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Hirschman, Jack A., 1933-2021

 Person

Found in 286 Collections and/or Records:

Songs and Poems / Glik, Hirsh ; Jack A. Hirschman, translator ; Zachary Baker, translator., 2010

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Identifier: CC-51610-72709
Scope and Contents

Jack Hirschman contriburtes an introductory essay describing Glik's poems and songs as personifying the creed of Partisans against Nazism particularly in Vilna , Lithuania. "When the news of the Waqrsaw Ghetto uprising reached the Vilna ghetto, it inspired Hirsh to write his famous song-poem "Zog Nit Keynmor (Don't Ever Say)"... In a short time and with amazing speed, Hirsh Glik's song became the anthem of the Resistance: It swept through the ghettos and camps and became known as "the Song of the Partisans." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Sovidents or The Black Book of Mutual Hijacks / Hirschman, Jack., 1986

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Identifier: CC-46352-49077
Scope and Contents

According to Hirschman in a letter to the Sackners, the title is a combination of Soviet and Dissidents. The works are put together in the same book-box.These drawinngs are of the very essence of the influence of the artists of revolutionary Russia. The title is meant to be humorous as these pieces and the box were conceived in relation, or rather in synchronous time with the goodwill games in Moscow. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Spackle Dap Yaggle: A Letrajazz Set / Hirschman, Jack., 1986

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Identifier: CC-58317-59510
Scope and Contents

The pages consist of fragmented letraset characters on an abstract expresionist painting. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Suicide Circus: Selected Poems / Kruchenykh, Alexsei ; Jack A. Hirschman, translator ; Alexander Kohav, translator ; Bennett G ; Markov V., 2001

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Identifier: CC-38633-40542
Scope and Contents

The poems are taken from Kruchenykh's books; the covers of the latter are photographically reproduced. Jack Hirschman contributed the forward essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Talking Leaf / Jack A. Hirschman., 1992

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Identifier: CC-09307-9490
Scope and Contents

The title refers to the Cherokee vocabulary invented by Sequoyah but rather than using letters from this language, Hirschman employed Etruscan letters in the background which suggest images of mirror-writing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Talking Leaf / Jack A. Hirschman., 1992

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Identifier: CC-09307-9490
Scope and Contents

The title refers to the Cherokee vocabulary invented by Sequoyah but rather than using letters from this language, Hirschman employed Etruscan letters in the background which suggest images of mirror-writing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Tapakah Ul (Cockroach St) / Hirschman, Jack., 1975

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Identifier: CC-36617-38425
Scope and Contents

The poem was printed by hand in the style of Iliazd's early futurist poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Tenderloin Faces / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1986

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Identifier: CC-09484-9672
Scope and Contents

Jack Hirschman created this visual poetry book in an expressionistic style with the free-flowing text merging with the abstract portraits and markings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Th Flying Foxes / Jack A. Hirschman., 1991

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Identifier: CC-09064-9243
Scope and Contents

The shape of the book object is bat-like. The main colors utilized, red and blue, refer to the new post-Duvalier Haiti. The box and book object are decorated with colorful Haitian words written in the Cyrillic alphabet because Hirschman regards the shape of Russian as central to his visual/verbal work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Thanegash / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1990

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Identifier: CC-08769-8944
Scope and Contents

Thanegash refers to Thane Gash, a football player for the Cleveland Browns, who inspired Hirschman to become a football fan. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

The Amo Soph Arcane by Jack Hirschman , 1997

 Item — Folder 47: [Barcode: 31858072460045]
Identifier: CC-33584-35237
Scope and Contents

Falk did the calligraphy of Hirschman's poem in watercolor with a fine sable brush. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

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Conventional poetry 135
Artist book 95
Calligraphic text 57
Conventional non-fiction 39
Conventional fiction 26