levy comments in this letter about the politics of Steve Slavik. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Requests purchase of Lucie-Smith's "Sand Poem". -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Letter concerns annual birthday greetings, Bell's activities in Oakland and his plans to organize an E. Williams exhibition in California. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Claire comments on Willliams' "Anthology of Concrete Poetry." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Crow asks Williams for reviews and comments on Mouth and Eye Pieces. Crow might be a Native American. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letter deals with Engel's poem OH. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Merton acknowledges Emmett Williams' poem "Red Chair" in Monk's Pond. He requests permission to publish two of his poems that appeared in Art International as well as Pignatari's "Cloaca." Mentions that Bob Lax visited him and that he's doing good new stuff. The letterhead is Abbey of Gethsemani. Merton thanks Emmett Williams for his contribution of "The Red Chair" that he will publish in Monk's Pond II. He indicates that the first issue has some fine Zen stuff and is going to press with help from Jonathan Williams. He compliments Williams on his Concrete Poetry Anthology and asks to be placed on the Something Else Press mailing list. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letterhead is Monks Pond. Merton writes Emmett Williams that "All the things you are making happen sound good. Or helping make happen. Yes, visual poetry. I'd like to see that exhibit in Minneapolis. When will it be?" He continues, "I'm starting on some visual stuff. Hasn't loosened up yet but I think it will start to break soon. If only we had some more type here and the monastery printer had more time we could really do something about it." In a postscript, Merton adds a handwritten request, "Could I see a copy of the Bense reader? Looks interesting. Also the MacLow stanzas, as I am doing some, that - & Dieter Rot. Your catalog is very good. Only interesting one I've seen in a long time. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letterhead is Abbey of Gethsemani. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Houedard comments on how busy he is with 12 exhibitions and the "thousands of dreadful ladytourists arriving in their mammywaggons." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Letter concerns S. Bann's gift to E. Gomringer of four cards of his work which are also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Cook is pleased that Gomringer is interested in his work and sends photocopies of concrete poems he wrote for children. He provides titles for these letter pictures which appear in his book "Concrete Poems," held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Haroldo De Campos writes that he has just finished his concrete poems for the collection "koncrete poesie/poesia concreta" and is sending them to Gomringer. These poems were never published and were acquired in manuscript form by the Sackner Archive directly from Gomringer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This brief letter addressed to Father Francis (?) reads "So that's what you got to. Well I wonder do the disciplines internal and external permit you to write something clerical, seriously I mean. A real wailin' piece of praise to the glory of God - Yes? Please try. It would do much good." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Discusses revisions for the Lettrist exhibition at the University of Iowa. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Furnival writes that he sends Dowden the Plakats that he had requested. Furnival comments about the Destruction In Art Symposium as follows: "Most of the people seemed to be really mixed up and quite wrong about the therapeutic value of destruction in art - but I expect that is my own personal bias!" The recto image is an optical image of Plakat No.6 done by Jiri Valoch. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Photograph depicts a panel of a screen from Furnival's language tower drawings, a work in progress. Furnival writes that Jonathan Williams will be coming to England in May and Dom Sylvester Houedard is in Scotland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.