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Portents: A Portents Semina (for Wallace Berman). No.6 / Wallace Berman ; Samuel Charters ; Kerouac J., 1967

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Identifier: CC-37673-39547

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Scope and Contents

This is a tribute to Wallace Berman done in the style of Semina magazine. The printed folder contains leaflets featuring photographs (including one of Berman by John Martin) and poetry. It includes "Haiku" by Jack Kerouac, the first appearance of this poem. Each issue contains a different gold and white fragment of Burroughs' "The Invisible Generation," International Times Broadside No.5-5, London, 1966. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1967

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 cards periodical + 10 cards (letterpress) + 6 photographs b&w in folder (papercard, offset)) ; 23.5 x 17.4 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

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Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Los Angeles, California : Samuel Charters.General: About 100 total copies. General: Number of duplicates: 1. General: Added by CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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