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Levy, D. A.

 Person

Dates

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

Found in 418 Collections and/or Records:

Grist. No.9 / John Fowler, George Kimball, editors ; levy da ; Berrigan T ; Ginsberg A ; Silliman R ; Kupferberg T ; Malanga G ; Rothenberg J ; Berner J ; Eigner L., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-10244-10447
Scope and Contents

d.a. levy contributed a one page poem dealing with moving from his place of living to another one. Includes an obituary by Ted Berrigan on Frank O'Hara's death at age 40 years from an automobile accident. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Haiku '64 / Watts, Alan, editor ; levy da., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-48978-70016
Scope and Contents

This book lists the winners in an American Haiku contest along with their poems. da levy was eighth runner-up with this poem, "Hundreds of sparrows - Perching on telephone wires, - A cloud approaches." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

happy fuck a llama day - the foghorns of the barges / levy, d.a.., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-33537-35187
Scope and Contents

The image accompanying this poem is an abstraction of a barge (on the Cayuga river flowing through Cleveland) with musical notes eminating from its foghorn. The poem refers to the fact that the river caught on fire because of heavy pollution near the time the poem was written. The title of the poem is "the foghorns of the barges" and reads, sing to me mournful - sing to me mad - sing to me mist and magic - and everyone else as the city sneaks out of the haze - we laugh and throw firecrackers at it." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Happy Hiroshima Day / levy, d.a.., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-36497-38295
Scope and Contents

This is a reprint of a folded card first published by levy in 1966. The original is held by the Sackner Archive. Happy is spelled Hapy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Head Magazine. No.2 / Judson Crews ; da levy., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-07331-7475
Scope and Contents

The poems were composed by Crews. levy did the cover design and five drawings. The images are atypical for levy in that they consist mainly of lines that are sharply defined rather than his usual amorphous shapes. *This piece was originally catalogued as a book (c.1968) but Jim Leftwich pointed out to the Archive that it was the second issue of Head Magazine. Stored with d.a. levy publications 1965. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Head Second / levy, d.a.; Crews, Judson., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-51257-72345
Scope and Contents

d.a. levy contributed six abstract drawings and Judson Crews wrote the poems in this publication. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

In The Bright-Colored Dark / Butcher, Grace ; levy da ; Ford B., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-23428-23872
Scope and Contents

Published by d.a. levy whose unattributed manifesto appears in this book. A graphite realistic drawing of a woman by Baldwin Ford is affixed to cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

[Indictment of Jim Lowell and d.a.levy] / levy, d.a.; Lowell J; levy da; Heilbrun S; Sigmund RJ., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-07129-7269
Scope and Contents

Relates story of the arrest of d.a.levy, Jim Lowell and Robert Sigmund. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Input: The Cleveland Issue. No.4 / Peter Salmansohn, Frank Roth, editors ; levy da ; Taylor K ; Lowell J ; Atkins R ; Congdon K ; Billera J ; Salamon R ; Simon A., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-08502-8671
Scope and Contents

The publishers are also the editors. This issue contains poetry, essays and letters by and statements about some of Cleveland's important poets. Reprints a letter from levy to the editor Peter Salmansohn describing the birth of the renegade press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

(Invisible) Random Sightings / levy, d.a. ; Horvath A., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-48657-69689
Scope and Contents

This issue contains a photograph that is reprinted and reproduced in (Uh..One & Uh..Two) Random Sightings. The cover photograph is by Alan Horvath. Reprints numerous collages from Serif (volume 8, number 4, 1972, Marijuana Newsletter #2 (1965), The Day is a Prayer they Can't Understand (1967), Cleveland Undercovers (1966), All Gods Must Learn to Kill (1967). Also reprints Farewell the Floating Cunt (1964) in its entirety. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Key's / Keys, John ; levy da., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-48762-69796
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

Kibbutz In The Sky Book I / levy, d.a.; Abajkovics P., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-60427-56221
Scope and Contents

In the letter to billl wyatt on the cover, levy muses about a third part of the poem (only two parts were published) in which he plans "i think will be a defense of the county sherriffs (sic) office - they were pretty good to me considering all th elip i gave them - was on radio & T.V." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Kibbutz In The Sky Book II / levy, d.a.., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-60428-56591
Scope and Contents

This prose poem deals with levy resigned to turning himself in to serve his sentence for the obscenity charge. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967