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Versations, 1980

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Identifier: CC-37149-38992

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Scope and Contents

Lehrer indicates that Versations is made up of sounds in a space that can have personal meaning to the reader, or can be used as a score or script for a performance of characters listed at the top of each page. "Time moves from top to bottom. The performance progresses one page at a time. Notations that occur on the same horizontal line are performed simultaneously. Line lengths are determined by breath breaks as in verse but the reading as in conversation is generally fluid. Most speeches have typographic indicators for particular emphasis, volume, or emotion. Some chacters on the othe hand ar more monochromatic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1980

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 hard cover book (spiral spine) + pages (offset) (82 pages)) ; 26.8 x 42.5 x 1.3 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

alphabetical shelves oversize

Custodial History

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

General

Published: Mattapoisett, Massachusetts : Lehrer/Baker. Signed by: Warren Lehrer (b.c.- colophon). Nationality of creator: American. General: About 150 total copies. About 30 number copy. 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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