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The North American Book of the Dead / levy, d.a. ; Kryss TL., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-07240-7383

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Scope and Contents

The theme of this poem deals with Zen and an afterlife place whose description was inspired by the Tibetan book of the Dead. The poem has five parts; the first two which were published in 1965 have been extensively revised and three parts added. The latter are bound upside down. Three drawings are reproduced in the book. The cover, a watercolor by levy, has a darker, more developed structure than the other copy of this book held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1966

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book + pages (mimeographed) (22 pages) in cover (drawing)) ; 28.1 x 14.2 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

box shelf

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: Cleveland, Ohio : 7 Flowers Press. Signed by: [d.a.] levy (l.r.- drawing cover). Nationality of creator: American. General: About 210 total copies. 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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