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.

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.

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.

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

This book was written as a homage to Hirschman's friend, Sara Menefee, who will be on trial for feeding hungry people without a permit. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Theme makes an analogy to the size of the Ant. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Cotter reviews "The Next Word" at the Neuberger Museum of Art to which the Sackner Archive lent 25 books and pictures. Several of the works from the Archive are specifically described in the article including a manuscript by Jack Hirschman, a drawing by Anne Wolf, Emily McVarish's pasted-up words locked inside a metal frame, Paula Scher's "Opinionated Map: Central and South America" in which every inch on the Southern Hemisphere that is jammed with critical annotationt. "Elsewhere, the printed text, often taking a cue from advertising, comes to the fore. Blair Seagram's 'U Temp est Us' uses a sleek sans-serif type, offbeat spacing and shifting character sizes to hide phrases within other phrases." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue provides a listing of current books in stock with annotations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poem depicts a man sitting on a curb with a touch of the homelessness. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Contains hieroglyphics relating to the Mayan underground. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book and the tilles depict hieroglyphics relating to the Mayan underground. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book 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. The book was designed by Paul Vaughn and Pip Benveniste as a facsimile of Hirschman's manuscript. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.