Skip to main content

Conventional non-fiction

 Subject

Staff Only

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 104 Collections and/or Records:

La Nuit du prisonnier, 1945

 Item — Box 613: [Barcode: 31858072460995]
Identifier: CC-32984-34604
Scope and Contents

The cover and title page depict a poem shaped like bars in a prison cell with the repeated words LA NUIT and the words "du prisonnier" in the middle. The book includes a reproduction of a Valentiner Hugo black and white portrait of Guy Levis-Mano. The name "Jean Garamond" printed on the cover as responsible for the images is a non-de-plume for Guy Levis-Mano. This one of 40 copies of the book is printed on Holland paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1945
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Guy Lévis-Mano

L'Atoll / The Atoll, 2003

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-43227-45286
Scope and Contents

The happy holidays card says "with love & gratitude for your great help with the exhibition & with love & very best wishes as ever, Sonja & Bill." The print appears to be an abstract image of a Pacific island (atoll). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / William Jay Smith

le dieci porte di Zhuang-zi; the ten gates of Zhuang-zi, 1994

 Item — Box 610: [Barcode: 31858072460862]
Identifier: CC-50261-71328
Dates: 1994
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Giovanna Sandri

Le Livre D'Aubes, 1945

 Item — Box 613: [Barcode: 31858072460995]
Identifier: CC-55602-58015
Scope and Contents

Unable to find biography of this poet on internet. This is a copy from the ordinary edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1945
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Le Livre D'Aubes, 1945

 Item — Box 613: [Barcode: 31858072460995]
Identifier: CC-59472-10002547
Scope and Contents

This is a deluxe copy printed on velin du Marais paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1945
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Life the Universe and Everything / Cobbing, Bob., 1993

 Item — Box 385: [Barcode: 31858072461506]
Identifier: CC-20564-20961
Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / C / Cobbing, Bob / 1990s / 1993

Long Dongs, 1966

 Item — Box 350: [Barcode: 31858072490869]
Identifier: CC-23474-23919
Scope and Contents

The silkscreened green cover was designed by Beorna. According to Water Row Books, Long Dongs is the "holy grail" for Blazek or Richmond collectors. Published in an edition of only 300 copies by mimeograph machine on various colored paper stock. In Water Row's opinion, Long Dongs is one of the two most important books to come out of the Cleveland mimeo poetry revolution of the sixties, the other one being Bukowski's Genius of the Crowd. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Milestones Set One: 1970-1973, 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-00127-131
Dates: 1987
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Karl Young

Mind, 1966

 Item — Box 543: [Barcode: 31858072461068]
Identifier: CC-45382-47572
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1966
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / L / levy, d.a. / 1966

Minima Poetica: Lorenza Morandotti: The Shippers of the Satyr, 2006

 Item
Identifier: CC-60884-10003743
Scope and Contents

Diotallevi composed the drawing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

More Withdrawed or Less, 1963

 Item — Box 544: [Barcode: 31858072461050]
Identifier: CC-07618-7763
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1963
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / L / levy, d.a. / 1963

More Withdrawed or Less [second printing], 1963

 Item — Box 544: [Barcode: 31858072461050]
Identifier: CC-33271-34903
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1963
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / L / levy, d.a. / 1963

No Place Fast, 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-34269-35960
Dates: 1976
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / bpNichol

North American Book of the Dead, Parts 1 & 2, 1965

 Item — Box 543: [Barcode: 31858072461068]
Identifier: CC-07248-7391
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / L / levy, d.a. / 1965

Pains of Class / Armstrong, Keith., 1982

 Item — Box 318: [Barcode: 31858072490778]
Identifier: CC-55960-9999428
Scope and Contents

Adrian Mitchell wrote the introduction and images by Frans Masareel were used to illustrate this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / A / Armstrong, Keith

Paracutes, 1966

 Item — Box 617: [Barcode: 31858072461027]
Identifier: CC-03495-3552
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1966
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Photoscript Starring White Boy, 1990

 Item — Box 620: [Barcode: 31858072461076]
Identifier: CC-00331-339
Dates: 1990
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Poem For Beverly, 1968

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-38383-40287
Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / L / levy, d.a. / 1968

Poem For Julie, 1967

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-60488-56234
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...
Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / L / levy, d.a. / 1967

Poems from Mind Jail, 1967

 Item — Box 617: [Barcode: 31858072461027]
Identifier: CC-16327-16677
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)