Karl Young provided an critical essay about this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book was first written in 1988; this is a slightly revised 2nd edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

On the back cover, In the late seventies I felt pressed to "get rid" of my Hungarian. So the main source of my way is a deficiency, which makes things simple in some sense. Asemic Table No. 2 on the cover is a comment on Tony Trehy's Reykjavik. Works on pp 4, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 13 were dedicated to Geof Huth, Karl Kempton, Jim Leftwich, Bob Grumman, Nico Vassilakis and Karl Young respectively. All poems are from: Endgames, Otoliths 2008; From The Annual Records of The Cloud Appreciation Society, Otoliths 2008 (coedited with Nico Vassilakis); and from a book project, also with Otoliths. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This assembling was produced by compiling the "favorite visual poems" by the invited contributors. Each poem is accompanied by the poet's own explanations of the works on a facing page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.