The five poems that make up the text are based upon Japanese ghost stories told by Lafcadio Hearn in his book, "Kwaiden." The book has an unusual construction in that the sleeve pages are to be opened from their sides to reveal continuation of the poem printed on the recto sides of the pages. In the introduction, Young writes, "...I make use of the three-dimensional pages: pages with insides and outsides... I hope that each reader will bring his or her own senses of inside and outside to the reading of this book. I should, however, point out that the insides and outsides interact with each other in various ways, primarily by paralleling or working against each other. The inside-outside tension should not only create a dialectical progression, but constantly turn the book on on itself and out to the reader." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The paper tape is hand-printed with the phrase "From Dust to Dust." A small paper with an inscription is tied to a human rib bone found by Barron in Turkey. The painted and folded pamphlet is collaged with the saying "The Truth is in the Details" and has the artist's name painted in Hebrew along with two skeletons. A torn "fragile" label is also included in the flip-top box.*Web 1998: [Email]dbarron501@aol.com The "bone" is a human rib-bone, oh pulmonary specialist--and one of adam's, most likely. "love, adarn" should be "love, adam". -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The pyramidal shaped pages have embedded torn, paper fragments from a printed text on pyramids. The paper fragments are shaped like hieroglyphics or pictograms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a feminist book in which the author describes madwomen, murderous madwomen, and murderesses using press quotations, drawings amd photographic reproductions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The artist produced this book from a diary she kept about dreams, recollections, and fears on relocating to Detroit in 1979. Facing pages, one of poems and the other of photocollages depict such experiences. The photographs were reprinted from "Portrait of an Artist and Her Mother."The experiences described among others include "kainophobia": fear of change, "eremiphobia": fear of solitude. Grant has produced an outstanding, powerful presentation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Colored photographs of Elvis Presley are collaged onto black & white photographs. The book object is a pouch made of blue denim. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Rubber balloon incorporated into cover design. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The loose sheets of white papercard that were perforated with circular white holes placed at random on the different leaves, are held together by a single loose leaf ring. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The paper slips in the hollow read "to see beyond - the hand that points - in the individual soul, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Wolf writes that "the Asian appearance of the text is created by overprinting a German text, inspired by stories told by the artist's German speaking son, who lives as a journalist in Hong Kong." Five distinct, folded booklets are fastened to the front (black) and back (red) covers; there is no spine. The book is wrapped with 2 colored paper tapes which are held by the long wooden stick. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work was commissioned by the Sackner Archive to include a sampler of Horndeski's work. The theme is a couple who appear on the top of the box reading in their library with the sky outside their windows reminiscent of Van Gough's Starry Night. The top of the box depicts a fragment of a music score by Vivaldi and the sides calligraphic text and diagrams on Michaelson's theory of light and distance; all paintings are landscapes that relate to the couple's activities near their house. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Deals with practices that make for a neat household. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The title is a pun on "his;" feminine form; truth elusive. Clio, the muse of history, is the shadow-like figure in the collages. The book containing the collages is supported on the hanger structure. This work was exhibited at the Agnes Scott College Gallery, Atlanta, January 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.