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Selby, Spencer

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1947-

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Abacus: Accident Potential. No.49/Apr / Spencer Selby., 1990

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Identifier: CC-25814-26274
Scope and Contents

Edited by Peter Ganick. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Malleable Cast / Selby, Spencer ; Drucker J ; Padin C., 1995

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Identifier: CC-27879-29018
Scope and Contents

Each page of prose is layered with visual imagery from a wide source of images in Selby's distinctive style. The text does not serve solely as a narrative but as an integral feature with the images. Favorable comments on this book by Clemente Padin and Johanna Drucker are printed on its back cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

This is Visual Poetry. No.5/Mar / Spencer Selby., 2010

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Identifier: CC-51981-73083
Scope and Contents On the back cover and internet, it is stated that Spencer Selby, Born and raised in the midwest, began writing film criticism and poetry after college. In 1984 he published Dark City: The Film Noir, an early study of the genre that has remained in print for over 25 years. In San Francisco in the mid-80s he put out SINK, which was one of the first experimental poetry magazines to be desktop published. This was followed by a stint as coordinator of the Canessa Park Reading Series in North Beach from 1987-93. After that came the creation of Selby's List of Experimental Poetry/Art Magazines, which has endured online as an important source of info for innovative writers and artists around the world. Spencer Selby has performed his work in many North American cities and in Europe. He is the author of eight poetry books and four previous compilations of visual work. He currently lives in Ames, Iowa. Spencer says: "My color work is digital but is created following a unique and somewhat...
Dates: 2010

Visual Poetry Collaboration. No.26 / Reed Altemus ; Spencer Selby., 2002

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Identifier: CC-41122-43103
Scope and Contents

Stored in Reed Altemus portfolio box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Visual Poetry Collaboration. No.27 / Reed Altemus ; Spencer Selby., 2002

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Identifier: CC-41123-43104
Scope and Contents

Stored in Reed Altemus portfolio box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Visual Poetry Collaboration. No.28 / Reed Altemus ; Diane Bertrand., 2002

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Identifier: CC-41124-43105
Scope and Contents

Stored in Reed Altemus portfolio box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

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