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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6485 Collections and/or Records:

That Fucking Line That (drafts and related materials) / curry, jw; Basmajian S; Venright S; Bennett JM., 1985 - 1992

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Identifier: CC-20297-20694
Scope and Contents

Includes many previously published works on unbound pages, viz., These, Reflecting on War, A Mystery, Grecian Turn, Invocation, Too Collage (aka & they came, dancing all alone, On Waking this Morning, DShake A Foot, Instructions For Use, The Losing and The Basmajian Variations in A (minors). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985 - 1992

That Fucking Line That (final draft) / curry, jw; lefler P; andley G; Laba M; lore q; Hood W; Bennett JM; Evason G., 1992

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Identifier: CC-20299-20696
Scope and Contents

These unbound pages were used for the final printing of the book published by Writers Forum. On the verso of some pages, handwritten, ink and graphite documentation as to their prior publication is provided. The manuscript includes ink drawings of the poems, "These" and "The Evolution of English." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

The All-Union Day of the Shock Worker / Torres, Edwin., 2001

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Identifier: CC-45985-48691
Scope and Contents This is the first edition of the book that is now in its third printing. Publishers Weekly: "AYYY: soy bilingual... pero BILINGUALISSIMO!... de nada!" screams the 18-point sans serif font of "A Nuyo-Futurist's Manfestiny," the Blast-like final section of this frenetic yet elegantly conceived collection. A deft recombination of digital media and information arts, mock multiculturalist imperatives, performance and sound poetry and post-Language subjective lyricism, Shock Worker is one more unexpected twist in the career of Torres, a New York poet who was once associated with the performance poets of the Nuyorican cafe. While some of the poems resemble exploded bilingual eye charts designed by El Lissitzsky or astrological diagrams for deviant religions, this book has lovely quiet moments; the delicate lyric "Separatist Invasion" is a little mantra against the alienated sensibility: "There have been a thousand sightings of people I used to know. Separations of copies of who it is they...
Dates: 2001

The Alphabet Game; A bpNichol Reader edited by Darren Wershler-Henry and Lori Emerson / Nichol, bp ; Ball H., 2007

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Identifier: CC-47522-68530
Scope and Contents Amazon.com: "bpNichol was one of Canada's most innovative, eclectic, entertaining, and, yes, enigmatic poets, making startling interventions in the development of poetry and profoundly influencing both his own and subsequent generations of writers. The Alphabet Game: A bpNichol Reader amasses key texts from the very broad spectrum of Nichol's work, including both classic favourites and more obscure treasures. From the early typewriter poetry of Konfessions of an Elizabethan Fan Dancer and the life-long poem The Martyrology to the heartbreaking prose of Journal and the whimsical autobiography of Selected Organs, The Alphabet Game traces the trajectory of this wildly imaginative and prolific poet. This Nichol anthology is an ideal introduction for readers encountering Nichol for the first time, and a much-needed compendium for Nichol fans seeking access to works not readily available. "His wit, along with the seriousness, was there to keep the language free and untethered, to keep...
Dates: 2007

The Amsterdam Quartet, 1976

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Identifier: CC-24345-24797
Scope and Contents

Printed by Cris Cheek. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

The Australian Dancers: Two drawings / Willis, Diz., 1969

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Identifier: CC-61565-63027
Scope and Contents

Reproduced in the book "Bob Cobbing & Writers Forum". -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

The Autobiographies of Dick Turpin / Fencott, P.C.., 1979

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Identifier: CC-13325-13626
Scope and Contents

The poems in this book are printed with a mixture of typewritten text, computer generated text, and freely expressive calligraphic styles. A tape cassette of this poem published by Underwhich editions is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

The Basho Variations / McCaffery, Steve ; Houedard DS ; Nichol bp ; Higgins D ; Queneau R ; Ernst M ; Carroll L., 2007

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Identifier: CC-48448-69476
Scope and Contents

McCaffery has published very witty variations on this poem in the imagined style of others. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

The Bead Curtain / Smith, William Jay., 1957

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Identifier: CC-42602-44618
Scope and Contents

Each page depicts single poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1957

The Beauty In Breathing (Installation) / Sackner, Marvin, editor., 1992

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Identifier: CC-02484-2525
Scope and Contents

The material consists of documentation of the exhibition installation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

The Beauty In Breathing (Negatives) / Sackner, Marvin, editor., 1992

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Identifier: CC-02485-2526
Scope and Contents

These are the photographic negatives for the catalog illustrations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

The Beauty In Breathing (Photographs) / Sackner, Marvin, editor., 1992

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Identifier: CC-02483-2524
Scope and Contents

The material consists of photographs used to illustrate the catalog for this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

The Beauty in Breathing / Sackner, Marvin; Sackner, Ruth., 1992

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Identifier: CC-02455-2495
Scope and Contents

The collage was made to commemorate The Beauty in Breathing exhibition held in the Miami Beach Convention Center at the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association. It consisted of clippings from newspapers and magazines dealing with phrases utilizing the words, breath, breathe and breathing mounted on papercard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

The Beauty in Breathing / Sackner, Marvin; Sackner, Ruth., 1992

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Identifier: CC-02456-2496
Scope and Contents

This print was made to commemorate The Beauty in Breathing exhibition held in the Miami Beach Convention Center at the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association. It consisted of clippings from newspapers and magazines dealing with phrases utilizing the words, breath, breathe and breathing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992