levy, d.a., 1942-1968
Parallel Names
- Levy, D. A.
- Levy, DA
Nationality
American
Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:
3 One Act Plays, 1964
This is d.a. levy's first published play and is called the "In Group." The book is stored with in a da levy box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Cleveland Nov 24, 1968 [1 page], 1968
This sheet announces the suicide death of d.a.levy. It also provides information about the status of levy's publications. Stored in da levy box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Cleveland: Nov 24, 1968 [2 pages], 1968
Announcement of d.a. levy's suicide and his friends' plans for further publications. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
flp business letter #4562, 1967
This is an announcement of the release of rjs from jail and the delayed publication of d.a. levy tribute and anthology. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Kibbutz In The Sky, Book I, 1967
In the letter to billl wyatt on the cover, levy muses about a third part of the poem (only two parts were published) in which he plans "i think will be a defense of the county sherriffs (sic) office - they were pretty good to me considering all the lip i gave them - was on radio & T.V." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letter exchange with Bill Wyatt, re: eating meat: [jesus & buddha sed something...], 1966
Wyatt wrote the Haiku regarding eating animal meat anf levy responded as follows. "It isn't what goes in yr mouth thats imortant, it is what comes out of yr mouth." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letter exchange with Jacob Leed, re: Leed's poems: [i feel somewhat swift & merciless...], 1965
Leed writes that he is sending poems to levy from those he sent for an issue of Wormwood. levy writes that he is returning most of them and keeping a few for an anthology that he wants to edit rather than seeing them publishing them in Wormwood. He also mentions starting 7 Flowers Press and the Ohio City Series. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letter exchange with Jacob Leed, re: poem request: [you will have to order them thru Jim...], 1966
Leed requests copies of his book, Poems, but levy replies that he must order them from Jim Lowell. levy also mentions that he is going to New York for a poetry reading. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letter exchange with Will Inman, re: kauri: [would like to send you this poem...], 1966
levy describes a poet friend (RD) who is the only white man living and trying to make a difference in a black Cleveland neighborhood. He also doesn't want Inman to list his address in kauri (Inman's magazine) because he wants to be left alone to work. Inman writes back that he respects RD's intentions but rejects the poem because of its quality. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letter exchange with Will Inman, re: self-loathing and drugs: [of course im egocentric...], 1967
This letter is about levy's self-pitying, depressive state of mind regarding the events surrounding him such as the Vietnam war and the assult on drugs. levy also castigates Inman for his anti-drug stand. According to the envelope, this letter was mailed March 8, 1967. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letter from Kay Wood to Bill Wyatt, re: d.a. levy's indictment: [Merci, beaucoup - some may be of use...], 1967
This letter deals with levy's upcomng hearing on an obscenity charge. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letter from Will Inman, re: thoughts and responses: [Thanks for your letter...], 1965
This letter is stored in levy binder.Thanks levy for sending him artwork which he has framed and hanged. Asks the question, 'What is dexamyl?" Inman comments on Irving Fiske, "a pompous tub of shit." [Wikipedia: Irving Fiske (March 5, 1908 "“ April 25, 1990) born Irving Fishman in Brooklyn, New York, was a playwright, inventor, freelance writer, and speaker. He is associated with Quarry Hill Creative Center, the Fiske family property, in Rochester, Vermont]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letter to Bill Wyatt, re: American food: [now eating sunday dinners...], 1967
levy laments about food coloring in the United States particularly with regard to cooking hamburgers and closes with the following. We need a poet Kibbutz - KAPOTS KAPOTE KA KA KABOOM. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letter to Bill Wyatt, re: depression: [dont be depressed...], 1967
The poem within this letter deals with Dagmar and levy's ambivalence toward her as his muse. It is undated but most of the correspondence to bill wyatt took place in March of 1967. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letter to Bill Wyatt, re: MQ (vol. 2, no. 4): [we just started on the next MQ (vol 2 #4)] and Light On, The Old Test, 1967
The mailing envelope (dated May 12, 1967) to BILL WYATT + chris Torrance has a label on its left upper corner that reads "SMUT DOES NOT MELT IN YOUR HANDS." The recto of the letter to BIll Wyatt closes with "the best Way to fry yr enemies is to pray for their enlightenment." The verso of this letter deals with comments on the Assyrian Kings. levy ends his diatribe as follows. "SHAZAM" - this is turning into one of ed sander's' mongolian cluster fucks! forget the light / im turning on with the "Old ASS"/yrs KHU-ED-OHO GUARDIAN of the royal cisttern/d.a. levy bh -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letter to Bill Wyatt, re: ordering his books: [will you please see...], 1967
This is a single sentence, signed letter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letter to Bill Wyatt, re: Renegade 7Flowers: [am sending you a collection of the latest renegade 7flowers press publications...] / [I have given sacrifices...], 1966
The book that levy announces was not published under the title given to it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letter to Bill Wyatt, re: Wyatt's latest poems: [fuck a duck wyatt], 1966
Letter to David Harris (dwh), re: arson and trial: [u dont understand...], 1967
This letter deals with arson of a coffe shop in Cleveland and artworks destroyed. levy ruminates abput hIs upcoming pornography trial. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letter to David Harris (dwh), re: boredom and apathy: [BLEW BOOK yours to burn|eat|distri-butte...], 1967
The opening sentence of this card reads "BLEW BOOK yours to BURN | EAT | DISTR-BUTTE| anything you want to do with it... -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
