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The poem deals with the poet's experience in the Intensive Care Unit after being stabbed in the chest that punctured his lung in 1986 by a robber while he was driving a taxi cab. All four typings in this series dealing with the Intensive Care Unit experience have been framed together. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poem deals with the poet's experience in the Intensive Care Unit after being stabbed in the chest that punctured his lung in 1986 by a robber while he was driving a taxi cab. All four typings in this series dealing with the Intensive Care Unit experience have been framed together. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poem deals with the poet's experience in the Intensive Care Unit after being stabbed in the chest that punctured his lung in 1986 by a robber while he was driving a taxi cab. All four typings in this series dealing with the Intensive Care Unit experience have been framed together. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poem deals with the poet's experience in the Intensive Care Unit after being stabbed in the chest that punctured his lung in 1986 by a robber while he was driving a taxi cab. All four typings in this series dealing with the Intensive Care Unit experience have been framed together. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This booklet was written for a workshop in a grade school class and is a second edition of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book includes a reproduction detail of a Daniel f. Bradley rubberstamped drawing on sleep; the original is held by the Sackner Archive. The Sackner Archive also holds the original typing by Basmajian entitled "After Weeks and Weeks in the Intensive Care Unit" that is reproduced in this book. The total run of this book is probably 300 copies (signing not called for). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The generic letter accompanying this book is directed to a reviewer to read this promotional copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Basmajian (30 September 1950 "“ 25 January 1990) was a Canadian poet and author. Born in Beirut, Lebanon to Armenian parents, Basmajian emigrated to Canada when he was seven years old. He was a founder of the Canadian Poetry Association, co-founder of Old Nun Publications (with Ted Plantos), and was a member of the Parliament Street Library poetry group. The Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award, given annually to a Canadian poet, was established in his memory. The contest ran from 1996-2008. In 1986, he was attacked with a knife and robbed while he was driving a taxi. His right lung was punctured when a robber stabbed him. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is a collection of typewritten concrete poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The ink drawing is superimposed upon a tight grid of the repetively typed word "blood." Words that are recognizable in the drawing include the following: 'the' and 'in the soul.' Basmajian was born in the Armenian Republic and migrated with his family to Canada at age 7 years. Hence, his interest in writing this poem about the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Wikipedia: It was an armed conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the small enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by the Republic of Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan. As the war progressed, Armenia and Azerbaijan, both former Soviet Republics, entangled themselves in a protracted, undeclared war in the mountainous heights of Karabakh as Azerbaijan attempted to curb the secessionist movement in Nagorno-Karabakh. The enclave's parliament had voted in favor of uniting itself with Armenia and a referendum, boycotted by the...

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There is not one concrete poem in this anthology. Basmajian's poem on page 18 "On Filling Out Another Job Application" is reminescent of Jas Duke's poetry. Unfortunately, it is still timely today as this book is being catalogued (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.