Scope and Contents The cover photograph was taken by Max Roach. At the time of this poem, Julie was Julie Weisberg, a 15 year old Clevelnd Heights acquaintance of d.a. levy.The following is an excerpt from Cleveland Magazine.com in November 2007 about JUlie Weisberg: "Authorities never said exactly which literature prompted levy and Lowell's indictments. But police arrested levy again in late March, confiscated his mimeograph and charged him with five counts of tending to contribute to the delinquency of minors. The charges could have sent levy to prison for up to five years. He was indicted for publishing the 17-year-old Friedman's "Black Revolt" in his anthology "465"; giving a copy of the book to Julie Weisberg, a 15-year-old Cleveland Heights girl; and reading the poem to a Gate audience that included the two teens. "465" was made up of youthful literary experiments of mixed quality "” a delicate poem about two lovers, an overwritten but vivid scene at Adele's Bar, Vietnam War protests, a...

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Printed by d.a.levy. Also designated Persecuted Poet Series #3. Tom Kryss made the silkscreen cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The abstract design for the cover entitled "Portrait of Carol Berge" was done by da levy. Nelson Ball designed this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover was hand colored by Mara. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This polemic deals with the reprecussions of the arrests of d.a. levy and James Lowell on obscenity charges (among others). According to Brandon Thomas DiSabatino on internet: As the regional headlines mark the 50th anniversary of the Hough Riots, I recall a line in a poem by d.a. levy, observing the madness that erupted from July 18th to July 23rd on the east side of Cleveland: they are looting stores trying to get televisions so they can watch the riots/on the 11 pm news It is an image my mind has conjured during riots and subsequent lootings over the past few years "” in Ferguson, in Baltimore "” where the strange, seemingly unmovable biases and struggles of class warfare appear inseparable from the American landscape. levy was born and raised in Cleveland, and he incorporated the Hough Riots in his poetry as he incorporated every aspect of Cleveland during the mid-to-late 60s. His self-described artistic mission was to give the city its own singular breed of poetry,...

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Designated as xtra pages from da levy anthology. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited by d.a.levy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited by d.a.levy. The title refers to a license plate of an automobile which has been printed on each of three pages four times in different typefaces. The last page depicts three hand formed letter "o's." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited by d.a.levy. One to three words are printed on each page. viz., "mist hung city," in varied combinations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited by d.a.levy. The theme of this poem is the eating of melons. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited by d.a.levy. The poem deals with speed (the drug or the automobile) that can lead to disaster. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited by d.a.levy. This booklet consists of a concrete poem which employs Scottish words that deal with the docking maneuver for a ship in harbor. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited by d.a.levy. Sam Dogin may be a pseudonym for another poet, perhaps d.a. levy. This poem deals with the act of defecation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Correction: Sam Dogin was proprieter of The Book Spot, where Levy worked for a time, Sam Dogin is not a pseudonym.--Source of annotation: Kenty[sic] Taylor.

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Edited by d.a.levy. This book has a concrete poem that depicts a sexual orgasm; another version was published by the poet in the Ohio City Series. The author subsequently wrote feminist critical texts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited by d.a.levy aka the author, Alan Denis. The letter "z" is repeated several times in varied typefaces to suggest snoring. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.