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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6475 Collections and/or Records:

Once I Was a Square: A visuak fable for children, adults & squares / Aldridge, Adele., 1999

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Identifier: CC-32914-34530
Scope and Contents

The book is subtitled "A Visual Fable for Children, Adults & Squares." The story resembles Abbott's "Flatland," with a circle representing the female and a square the male. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

one cent: A Mo(nu)ment For bp Nichol. No.214/Nov / jw curry., 1988

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Identifier: CC-50922-72000
Scope and Contents

This version of the poem is printed on heavy paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

one cent: At Least 2 Cents Worth. No.250 / jw curry., 1990

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Identifier: CC-05273-5376
Scope and Contents

In this newsletter, Curry quotes part of a letter written to him by Marvin Sackner describing a conversation with an art historian regarding the introduction to the exhibition catalog "The Altered Page." "After reading the first sentance, she smiled & said such an essay could never be written by a professional art critic or historian - they would never begin an essay with a statement of purpose (like a scientist) but would lay on some bullshit for a few pages before reaching a point." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

one cent: At Least 2 Cents Worth. No.250 / jw curry., 1990

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Identifier: CC-05274-5377
Scope and Contents

In this newsletter, Curry quotes part of a letter written to him by Marvin Sackner describing a conversation with a art historian regarding the introduction to the exhibition catalog "The Altered Page." "After reading the first sentance, she smiled & said such an essay could never be written by a professional art critic or historian - they would never begin an essay with a statement of purpose (like a scientist) but would lay on some bullshit for a few pages before reaching a point." The Sackner Archive also holds the Archive for this issue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

one cent: Blips. No.376/Feb / David Aylward ; bill bissett ; bp Nichol ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA ; curry jw., 2006

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Identifier: CC-45299-47484
Scope and Contents

This booklet is a modified reproduction of an early Ganglia Press publication edited and designed by bp Nichol. curry recounts that it is likely that it was intended to appear as an issue of Ganglia Concrete series in 1967 - only four of the intended eight issues were published. All the poems by the three authors subsequently appeared elsewhere. The two duplicates are overinked and variants according to correspondance from curry. He indicated that 67 were clean copies, 4 had muddy rears, and 82 had printed creases. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

one cent: CA01687. No.333/May / jw curry., 1999

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Identifier: CC-34182-35867
Scope and Contents

This book provides an annotated listing of most of the Curvd H&Z and one cent publications with cross referencing. Almost all editions prior to 1992 are out of print. The edition size of this bibliography is specified as 60 copies but only 27 copies were printed in the first run. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

one cent: Comma Dogma. No.328/Oct / jw curry., 1998

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Identifier: CC-31869-33392
Scope and Contents

One of the two copies is a proof copy with misregistration. The repetitive text of the poem reads, "we are unclean in the mind of the selfrighteous." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

one cent: Haiku (for David A). No.130/Nov / bp Nichol., 1983

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Identifier: CC-50893-71971
Scope and Contents

David A is David Aylward. This card is also designated Curvd H&Z No.250. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

one cent: Hologram 4. No.134/Nov / bp Nichol., 1983

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Identifier: CC-40591-42564
Scope and Contents

The poem is difficult to read because it is written in three dimensions but appears to state "flat feet." It is also listed as th wrecking ballzark No.60 and Curvd H&Z No.257. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

one cent: Interior Definition #2. No.183/Apr / Geof Huth., 1987

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Identifier: CC-41238-43221
Scope and Contents

The poem relating to the title is in(strum)ment in which strum is printed in red and the other letters in black ink. This poem was also published as one cent No.183. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987