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Conventional non-fiction

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1854 Collections and/or Records:

The Search for the Reason Why: New and Selected Poems, 2006

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Identifier: CC-46329-49053
Scope and Contents

John Bennett contributed an introduction and Kryss writes a biographical statement. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

The Second Diplomat / Dawson, Fielding., 1977

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Identifier: CC-16356-16706
Scope and Contents

The theme of this book deals with a description of the act of writing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

The Secrecy of the Totally / Clark, Thomas A.., 1969

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Identifier: CC-20181-20577
Scope and Contents

Also designated as Aplomb Zero No.2. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

The Sense of Nonsense / Black, Leda., 1987

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Identifier: CC-21949-22361
Scope and Contents

This book was printed at Mill College. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

The Sharp Corners / Bradley, Daniel f.., 1999

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Identifier: CC-52253-73375
Scope and Contents

Twelve copies were hors commerce and bound in boards. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

The Spacialist / Blitz, Michael ; MacLow J ; Olson C ; Woodbine P., 1986

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Identifier: CC-22185-22607
Scope and Contents

Introduction by Jackson MacLow, cover design by Paul Woodbine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

The Spectra Hoax / Smith, William Jay., 2000

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Identifier: CC-36331-38121
Scope and Contents

The author reveals the story of a literary hoax, and the actual poems published by the Spectra poets, Emanuel Morgan and Anne Knish. Smith also contributes a preface relating the hoax to contemporary cultural values. Originally published in 1961. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

The Story of the Last Book of the Rich Alphabetical Hours of the Chopins / Chopin, Henri., 1984

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Identifier: CC-17072-17429
Scope and Contents

Chopin describes how he produced a typewriter poem for every day of the year 1981. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

The Strange Coherence of Our Dreams / Aldridge, Adele ; Claire, Williaim F.., 1973

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Identifier: CC-58510-10001731
Scope and Contents

Drawings and linocuts were done by Adele Aldridge and poems by William F. Claire. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

The Sweetness of the Breath of Two Who Breathe as One / Young, Karl., 1991

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Identifier: CC-00147-152
Scope and Contents

The poem consists of printed text, which reads in part, "Given the nature of oxygen through the biosphere over time, you have probably breathed some of the same air as at least one of the following people: Moses, Buddha, Sappho, Jesus...and the first to experience unselfish love." Young's written poem of the title reads from right to left and bottom to top. It is positioned below the printed text and taken from 2300 year old Latin text. Young concludes "You may have shared a breath with its author. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

The Tenth Arch / Cremean, Robert., 1996

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Identifier: CC-38409-40314
Scope and Contents

This book is a sequel to "Vatican Corridor: a Non-Specific Autobiography." The book is not paginated as the author considers it as two walls that the reader may wander through in his own inclination and discretion. On the compact disc, Cremean reads the text of his book that incorporates his philosophy on making art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996