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Pi O, 1951-

 Person

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Asia Asia / Pie (TT) O/AKA Pi O., 1994

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Identifier: CC-04705-4794
Scope and Contents

In this book, Pie (TT) O selects a Chinese ideogram and alters it so it becomes a recognizable English word or visual image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Big Numbers / Pie (TT) O/AKA Pi O ; thalia., 2008

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Identifier: CC-53084-74230
Scope and Contents

This book consists of a wide range of Pie O's poems that often are spinkled with an Australian dialect. The pages from his visit to America on a Guggenheim fellowship deals with his political views as an anarchist. He dedicated this book to Thalia. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Emotions in Concrete / Pie (TT) O/AKA Pi O., 1980

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Identifier: CC-04671-4758
Scope and Contents Wikipedia: П. O. (or Pi O, born 1951) aka Peter Oustabasides is an Australian, working class, anarchist, poet of Greek origin. Born in Katerini, Greece, П. O. came to Australia with his family around 1954. After time in Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre, the family moved to the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. П. O. was inspired to start writing poetry in 1970 when he heard Johnny Cash reciting (religious) poetry while tuning his guitar. П. O. thought he could do as well or better. His work ranges from standup-type rants to 'conceptual' page poetry and concrete poetry, with a heavy emphasis on wordplay and capturing the vitality of everyday speech. Thematically, he commonly portrays the issues of non-Anglo-Celtic working class life.He has had numerous books published since his first, Fitzroy Brothel in 1974, more notably the epic verse novel 24hrs. From 1978 to 1983, he was involved in producing the radical poetry magazine 925. He is a fixture of Melbourne's...
Dates: 1980

The Fitzroy Poems / Pie (TT) O/AKA Pi O., 1989

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Identifier: CC-04672-4759
Scope and Contents

The poems for the most part are written in the Creole dialect of the Fitzroy region of Australia. Pi O's Christian name is Peter Oustabasides. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

The Number Poems and their equations / Pie (TT) O/AKA Pi O., 2006

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Identifier: CC-45020-47196
Scope and Contents

The poems are usually printed two to a page with square dimensions. The poems appear to differ from those published in the book titled "Number Poems" by Collective Effort Press in 2000. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

The Number Poems / Pie (TT) O/AKA Pi O., 2000

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Identifier: CC-41740-43732
Scope and Contents

The poems are printed two to a page and usually with square dimensions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Words on Walls / Barrett Reid, curator ; Brennan C ; Duke JH ; Murphy P ; Pi O ; Reed S ; Riddell A ; Selenitsch A ; spence p ; thalia ; Tipping R ; Cowan R ; Parr M., 1990

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Identifier: CC-00316-324
Scope and Contents

Tipping's multiple 'Airpoet' that is held by the Sackner Arcive is depicted on page 19. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990