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Relates story of the arrest of d.a.levy, Jim Lowell and Robert Sigmund. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Apologizes to Inman for not sending a larger contribution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The catalogue listed several paintings on paper by levy but before the Sackners could purchase them, they had been sold. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Lowell mentions Marvin Sackner in a letter to Taylor on February 14, 1999. In a letter dated June 28, 1999, he expresses disgust at Mike Golden's biography of d.a. levy because of statements of rumors that he treated as facts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This polemic deals with the reprecussions of the arrests of d.a. levy and James Lowell on obscenity charges. According to Brandon Thomas DiSabatino on internet: As the regional headlines mark the 50th anniversary of the Hough Riots, I recall a line in a poem by d.a. levy, observing the madness that erupted from July 18th to July 23rd on the east side of Cleveland: they are looting stores trying to get televisions so they can watch the riots/on the 11 pm news It is an image my mind has conjured during riots and subsequent lootings over the past few years "” in Ferguson, in Baltimore "” where the strange, seemingly unmovable biases and struggles of class warfare appear inseparable from the American landscape. levy was born and raised in Cleveland, and he incorporated the Hough Riots in his poetry as he incorporated every aspect of Cleveland during the mid-to-late 60s. His self-described artistic mission was to give the city its own singular breed of poetry, regardless of whether...

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The cover collage is by R. Werner. The book reproduces letters from Lowell, a reproduction of a painting by d.a. levy and a reproduction of a visual poem collage by rjs. Selected content of the letters are annotated at the end of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a reprint of Olson's poem first published by James Lowell in Asphodel cataogue #13, 1966. The cover print of a flower was done by Tom Kryss. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.