhancements. The CD consists of readings by levy and Taylor remastered from audiotape (1967). The cover was designed by alan horvath. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover was designed by TL Kryss and the print within the book by m. schaefer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover of this copy was designed by dagmaR. Sixty-five copies had "freak covers." According to an essay in Congress No.1, this book was seized by Cleveland Police for obscenity from Asphodel Book Store in 1966. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book includes a reprint of "the cement fuck,"some previously unpublished prints, painting and postcards. The cover photograph was taken by alan horvath. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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d.a. levy owned Renegade Press. According to Kent Taylor in a personal communication (1997) to the Sackners, this was the fourth book published by the Renegade Press and the first not written by levy. Beck was a Cleveland police officer whom levy befriended. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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According to Kent Taylor in a personal communication (1997) to the Sackners, this was d.a levy's first book. Further, he believes that "Dave" in the inscription was Dave Williams, a boy friend of Taylor's first wife, levy's cousin, Joan. Several copies were destroyed from the run and Jim Lowell estimated that only 10-15 copies remained intact. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover of this reprinted book, first published in 1963, was designed by dave pishnery. This book also includes reproductions of four covers designed by levy for The Free Lance and Cleveland Poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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levy indicates that this piece is to be published in the next Marrahwanna Quarterly. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book includes a reprint of "plastic saxophone found in an egyptian tomb" and reprints of concrete poems from marrahwannah quarterly and cleveland concrete. The cover was designed by alan horvath. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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According to Kent Taylor in a personal communication (1997) to the Sackners, this was d.a levy's third book. The individual pages comprising the book are printed with different colored inks but all pages are the same dimensions. The cover is a light gray with the title printed on three lines. This is the first printing of the book. The Sackner Archive also holds the "second printing" of the book that has major differences in conten and layout. According to Jim Lowell, only 10 to 15 copies are extant. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book includes 12 reproductions of visuals by levy from the book by Adele Simons, "Show Me Voyage." The cover was done by richard werner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This second printing of the book differs greatly from the first printing and should probably be considered a revision. The Sackner Archive also holds the "first printing" of the book. The title is printed on a single line of the white paper cover in this version. There are fewer poems in the second page and a center section for leaves of smaller dimension than the rest of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The theme of this poem (with many typographic errors) deals with Zen and a hallucinatory trip to an afterlife place whose description was inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Cover design by d.a.levy. Atkins is a black poet whose earlier book, "Objects" was published in 1960. In "Objects 2," there are poems that are the same and others different from "Objects." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover drawing (gouache, watercolor) was made by maRa. The two issues have distinctly different images. Printed by d.a. levy who ran this press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The cover photograph was taken by Max Roach. At the time of this poem, Julie was Julie Weisberg, a 15 year old Clevelnd Heights acquaintance of d.a. levy.The following is an excerpt from Cleveland Magazine.com in November 2007 about JUlie Weisberg: "Authorities never said exactly which literature prompted levy and Lowell's indictments. But police arrested levy again in late March, confiscated his mimeograph and charged him with five counts of tending to contribute to the delinquency of minors. The charges could have sent levy to prison for up to five years. He was indicted for publishing the 17-year-old Friedman's "Black Revolt" in his anthology "465"; giving a copy of the book to Julie Weisberg, a 15-year-old Cleveland Heights girl; and reading the poem to a Gate audience that included the two teens. "465" was made up of youthful literary experiments of mixed quality "” a delicate poem about two lovers, an overwritten but vivid scene at Adele's Bar, Vietnam War protests, a...

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Printed by d.a.levy. Also designated Persecuted Poet Series #3. Tom Kryss made the silkscreen cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.