The Book, Spiritual Instrument / Rothenberg, Jerome, editor ; Guss, David, editor ; Mallarme S ; Gibbs M ; Guss D ; Young D ; Knowles A ; Quasha G ; Higgins D ; Meltzer D ; Eluard P ; McClure M ; Hejinian L ; McCaffery S ; Duncan R ; MacLow J ; Eshleman C ; Meltzer D ; Hirschman J., 1996
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Scope and Contents
This book consists of a collection of essays dealing with the book. Mike Gibbs translated Mallarme's essay, "The Book" and illustrated it with photographs. Karl Young contributed an essay on performance books in which the book functions as a dynamic object; he also describes and depicts Mayan glyphs. Allison Knowles describes her Book of Bean; she was interviewed by George Quasha. Jack Hirschman translated the interview from Liberation with Edmond Jabes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1996
Creator
- Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931- (Person)
- Guss, David M. (Person)
- Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 soft cover book + 4 pages (fold-out) (160 pages)) ; 22.9 x 17.9 x 1 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: New York : Granary Books. Nationality of creator: American. General: Number of duplicates: 1. General: Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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