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Language poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

A Cappella / Andrews, Bruce., 1973

 Item — Box 316: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-31993-33521
Scope and Contents

This is Andrews third book. The poems are composed with clusters of single and fragmented words whose content anticipates Andrews' more developed language poetry style. An introductory manifesto describes this new poetry. The cover design incorporates typed concrete poetry on th back cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Brambu Drezi: Book Two; Manuscript Addendum, 1996

 Item — Box 341: [Barcode: 31858072491263]
Identifier: CC-31068-32533
Scope and Contents

These loose sheets and pages consist of sketches and revisions of the 1st draft. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Chamber Music / Cobbing, Bob., 1966

 Item — Box 389: [Barcode: 31858072461530]
Identifier: CC-17589-17955
Scope and Contents

Although Cobbing is not generally thought of as producing language poetry, the clusters of seemingly meaningless words and unrelated phrases could place this book into such a category. It is of interest that Cobbing had later collaborations with Bruce Andrews, a recognized language poet. The work might also have originated from the cut-up technique but handwritten notes (Notes for (from) Chamber Music), held by the Sackner Archive suggest the former expalanation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Chamber Music / Cobbing, Bob., 1966

 Item — Box 385: [Barcode: 31858072461506]
Identifier: CC-17590-17956
Scope and Contents

Although Cobbing is not generally thought of as composing language poetry, the clusters of seemingly meaningless words and unrelated phrases could place this book into such a category. It is of interest that Cobbing had later collaborations with Bruce Andrews, a recognized language poet. The work might also have originated from the cut-up technique but handwritten notes (Notes for (from) Chamber Music), held by the Sackner Archive suggest the former explanation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Chamber Music: Working Copy / Cobbing, Bob., 1966

 Item — Box 385: [Barcode: 31858072461506]
Identifier: CC-17458-17824
Scope and Contents

Cobbing provides handwritten instructions for reading and ordering the sequence of each part of the poem, e.g. slow to lively, slow solemn, quick lively etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Corona / Andrews, Bruce., 1973

 Item — Box 316: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-30676-32118
Scope and Contents

This is the poet's first or second book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Edge / Andrews, Bruce., 1973

 Item — Box 316: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-24658-25111
Scope and Contents

This is the first book published by Andrews. In it, he provides a definition of language poetry, viz., a) fragmentation and quality of words other than (and along with) their meaning, b) stress on texture, sound, rhythm, space and silence, c) less "content" (in the old sense) but hopefully the "language" becomes the content and d) the "individual" words have meanings and associations but these are not yoked together and aimed "outside the poem" at a single externally applied meaning for a poem as a whole. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Film Noir , 1978

 Item — Box 317: [Barcode: 31858072490844]
Identifier: CC-27216-27693
Scope and Contents

The typographic layout approaches concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Film Noir / Andrews, Bruce., 1978

 Item — Box 316: [Barcode: 31858072490810]
Identifier: CC-27217-27694
Scope and Contents

The typographic layout approaches concrete poetry. Bernadette [Mayer] heads The Poetry Project in NYC. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Haute Culture Death Texts / Leftwich, Jim; Altemus R., 2006

 Item — Box 538: [Barcode: 31858072462975]
Identifier: CC-45703-47911
Scope and Contents

Each print consists of a language poem with a superimposed solarized image of a young woman. Some of the poems reference the Iraq war. Reed Altemus is the publisher of Live Matter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Jizzrim (3rd outtake), 1994

 Item — Box 311: [Barcode: 31858072490760]
Identifier: CC-49250-70292
Scope and Contents

The poems in this book for the most part appear to be automatically written. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Notes For (from) Chamber Music / Cobbing, Bob., 1966

 Item — Box 393: [Barcode: 31858072461571]
Identifier: CC-17591-17958
Scope and Contents

This handwritten manuscript is subtitled "how it all began." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966