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Hirschman, Jack A., 1933-2021

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Found in 298 Collections and/or Records:

Hiroshima Rose / Jack A. Hirschman., 1989

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Identifier: CC-08779-8954
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Since his last communication to the Sackners, Hiroshima & Nagasaki Days have come & gone, he wrote these haiku in relation to those days. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

HNYC / Hirschman, Jack., 1971

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Identifier: CC-51945-73046
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Published by actor Russ Tamblyn who was part of Wallace Berman's circle in Topanga Canyon. Hirschman mentions Louis Lepke Buchalter, Jewish-American member of Murder, Inc. in the 1930s & 1940s in this poem. He was apprehended and sentenced to death in the Electric Chair in 1944. The deconstructed photographic portrait on the cover by an unidentified photographer is not Buchalter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

How beautiful in thehalf-light of the full moon woman is / Hirschman, Jack A.; Ferlinghetti L; Conz F., 2011

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Identifier: CC-58477-10001697
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The daguerrotypes represent portraits of prostitutes in a whorehouse at the beginning of the 20th century and the verses proposed as authentic anthems to feminity recall the tradition of Haiku. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011

Human Interlude / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1990

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Identifier: CC-08839-9014
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Book deals with a recent encounter with a homeless person and their cardboard existence. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Huzzah: Ita Page of Arrowglyhs / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1986

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Identifier: CC-33456-35098
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The background for the chalk hieroglyphics in both sides of this painted book object is reminiscent of a Jackson Pollock drip painting. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

I Was Born Murdered / Hirschman, Jack A. ; Dahi S., 2004

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Identifier: CC-58499-10001718
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The poems in this book were written 1972-1973. The illustrations within the book were done by Soheyl Dahi. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

I Wrap Sara Kali In The Sky / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1984

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Identifier: CC-46347-49072
Scope and Contents Hirschman's book is a homage to Sarah Kali accompanied by Gypsy glifs. According to Wikipedia, Saint Sarah is a patron saint venerated by the Roma (Gypsy) people. She is also known as Sara-la-Kali (Sara the black). The center of her cult is Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, a place of pilgrimage for Roma in the Camargue, in southern France, where legend identifies her as the servant of the two saints Mary commemorated in the town. An alternative legend has her as a pagan of noble birth and being converted to the faith of Abraham. In the traditional account, Saint Sarah was a native of Upper Egypt; after the Crucifixion of Jesus, Mary Salome, Mary Jacobe, and Mary Magdalene were cast adrift in a boat that arrived off the coast of what is now France "a sort of fortress named Oppdium-Ra", and the location was known as Notre-Dam-de-Ratis (Ra becoming Ratis, or boat); the name being changed to Notre-Dame-del-la-Mer, and then Le Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in 1838. Some say that the boat arrived in...
Dates: 1984

Igitur by Stephane Mallarme, 1974

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Identifier: CC-32889-34504
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The black and white photograph by Wallace Berman on the cover depicts a frontal view of a man or mannikin with the face completely obscured by smoke. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Igitur by Stephane Mallarme / Jack A. Hirschman, translator ; Berman W., 1974

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Identifier: CC-32890-34505
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The black and white photograph by Wallace Berman on the cover depicts a frontal view of a man or mannikin with the face completely obscured by smoke. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Imaginings by Martin Heidegger / Jack A. Hirschman, translator ; Falk A., 1999

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Identifier: CC-32640-34225
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The book consists of eight poems translated by Hirschman as well as an intoductory essay about Heidegger philosophy. The cover was designed by Agneta Falk. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

In Memorium De / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1990

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Identifier: CC-08768-8943
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Written in homage to a dead friend, Emil de Antonio, an avant garde film maker who was also a press agent for Stella and Warhol in their early days. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

In The Dream Flash / Jack A. Hirschman., 1991

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Identifier: CC-09237-9418
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Consists of an identical book object entitled "Radiant Children" placed inside "In The Dream Flash." The poetryis based upon a child-like dream. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Indian Rubba Ball / Jack A. Hirschman., 1990

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Identifier: CC-08970-9146
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The title os from a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Shadow," which the author's mother recited to him when he was a child. He states it was the earliest phrase that he associated with the "hypnotic sound" of poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Indian Rubba Ball / Jack A. Hirschman., 1990

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Identifier: CC-08988-9165
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The title is from a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Shadow", which the author's mother recited to him when he was a child. He states it was the earliest phrase that he associated with the "hypnotic sound" of poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Interchange: A poem of Los Angeles [Unpublished Shimshaw Press Version Manuscript] / Hirschman, Jack A.; Cage J., 1963

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Identifier: CC-55044-998895
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This work was planned for publication in 200 copies in a handwritten version. This version of the poem was never published but a modified manuscript version led to publication in a typeset version by Zora Gallery in 1964. This book written in the style of Mallarme's "Un Coup De Des," and entitled Interchange for John Cage is also held by the Sackner Archive. The word 'frammis" present in this poem is a slang word for a technical term unknown to the reader, e.g., its synonym "what you may call it." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Interchange for John Cage / Hirschman, Jack A.; Brandi J; Schwarm H., 1964

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Identifier: CC-29707-31082
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This story about a day spent driving an automobile on a Los Angeles freeway was designed in the style of Mallarme's Un Coup de Des. The Sackner Archive also holds the archive for this work. The design and typography were done by John Brandi and Harold Schwarm. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Interchange for John Cage / Hirschman, Jack A.; Brandi J; Schwarm H; Cage J., 1964

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Identifier: CC-29705-31080
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This story about a day spent driving an automobile on a Los Angeles freeway was designed in the style of Mallarme's Un Coup de Des. The Sackner Archive also holds the archive for this work. The first 22 copies were signed by Hirschman; this copy is signed and inscribed but is out of series. The design and typography were done by John Brandi and Harold Schwarm. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Interchange for John Cage [Zora Gallery Version] / Hirschman, Jack A.; Cage J., 1964

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Identifier: CC-29706-31081
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This story is about a day spent driving an automobile on a Los Angeles freeway was designed in the style of Mallarme's Un Coup de Des. The Sackner Archive also holds the archive for this work. One typed manuscript has the layout but not the typographic appearance of the published work. The other two that are handwritten provide that appearance. The basis for the writing of this work is discussed by Hirschman in Kulchur No.14, a periodical held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

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