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Hirschman, Jack A., 1933-2021

 Person

Found in 293 Collections and/or Records:

The Rotzone Arcane by Jack Hirschman, 1997

 Item — Folder 46: [Barcode: 31858072460052]
Identifier: CC-33583-35236
Scope and Contents

Falk did the calligraphy of Hirschman's poem in watercolor with a fine sable brush and added figurative images in acrylic paint. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

The Song in My Sentence / Jack A. Hirschman., 1991

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Identifier: CC-09197-9378
Scope and Contents

The theme deals with a nostalgic view of the Russian language. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

The Splintered Page: Homage to Asa Beneviste, 1990

 Item — Box 47: [Barcode: 31858072538675]
Identifier: CC-08841-9016
Scope and Contents

Work done in homage to Asa Beneviste, the American expatriate poet/publisher, who died in Yorkshire at age 64 of diabetes. The signs derive from original Welsh alphabets as Wales is closest to both Beneviste and Hirschman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

The Spring after the War / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-09035-9212
Scope and Contents

This work was written and constructed on the day of the cease fire for the Gulf War and its theme deals optimistically to the coming of spring. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

The Teeth in the Software: The Atom Bomb Changed Language into Soundbytes / Jack A. Hirschman., 1991

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Identifier: CC-09067-9246
Scope and Contents

The words in the title are written in the text as words made by a phonetic software package. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

The Wiggy Blues / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1992

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Identifier: CC-09283-9465
Scope and Contents

This is a love poem with tongue in cheek content to Sarah Menefee, Hirschman's current companion. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

The Xibalba Arcane / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1995

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Identifier: CC-09822-10016
Scope and Contents

The cover depicts a figurative expressionistic painting by Hirschman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

This / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-09196-9377
Scope and Contents

The theme deals with the new order of Eastern European politics after the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Tongue Codex / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1992

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Identifier: CC-09867-10061
Scope and Contents

This book was inspired by Mayan hieroglphics. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Torn Kiss / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1992

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Identifier: CC-09309-9492
Scope and Contents

This is an extremely dense visual piece to express Hirschman's love of the gesture in his last bookwork commissioned by the Sackner Archive. A poem written about an Afro-American friend as text is obscured by overpainting. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Tornado Woman / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-09063-9242
Scope and Contents

The poem was written in homage to Meridel Le Seur (1897-) a revolutionary writer who was a friend of Emma Goldman and Eugene O'Neil. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Tun Katun Baktun / Jack A. Hirschman., 1990

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Identifier: CC-08837-9012
Scope and Contents

Title signifies Mayan periods of time; this work is a variant on the dot-dash system of counting. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Two Left No Right Shoe Shine But Red-On Feetbook Go Forever: An Homage For Bob Kaufman, 1986

 Item — Box 142: [Barcode: 31858072457959]
Identifier: CC-40506-42478
Scope and Contents

This book was done to commemorate the death of Bob Kaufmann, a fellow communist poet who lived in the North Beach section of San Francisco and was a good friend of Hirschman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

["Underground"] from Yod / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-44048-46163
Scope and Contents

This drawing from the book "Yod" is an example of the Kabbalistic period of Hirschman's work in which the poet combined Hebrew letters within his poetry. Yod is the letter Y and also means hand in Hebrew. This drawing is a facsimile of the illustration in the book that was designed by Paul Vaughn and Pip Benveniste. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Unleavened / Jack A. Hirschman., 1990

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Identifier: CC-08838-9013
Scope and Contents

Theme deals with the homeless during the Passover season in San Francisco. Hieroglyphics are based upon Graffiti on San Francisco buses. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

[Untitled] / Mullican, Lee ; Hirschman J., 1965

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Identifier: CC-05774-5882
Scope and Contents

Hirschman is the author of a critical essay on Mullican's work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

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Conventional poetry 139
Artist book 95
Calligraphic text 57
Conventional non-fiction 40
Conventional fiction 27