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Levy, D. A.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1942-10-29 - 1968-11-24

Found in 418 Collections and/or Records:

West Coast Seen / Brown, Jim, editor ; Phillips, David, editor ; bissett b ; Copithorne J ; Gadd M ; Scobie S ; levy da., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-22995-23432
Scope and Contents

Anthology includes bill bissett's ode to d.a. levy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

What Are You Doing? / levy, d.a.., 2008

 Item
Identifier: CC-48755-69789
Scope and Contents

The cover depicts a detail of a painting entitled "Non-Sectarian Crucifixion," a work held by the Sackner Archive. This work is also designated as Card 13 from "Stories from the Flats." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

What Are You Doing? / levy, d.a.., 2008

 Item
Identifier: CC-48757-69791
Scope and Contents

The cover depicts a detail of a painting entitled "Non-Sectarian Crucifixion," a work held by the Sackner Archive. This numbered work is also designated as Card 13 from "Stories from the Flats." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Who is Dead / Schramm, Irene ; levy da., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-48763-69797
Scope and Contents

This book has been signed and stamped as the property of Lewis Turco. da levy printed this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Why I Got Busted & Other Nonsense, Part 1 / levy, d.a.., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-49028-70066
Scope and Contents

This is a polemic against the Cleveland establishment. In this piece, levy mentions that he decided to commit suicide at age 17 years but changed his mind at the last minute and began reading everything and writing poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Wind Blown Cloud Poems / Wyatt, Bill ; levy da., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-34854-36563
Scope and Contents

The book and most of the poems are dedicated to da levy. Wyatt was levy's friend and his archive of correspondence with levy is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Women In The Radical Movement / levy, d.a.., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-33535-35185
Scope and Contents

This collage is dated October 1968; levy commited suicide on November 24, 1968. This was one of the Madison Collages that did not make it into publication in Quixote magazine. levy inscribed on the verso, "Blowup front cover." However, the magazine that held the photocopies of the Madison Collages used a cover by Tom Kryss. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

You / levy, d.a.., 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-39493-41450
Scope and Contents

Also designated Verdant Press broadside number zero. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

you Murderers with your indifference; More Crooked Lines From Paradise / levy, d.a. ; Clark, Tom., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-07660-7805
Scope and Contents

One side of this card depictes a picture poem by levy, the other side a conventional poem by Tom Clark. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Zen Concrete: a good or bad thing / levy, d.a.., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-48625-69657
Scope and Contents

This is one of the 23 pieces in this suite of works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Zen Concrete: CR AP, 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-48633-69665
Scope and Contents

This is one of the 23 pieces in this suite of works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Zen Concrete & etc. / levy, d.a. ; Swanberg I ; Wagner Dr ; Blazek D ; Taylor K., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-07135-7275
Scope and Contents

This reprinting of levy's concrete poetry was edited by Ingrid Swanberg who acknowledged..."heartfelt thanks to Marvin Sackner for its longstanding belief in this project..." The book is divided into three sections: 1) "Zen Concrete" comprises the entire 23 poem sequence, partly published in Blewointment Press 1967, 2) "& etc." is a wide selection from major poetic works, Cleveland Undercovers and Subterranean Monastery Death Poem, and 3) "afterwords" assembles articles by his friends. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Zen Concrete & etc. / levy, d.a. ; Swanberg I ; Wagner Dr ; Blazek D ; Taylor K., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-07136-7276
Scope and Contents

This reprinting of levy's concrete poetry was edited by Ingrid Swanberg who acknowledged..."heartfelt thanks to Marvin Sackner for its longstanding belief in this project..." The book is divided into three sections: 1) "Zen Concrete" comprises the entire 23 poem sequence, partly published in Blewointment Press 1967, 2) "& etc." is a wide selection from major poetic works, Cleveland Undercovers and Subterranean Monastery Death Poem, and 3) "afterwords" assembles articles by his friends. The images in this citation include an exhibition of d.a. levy's works as well as works about him that was shown during Art Basel Miami on December 6, 2008. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Zen Concrete: PROSE-POEM FOR LA CAVE, 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-48626-69658
Scope and Contents

This is one of the 23 pieces in this suite of works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Zen Concrete: SELECTED WRITINGS , 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-48615-69647
Scope and Contents

This is one of the 23 pieces in this suite of works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Zen Concrete: Translations & a new interpretation of Buddhist Doctrines by d.a.levy / levy, d.a.., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-48611-69643
Scope and Contents

This is the introductory piece of this 23 piece suite of altered mimeographed works. This is a letter to Bill Wyatt, a British poet, that states, "dear bill: i hope you can use this - i have no way to reproduce here - the fugs and allen ginsberg will be doing a benefit for me & jim lowell so we'll at least be able to pay our lawyers - its going to be difficult staying out of jail - establishment here is [swastika symbol] insane - i hope you can afford the return postage on this if you cant use it - if not let me know & ill try to get some return coupons & send them to you..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967