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Nations, Opal L.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1941

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

1974 All-Star Correspondents' Calendars / Stu Horn, aka The Northwest Mounted Valise; A Banana; O Nations., 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-05478-5583
Scope and Contents

Horn is also known as the Northwest Mounted Valise. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Abraxas. No.1 / James Bertolino, Warren Woessner, editors ; Blazek D ; Inman W ; Woessner W., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-47918-68940
Scope and Contents

Abraxas is the name applied by ancient gnostic sects to the Supreme Being, who was, collectively, all the spirits of the earth. The magical "abracadabra" was derived from Abraxas. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Cow Book / Nations, Opal L.., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-51910-73011
Scope and Contents

This book depicts a sequence of increasing removal of the meat from outer surface of a cow until only the bones remain. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Dream of Dreams / Nations, Opal L.., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-38281-40177
Scope and Contents

Nation did the 20 visual cartoon drawings in this book that depict imagined dreams. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Hummi Crundi Part One / Nations, Opal L.., 1971

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Identifier: CC-05457-5561
Scope and Contents This book is printed on rice paper. It is a surrelistic novel with a single illustration.Opal Nations was born in Brighton, England. During the mid-sixties he worked as lead vocalist in London clubs with the late Alexis Korner's Band and later his own group, The Frays. He helped popularize American soul-based R & B and gospel music in Great Britain. It was through his efforts that black American gospel artists visited the country to perform in various major cities. He also became part of one of England's first integrated gospel groups, The Ram John Holder Group. With The Frays, and later as a soloist, he recorded for Decca Records in London. After brief periods with various London R&B bands, he turned his back on singing and began a career as an experimental fiction writer. His textual work, sometimes strange, sometimes humorous in nature, appeared in over 200 small press magazines around the world. Texts have been translated and published in French, German, and...
Dates: 1971

Intermedia: Special Literary Issue. No.4 / Wiater M ; Kostelanetz R ; Cook C ; Nations O ; Ockerse T ; Korn H ; Allen B ; Winans A ; Robertson K ; Goodman S ; Weiner H ; Bell M ; James D ; Pyros J ; Freilicher M ; Vangelisti P ; Beining G ; Stettner I ; Plymell C ; Federman R ; Zekowski A ; Berne S ; Andrews B ; Jacob JP ; Saville K ; Mohr W ; Kempton K ; McCord H ; Essary L ; Cory JJ ; Solomon C., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-37172-39016
Scope and Contents

This issue deals with concrete and visual poetry as well as experimental fiction. Notable contributions include concrete poems by Raymond Federman and Keith Robertson. The pamphlet by John M. Bennett is entitled "Image Standards." The covers depict concrete poems by Richard Kostelanetz. The folded poster is an uncut single sheet for Kostelanetz's booklet, "Modulations." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976