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The North Georgia Gzzette and Winter Chronicle / Picard, Caroline, editor ; Robert-Foley L., 2009

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Identifier: CC-56325-981245

Scope and Contents

Amazon.com: 'The New North Georgia Gazette is an annotated transcription of the 1821 newspaper, The North Georgia Gazette. The newspaper was written aboard an English ship trapped in the Arctic. The ship s captain had the sailors produce the newspaper in order to ward off scurvy. Caroline Picard, Director of the Green Lantern, describes The Gazette as an incredible existential metaphor, where, a group of people, stranded in the dark, are forced to make their own meaning in order to survive the harsh conditions. The Gazette comes at a time of enormous environmental change, and it seeks to point out the importance of the relationships between humans and their surrounding environment. In addition to the entire 1821 newspaper, the book includes excerpts from the Captain s journal, original annotations by transcriber/poet Lily Robert-Foley, an introduction by St. John s (MD) Professor Dr. Michael Comenetz, an essay about optimism and humilty by contemporary Arctic expeditionist John Huston and contemporary artwork by artists Deb Sokolow, Daniel Anhorn, Jason Dunda, and Nick Butcher.' The contributor of the end notes, Lily Robert-Foley, wrote an issue of Xerolage that is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2009

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book (235 pages)) ; 24.1 x 27.9 x 1.3 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

shelf alphabetical

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: Chicago, Illinois : Green Lantern Press. Nationality of creator: American. General: Added by: MARVIN; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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