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Endwar titles a poem from a word(s) and fragments it(them) into clusters and spaces, while retaining the same order of the letters, to form a new poem which can be read from top to bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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A page from a periodical dealing with a political issue in Wales is cut jaggedly down the center. The printed black name, Wales, is repeated in its opening with progressive enlargement of the typeface dimensions. The uppermost "Wales" is printed in red, large capital letters. On the verso, the caption, "subscribe to Second Aeon" is printed in handwritten black letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Jennifer Hill is editor and co-founder of Paper Kite Press Studio & Gallery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the back cover, Mollohan states that he "was born in a log cabin. Well, not quite. I was born in 1947, which from 2010, seems like a log cabin. I have been interested particularly in those arts which push envelopes. I wrote my first poem between first and second grade. I've lived in Charleston, WV since 1975. I've worked for government, trade unions, bookstores, pizza places, software firms, and other non-poetic places. My visual poem, "Singularity" was used as a CD cover by Capitol Records. My poetry has been taught at the University of Iowa (thanks, Dan!). My ambitions are few, yet"¦ambitious. Nothing short of Nirvana will suffice. The contents of this book are conceptual photographs, artwork, and other plastic works that I deem to be evocative in a manner similar to that of a traditional poem. They are rather like Haiku of the mind." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the back cover, In the late seventies I felt pressed to "get rid" of my Hungarian. So the main source of my way is a deficiency, which makes things simple in some sense. Asemic Table No. 2 on the cover is a comment on Tony Trehy's Reykjavik. Works on pp 4, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 13 were dedicated to Geof Huth, Karl Kempton, Jim Leftwich, Bob Grumman, Nico Vassilakis and Karl Young respectively. All poems are from: Endgames, Otoliths 2008; From The Annual Records of The Cloud Appreciation Society, Otoliths 2008 (coedited with Nico Vassilakis); and from a book project, also with Otoliths. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the back cover, it is stated that he is a multidisciplinary artist (conceptual poetry, video, performance, theater). He sees his work as a re-creation, an imperious dialogue with the dead and the living, sometimes absurd and, paradoxically, non-expressive. His researches also seek to transgress gender and to examine their limits. He realized many exhibitions in Montreal, where he is finishing his Master Degree in Theater. He's about to publish a conceptual chapbook, called DIRECTIONS, coauthored with Robert Fitterman (No press, 2010). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents On the back cover, it is stated that she is a teacher and a poet / visual poet from Finland. She made her first visual poems in the beginning of the year 2008. Kaikkonen states I like to explore all different kinds of artistic and typographical terrains. To me the most important part of doing visual poetry is being with in process. I often connect asemic elements to my visual poems and I use many different kind of ways and methods to do visual poetry. Some of my vispos (in this book poems number 8-11) I have done under pseudonym (nele hannes), because it gives me freedom to create different kind of things. One of my works has been published by the Paper Kite Press in USA. I have also published works in the Otoliths, in the SCRIPT and in the Finnish print journals Parnasso and Tuli&Savu, and on the websites nokturno.org. and The New Post -literate: gallery of asemic writing. In this year 2010 some of my works will be part of the exhibitions in Russia (asemics) and also in...

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On the back cover, it is stated that since 1976, Mr. Helmes has been a leading international figure in experimental poetry. Work has been published in notable magazines, including Poetry, Paris Review, and the Notre Dame Review. As a writer, his work has appeared in Print, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Monthly, and Whistling Shade, including non-fiction and fiction. As an artist and photographer, he has been included in exhibitions throughout the Upper Midwest. His work is included in museum collections world wide and his writing archive from 1972 to 1997 is in the Avant Writing Collection of The Ohio State Libraries. Mr. Helmes is professionally employed as an architect and lives in St. Paul, MN. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the back cover, Martone writes, "Bob Grumman's RASP press published my first two books of visual poetry in the 1980's. Recent work has appeared in Mark Young's Otoliths, Michael Rothenberg's Big Bridge and online at fluxusa.com, and the weblogs of Jim Leftwich and Geof Huth. Marco Giovinelli produced several of my short books at GAMM editions. Among my other books of poetry is Ksana, which appeared from Jim Kacian's Red Moon Press in 2009." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the back cover and internet, Baker writes, "born April 19, 1941 here April 19, 2010. thanks to all of those who have previously published my "stuff" Y'all know who you are. this, and my entire body (of work) is dedicated to my original muse: "What's Her Name". Ed says: "Her" heart-mind "My" mind-heart on a voyage through the interstellar darkness around (our) moist kisses. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the back cover, it is stated that Jonathan Brannen is the author of twelve volumes of poetry and four books of visual literature. His most recent collections are Mona Lisa (Avantacular Press, 2010), a sequence of visual poems he created combining computer constructed images and photocopying between 1975 and 1982, and Deaccessioned Landscapes, a collection of technically innovative sonnets (Chax Press, Tucson, 2005). His poetry and fiction have been anthologized in five countries on three continents and translated into two languages. He grew up in Florida and currently resides in St. Paul, Minnesota. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the back cover and internet, Sarah Ahmad writes, I was born in India and live in Pakistan. I see myself as a struggling poet and artist as in my world where life is so fragile, not knowing if you will return alive every time you step out of the house, getting someone to acknowledge your art is a real struggle. Sarah says: "My work here is me struggling to make even a little bit of sense out of what is going on in the world around me, for the sake of preserving my sanity. This book consists of work that incorporates photography and scanned objects with minimal text." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents On the back cover and internet, it is stated that Donna Kuhn is the author of nine poetry books and chapbooks. She has published over 400 poems plus visual, sound text, and video poetry in national and international journals both in print and online. In addition to being an author and poet she is an exhibiting visual artist and dancer. She holds a BA degree in Creative Writing from Sonoma State University and has taught poetry and art in nursing homes, retirement centers and outpatient mental health clinics. She lives in Taos, New Mexico. Donna says: "donna kuhn uses her own poetry, found text, collage, drawing and painting in her altered book spreads of visual poetry, mementos, stickers, old drawings, copies of old drawings, old copy art, fancy tape, stencils. Everything is torn, scribbled on, doodled on. pages are punched, torn, folded. a swirling combo of language and image. the pages are then sometimes animated in her dance/poetry videos because everything must be reassembled...

Scope and Contents On the back cover and internet, it is stated that he was born in 1942 in Torino where he still lives. During the 80's he began working on Visual and Sound Poetry and, at the same time, started doing performances usually with Carla Bertola, working on the idea of "Stagepoetry actions". He performed widely in Italy and different countries. In Visual Poetry he usually works on collages following a personal technique obtaining color from the surface of paper, a procedure he called "pulling up"; recently he is using blowing up from fragments passing through photos and then laser copies. He has taken part in many exhibitions in Italy and abroad. Since 1978 he is co-editor of the International Poetry Magazine Offerta Speciale. Alberto says: "My works have their origin in a particular kind of collage technique, some fragments of the original works have been photographed and reworked with laser xerox and form the basis for other works. Letters are important for their graphical form but...