Abish, Walter
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1931-12-24-
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
99: The New Meaning / Abish, Walter., 1990
Item
Identifier: CC-26211-26674
Scope and Contents
The stories in this book were constructed after the "cut-up" technique of Burroughs. The photographs were taken by Cecile Abish. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1990
Alejandro, Critic and Cuckold / Atlas, James; Abish W., 1993
Item
Identifier: CC-26518-26987
Scope and Contents
An introduction to Walter Abish's latest book analyzes his first work "Alphabetical Africa" which is held by the Sackner Archive. In that book, the first chapter consists soley of words beginning with A and each chapter introduces a new letter of the alphabet until Z. Then a letter is removed from each chapter until the final one consisting again of all A words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1993
Alphabetical Africa / Abish, Walter., 1974
Item
Identifier: CC-24295-24747
Scope and Contents
In each chapter, proceding from A to Z and returning to A, a letter is added alphabetically to the text and then subtracted from it. Therefore the first and last chapters have all words beginning with A, and the middle chapters use the complete alphabet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1974
Dictionary of the Avant Gardes, 1993
Item
Identifier: CC-42712-44731
Scope and Contents
This is the first edition of the book. Lost Books synopsis: Who invented the miniskirt? What avant-garde artist made a film of 200 human behinds? Why is a themepark a work of art? Who turned a urinal upside down, mounted it to a board, and submitted it to an art exhibit, signed "R. Mutt"?Our era is one of nearly constant innovation and change. The new is constantly pushing aside the old; and the once unimaginable-even the once ridiculed-is now commonplace. A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes recognizes that change is a driving force in all the arts. It covers major trends in music, dance, theater, film, visual art, sculpture, and performance art--as well as architecture, science, and culture. Entries are divided between important individuals and trends and movements. Each entry includes a complete bibliography, discography, and videography; works list; and appropriate web links. The book is richly illustrated with original art works and an 8-page color insert. For anyone with an...
Dates:
1993
First Books/Winter / Jaffe, James S. ; Lame Duck Books ; Abish W ; Aragon L ; Artaud A ; Ashbery J ; Barthes R ; Beckett S ; Bense M ; Borges J ; Breton A ; Bukowski C ; Butor M ; Cabrera-Infante G ; Creeley R ; cummings ee ; Davenport G ; Derrida J ; Federman R ; Ferlinghetti L ; Gass W ; Hofstadter D ; Joyce J ; Kerouac J ; Mayakovsky V ; Michaux H ; Musil R ; Perec G ; Pound E ; Pynchon T ; Paz O ; Roussel R ; Sarduy S ; Snodgrass W ; Spoerri D ; Trakl G ; Weber M., 2001
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Identifier: CC-36184-37967
Scope and Contents
This listing of first books is accompanied with extensive annotations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
2001
List 21: Signed and Inscribed Books / Maser, Jeff ; Abish W ; Blaser R ; Celan P ; Cendrars B ; Clark T ; Creeley R ; Davenport G ; Dawson F ; Dorn E ; Duncan R ; Hofstadter D ; McClure M ; Ondaatje M ; Padgett R ; Patchen K., 1999
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Identifier: CC-33463-35106
List 22: Fiction (mostly) / White, Brent L. ; Abish W ; Ashbery J ; Beckett S ; Breton A ; Bukowski C ; Burroughs WS ; Nuttall J ; Gysin B ; Davenport G ; Gass W ; Fuller B ; Johnson BS ; Joyce J ; levy da ; Lewis WP ; Oppenheimer J ; Peret B ; Pound E ; Pynchon T., 2001
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Identifier: CC-36185-37968
Minds Meet / Abish, Walter., 1975
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Identifier: CC-24296-24748
No.23 / Jaffe, James S. ; Abish W ; Finlay IH ; Ginsberg A ; Johnson R ; Updike J ; Morgan E ; Cutts S ; Clark TA ; Williams E ; Williams J ; Patchen K ; Olson C., 1991
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Identifier: CC-08254-8416
No.30: Some Recent Publications / Halsey, Alan ; Abish W ; Clark TA ; Nuttall J., 1983
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Identifier: CC-32800-34413
No.35 / Jaffe, James S. ; Abish W ; Duncan R ; Jess ; Ashbery J ; Beckett S ; Berrigan T ; Blackburn P ; Ginsberg A ; Higgins D ; Jones D ; Joyce J ; Mathews H ; Olson C ; Pound E ; Stein G ; Thomas D ; Vollmann W ; Williams J., 1995
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Identifier: CC-29155-30501
No.36: Signed Literary First Editions / Waiting for Godot Books ; Abish W ; Andrews B ; Arp H ; Burliuk D ; Lewis WP ; Themerson S ; Tuttle R ; Atwood M ; Beckett S ; Wilson R ; Smith P ; Bukowski C ; Burke K ; Burroughs WS ; Cendrars B ; Corman C ; Creeley R ; cummings ee ; Schwerner A ; DiPalma R ; Eshleman C ; Ferlinghetti L ; Gass W ; Ginsberg A ; Grenier R ; Jones D ; Olson C ; Owens R ; Simic C ; Stein G ; Wagner Dr ; Williams J., 1996
Item
Identifier: CC-28124-29285
Scope and Contents
Extensively documented bookseller's catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1996
No.41 / Jaffe, James S. ; Abish W ; Davenport G ; Finlay IH ; Ginsberg A ; Hollander J ; VanVleit C ; Neruda P ; Pound E ; Simic C ; Spiegelman A ; Stein G., 1996
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Identifier: CC-28127-29289
No.57: A-D / Jaffe, James S. ; Abish W ; Ashbery J ; Beckett S ; Breytenbach B ; Bukowski C ; Burroughs WS ; Pelieu C ; Cabrera-Infante G ; Cage J ; Char R ; Corman C ; Creeley R ; Davenport G ; Williams J ; Duncan R., 1999
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Identifier: CC-33497-35146
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