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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1856 Collections and/or Records:

The Cherokee Lottery: A Sequence of Poems / Smith, William Jay ; Dupont A., 2002

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Identifier: CC-46264-48985
Scope and Contents These poems relate the story of the trail of tears suffered by the American Indians on their forced removal to reservations. The book cover is from an engraving by the French artist Albert Dupont that first apperaed in Smith's book, Le Sentier (The Trail). From Booklist: "Smith's sequence of moving, extraordinarily visual poems brings us to the heart of one of the nation's greatest tragedies and, many say, sins--the "removal" of the five civilized tribes, via the Trail of Tears, from their homelands in the eastern U.S. to the Oklahoma territory. Part Choctaw himself, Smith uses several different voices in the sequence, such as those of an old Choctaw on the trail, remembering the "buzzard man" who presided over funeral rites, while mourning the many who died without such appropriate ritual; the great Choctaw chief, Pushmataha, who traveled to Washington in a failed attempt to gain a hearing for his people; and artist Charles Banks Wilson, sketching the last of the purebloods in...
Dates: 2002
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Cherokee Lottery / Smith, William Jay ; Dupont A ; Catlin G., 2000

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Identifier: CC-34503-36201
Scope and Contents

Smith calls this volume "a sequence of poetry" that is related to the history of the American Indians and their forced relocation from their traditional lands to Western reservations. Albert Dupont contributes a cover engraving and black and white illustration that first appeared in Le Sentier by Smith. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Church The School The Beer / Cheek, Cris., 2007

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Identifier: CC-47209-49952
Scope and Contents

This book is also issue No.3 of Plantarchy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Church The School The Beer / Cheek, Cris., 2007

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Identifier: CC-48969-70007
Scope and Contents

This book is also designated issue No.3 of Plantarchy. the Sasckner Archive also holds a signed and inscribed copy of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

the clevelanders / Horvath, Alan, editor ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA ; Lowell J ; levy da ; rjs ; Cook G ; Taylor K ; Kryss TL., 2002

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Identifier: CC-40295-42266
Scope and Contents

This book reprints poems by Lowell, levy, rjs, Cook, and Taylor. In addition, there are reproductions of unpublished paintings by Levy and collages by rjs. Unpublished poems by Taylor and Kryss are also printed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

the clevelanders vol.II / Horvath, Alan, editor ; Lowell J ; levy da ; rjs ; Taylor K ; Kryss TL ; Simon A ; Salamon R ; Butcher G ; Atkins R ; Billera J., 2006

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Identifier: CC-46067-48775
Scope and Contents

This book reprints "The Cleveland Manifesto of Poetry" (1964). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

the clevelanders vol.III / Horvath, Alan, editor ; levy da ; rjs ; Taylor K ; Kryss TL ; Simon A ; Salamon R ; Butcher G ; Lowell J ; Werner R ; Clinefelter J ; Horvath A ; Bree ; Schaefer M ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA., 2006

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Identifier: CC-48669-69701
Scope and Contents

This collection depicts a detail of a d.a.levy painting, "Non-Sectarian Crucifiction," that is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Coherences / Hollo, Anselm ; Phillips, Tom., 1968

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Identifier: CC-31708-33218
Scope and Contents

Tom Phillips contributed four abstract and constructivistic line drawings that are reproduced in the book. This first edition was designed and printed by Asa Benveniste and Paul Vaughan. This anthology includes The Going-On Poem published by Writers Forum as Quarto One in 1966. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Collected Poems / Merton, Thomas ; Lax R., 1977

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Identifier: CC-30795-32241
Scope and Contents

This is the second printing of the book. The final section consists of 12 concrete, typewriter poems. The Sackner Archive holds the originals of HURLUB and BROnze fasHIONs that are reproduced in this section. It also holds varients of NORMS that is printed in this section. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Collected Poems of Earle Birney: Volume I & Volume II , 1975

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Identifier: CC-22429-22853
Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)

The Collected Poems / Thomas, Cyril., 1992

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Identifier: CC-01617-1652
Dates: 1992
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Colors in the Sky / Eshleman, Harry D.., 1993

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Identifier: CC-13518-13821
Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Complete Films / Costa, Corrado ; Paul Vangelisti, translator ; Baruchello GF., 1983

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Identifier: CC-54550-666668
Dates: 1983
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Contemporary Canadian Poem Anthology Vol. 1, 1983

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Identifier: CC-23023-23460
Scope and Contents

Introduction by G. Bowering notes that the four volumes of this publication cover the period from the early 1960's to 1983. Volume includes selection of each poet's work, a brief biography, bibliography and photograph. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS

The Contemporary Canadian Poem Anthology Vol. 2, 1983

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Identifier: CC-23014-23451
Scope and Contents

Volume includes selection of each poet's work as well as a brief biography, bibliography and photograph. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS

The Contemporary Canadian Poem Anthology Vol. 3, 1983

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Identifier: CC-23005-23442
Scope and Contents

This book includes selection of each poet's work as well as a brief biography, bibliography and photograph. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS

The Crescent City Blues / Sovern, William David., 1993

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Identifier: CC-02908-2952
Scope and Contents

The cover reproduces a visual poetic collage with a fragment of a map of Akron, Ohio. The poems in this book are laid out such that their right borders form cresents. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Curious Builder / Violi, Paul ; Apollinaire G., 1993

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Identifier: CC-30157-31556
Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Cutting Prow / Sanders, Edward., 1981

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Identifier: CC-39577-41536
Scope and Contents

Sanders' drawings that illustrate the poems are reminiscent of Jake Berry's ones. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

The Cyclist, 1995

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-03090-3137
Scope and Contents

The wood engraving illustrations are by John De Pol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS / William Jay Smith

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