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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1083 Collections and/or Records:

Mindplay: An Anthology of British Concrete Poetry, 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-33729-35392
Scope and Contents

The cover was designed by Tom Phillips. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Minimal Fictions, 1994

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Identifier: CC-08120-8281
Scope and Contents

Although the works in this book are designated "Minimal Fictions" by Kostrlanetz, the varied typefaces and experimental page layouts do not distinctly differentiate them from classifying them concrete poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Miss America Is a Virgin, 1968

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Identifier: CC-30285-31694
Scope and Contents

This collage has complex meanings in reference to its title. It was made near the date that levy committed suicide. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

mo'gumbo. No.9/Nov / ross priddle, editor ; curry jw ; Asser M., 1999

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Identifier: CC-41986-43982
Scope and Contents

Stored in the same box as the periodical "Van." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

momento mori, 1988

 Item — Box 329: [Barcode: 31858072490950]
Identifier: CC-23192-23630
Scope and Contents The work was based on a copy-art installation by Baroni for the "Ear Nerve" festival in Naples, Italy held in September 1988. Wikipedia: A memento mori (Latin 'remember that you will die is an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death. Popular belief says the phrase originated in ancient Rome: as a Roman general was parading through the streets during a victory triumph, standing behind him was his slave, tasked with reminding the general that, although at his peak today, tomorrow he could fall, or "” more likely "” be brought down. The servant is thought to have conveyed this with the warning, "Memento mori.".It is further possible that the servant may have instead advised, "Respice post te! Hominem te esse memento! Memento mori!": "Look behind you! Remember that you are but a man! Remember that you'll die!", as noted by Tertullian in his Apologeticus. The thought came into its own with Christianity,whose strong emphasis on divine judgment, Heaven, Hell, and the...
Dates: 1988

much ado for nothing / Lora-Totino, Arrigo., 1994

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Identifier: CC-60858-10003713
Scope and Contents

Taken from pete spence's Archive 1998. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

much ay ay aye / Lora-Totino, Arrigo., 1994

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Identifier: CC-60857-10003712
Scope and Contents

Taken from pete spence's Archive 1998. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Mule Transmissions / Evason, Greg., 1991

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Identifier: CC-13851-14156
Scope and Contents

The cover was designed by Mike Miskowski. This copy is the numbered, deluxe edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Multiplicazione 2, 1967

 Item — Folder 21: [Barcode: 31858072459807]
Identifier: CC-13060-13355
Scope and Contents

Consists of 12 rows of lower case "a" half printed upside down and half cut in two in a grid-like fashion resembling a postage stamp sheet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Murder Hat Box, 2002

 Item — Box 116: [Barcode: 31858073143707]
Identifier: CC-47960-68983
Scope and Contents

The collaged elements on the hat are taken for covers of old paperback novels. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Murmurios Acerca de um Soneto, 1986

 Item — Folder 10: [Barcode: 31858069877912]
Identifier: CC-26206-26669
Scope and Contents

This work is reproduced in Mendes de Sousa & Ribeiro: Antologia da Poesia Experimental Portuguesa: Anos 60 - Anos 80, 2004, a book held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986