The poem was written to Peggy Biderman who was terminally ill. It includes a touch of Halloween, references to elementary school, and other kidstuff quirks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is a tribute to a trip with Sarah to Pyramid Lake. The final word in the "Reno Crossing" section - 'ghosted' - is tied to the final word in the "Pyramid Lake" section - 'Wodziwob' - as the latter was the first one who dreamed what came to be known as the Paiute Indian "Ghost Dance." "Pyramid Lake" is a Paiute spirit lake. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an abstract expressionistic homage to the artist, William Dekooning. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In a letter to the Sackners, Hirschman comments about this book as follows. "It's story is as follows: the situation in the middle-east is unleashing the kind of sick petty bourgeoise hatred that is a throwback to Europe 50 years ago. In this instance, in a cafe john where I am a customer, someone hadscibbled in large letters: Kill die juden! Underneath the words was a swastika. Ant Pudding is my answer. The leather pages go with the Native American content of the poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In a letter to the Sackners, Hirschman comments about this book as follows. "It's story is as follows: the situation in the middle-east is unleashing the kind of sick petty bourgeoise hatred that is a throwback to Europe 50 years ago. In this instance, in a cafe john where I am a customer, someone hadscibbled in large letters: Kill die juden! Underneath the words was a swastika. Ant Pudding is my answer. The leather pages go with the Native American content of the poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Poem written as an homage to Art Blakey, the jazz musician. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Book relates to dreams about television images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book was done as a homage to Miles Davis, a well known jazz trumpet player. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Hirshman uses Mayan glyphs to tie together the title with the Peruvian and European derivations of the poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The Sackner Archive lent an artist book by Jack Hirschman to this exhibition, which was organized under the auspices of the US Information Agency to tour Africa. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The Sackner Archive lent an artist book by Jack Hirschman to this exhibition, which was organized under the auspices of the US Information Agency to tour Africa. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue lists the first sale price for a Jack Hirschman artist book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work tries to evoke the motion of the bird. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Hirschman considers this a sort of astralboxbook depicting outer space by its visual imagery with the text telling a story of "rhymewordplay." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Poem is about various dimensions of Mayan life, i.e., volcanos, hurricanes, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In addition to conventional poetry, fragments of words derived fom the menu of a San Francisco mission restaurant are utilized. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The theme of this book deals with a new law in San Francisco making it a criminal offense to write graffiti. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book was made as a memorial to the death of David Bronk, a San Francisco street poet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.