This book consists of 12 critical texts about the life, art, and literary works by Gray as compiled and edited by Robert Crawford and Thom Nairn. The facing page of the title page depicts a self portrait drawing by Gray rendered in visual poet terms. Four paintings are also reproduced as plates in addition to small drawings scattered throughout the book. There is marginalia from the previous owner -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In the introduction, Golden writes about levy's "The North American Book of the Dead." He states that "this is not only a major epic spiritual hymn, it is one of, if not the major post-modern shamanistic-poetic vision of America written this century. Read it straight through and levy will take you on a trip through not just the times he lived in, but through all time. He was, first and foremost, a writer of space, yet as visionary as his voice was, to this point he has been recognized primarily as a writer of place.' And that place was Cleveland. Golden also contributed an essay, "Portrait of a Young Man Trying to Eat the Sun." There are eight colored photographic reproductions of levy's collages in this book. The collage reproduced on page 99 is held by the Sackner Archive. In addition, several works from the Sackner Archive are reproduced in this book. This book is stored near the d.a. levy material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Most of this book is presented as an interview of Birney. The is one concrete poem example in this book dealing with autobiography and critical analysis of poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book consists of a reprinting of ten essays written for specific occasions that were published between 1981 and 1984. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

A second deluxe edition illustrated by Jiri Sindler was published in 1996. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The bookbinding was done by Jane Rollo. Each copy is virtually unique since collages were made adhering a limited number of the defective printed pages onto the pagea of the printed book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

An unprecedented book - CD package to benefit progressive causes featuring over 200 of America's best writers, artists & musicians. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Unica Zurn's writings are largely auto-biographical and reflect her long journey into mental illness. She was the long-time companion of Hans Bellmer. She produced poetry, novels, anagrams and automatic drawings and travelled in the artistic circles of the Surrealists. "The years from 1957 to 1967 are documented in the main text of the Man of Jasmine...The cycle of her crises, the contrasts between the miracles, her feelings of megalomania and the crushing banality and tedium of life in mental hospitals, is captured vividly...Zurn's acumen and artistry, her virtuosity as a writer were able to withstand her mental crises and depressions and allowed her to add a further masterpiece to a small precious row of unclassifiable works." Zurn committed suicide in 1969. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book records Aguiar's philosophy about concrete and performance poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In this book, Perloff traces the history of modern poetry mainly through such poets as Rimbaud, Apollinaire, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, Sanuel Beckett, John Ashbery, David Antin and John Cage. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Published on the occasion of the first exhibition in the United States of the output of this indispensable press, covering the enormously wide range of the work of publishers Stefan and Franciszka Themerson, Polish avant-garde artists who in their long tenure in England brought the likes of Jarry, Apollinaire, Queneau, Schwitters, and so many others to a wider English-speaking audience.. Includes a description and the covers of the 82 books published by Gaberbocchus Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

A forward was written by Michael Bell traces the life and work of Rosenblatt. Bell writes, "The drawings range in style from the simplest, almost whimsical scratches on the paper, expecially some of the latest observations on the shoreline of Vancouver Island, to highly compendia of signs and symbols, richly worked in obsessive surface patterns." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Richard Morris reported a survey of 65 poet-editors of different schools of poetry and who were asked "the best poets currently writing in the English language." The results included among others Antin, Ashbery, Beckett, Berrigan, Blaser, Bukowski, Bunting, Cage, Codrescu, Coolidge, Corman, Corso, Davey, Dorn, Elmslie, Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, Giorno, Hirschman, Hollo, Houedard, Ronald Johnson, David Jones, Kryss, Lifshin, McClure, Mac Low, Meltzer, Merrill, Merwin, Meyer, Perchik, Plymell, Raworth, Rothenberg, Simic, Snodgrass, Charles Stein, Swenson, Tarn, Keith Waldrop, Emmet Williams, Jonathan Williams, Zulovsky. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book includes a complete isting of Campbell's books together with his comments on how and why each book was produced. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

George Herms was an important artist is the California assemblage movement of the 1960's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.