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Conventional non-fiction

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1854 Collections and/or Records:

Parnassus / Foolen, Peter ; Clark L ; Clark T., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-35895-37656
Scope and Contents

This book is dedicated to Tom and Laurie Clark and is a description of the geography, history and flora of Parnassus. Laurie Clark contributed the cover drawing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Partial Portrait of Maria by Feruccio Brugnaro / Hirschman, Jack A. ; Falk A., 2000

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Identifier: CC-34551-36250
Scope and Contents

Cover drawing was done by Agneta Falk . -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

pass th food release th spirit book, 1973

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Identifier: CC-20944-21353
Scope and Contents

In this book, the poem "Quebec Bombers" as Jack David describes it, "begins with the phrase "dirty concrete poet' repeated twice, then changes to "the concrete is dirty dirty,' "sum like it clean what dew they ooo.' . . . the comparison presents the clean ordered life of a capitalist system and the dirty chaotic life of the lower classes." [Lori Emerson internet 2011]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Patience: in insider's guide to surviving ill-health / Davenport, Philip, editor ; Grenier R., 2010

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Identifier: CC-55649-9999249
Scope and Contents

The poems in this book were mostly composed by ill patients relating to their views of the health-care system. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Pattern: Epitome III e IV. No.17 / Virgillo Tolosano., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-31413-32902
Scope and Contents

This publication was edited by Luciano Caruso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Peaces / sigmund, r.j., aka rjs ; levy da ; Cornillon J ; Jones G., 1966

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Identifier: CC-28495-29770
Scope and Contents

The inscription might be to Grace Butcher, a poet in da levy's circle. The cover drawing was done by Grady Jones and the introductory essay by John Cornillion. The first poem, entitled "Peaces" is a loose listing of permutations of its title, e.g., peA ces, peces pe Aces, Pea c ess, PEA cess, peees ssess, etc. The ink drawing depicts a large calligraphic marking; three other markings, reproduced in mimeographed printing, are scattered throughout this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Penny Farthing Madness / Morris, Stephen., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-38237-40133
Scope and Contents

This book was first published in 1969 and reprinted in 1971 and 1973. Most of the poems in this book are love poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

(Periodic Systems of Words} / Iov, Ivan., 1997

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Identifier: CC-34014-35690
Scope and Contents

The poems in this collection are printed in a great number of different typefaces. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Personal Pronouns / Fraenkel, Marianne., 1980

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Identifier: CC-11491-11707
Scope and Contents

A line of poetry, printed in red, is alternated with a technical sentence of sound and voice production. The diagramatic drawings of the head, lips and throat illustrate how vocal sounds are formed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

P.G. Tips / Cutts, Simon., 1981

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Identifier: CC-18114-18486
Scope and Contents

P.G. stands for Percy Grainger, the Australian musician, who died in 1961. The Coracle Press published a card depicting one of his music machines that is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Phone / Mac Low, Jackson ; Johnson R., 1979

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Identifier: CC-47579-68588
Scope and Contents

A poem is pringed on each page with six stanzas with the first letter of each phrase reading WI EIS HIIC Y S&T HNII. At the bottom of each page is a reproduction of a telephone drawn by Ray Johnson, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979