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Abacus: Pieces of Two. No.8/Feb / Laurie Schneider., 1985

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Identifier: CC-24400-24852
Scope and Contents

Edited by Peter Ganick. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Continuum / Trevor, Stan., 1991

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Identifier: CC-01468-1501
Scope and Contents

Two of the poems in this book, "In This House" and "Dancer" are reminiscent of the poetic style of John Giorno. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

House Mother Normal: A Geriatric Comedy / Johnson, B.S.., 1986

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Identifier: CC-31638-33140
Scope and Contents

This is a later printing of the book sometime after 1986. The first edition which is identical in layout and also held by the Sackner Archive, was published in only 126 copies. The layout of the text has unusual spacing and a variety of fonts. In one chapter, the spaced words take on a concrete poetic appearance and in another, the spaced letters almost appear like a letter picture. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

House Mother Normal: A Geriatric Comedy / Johnson, B.S.., 1971

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Identifier: CC-31706-33216
Scope and Contents

This is the first edition of the book limited to 100 copies for sale and 26 for distribution by the author. The layout of the text has unusual spacing and a variety of fonts. In one chapter, the spaced words take on a concrete poetic appearance and in another, the spaced letters almost appear like a letter picture. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Hunger's Bride: A Novel of the Baroque / Anderson, Paul., 2005

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Identifier: CC-44273-46403
Scope and Contents This is the first American edition that followed the first Canadian edition first published in 2004. The Sackner Archive holds both first editions. From Publishers Weekly: "A nearly 1,500-page novel that was 12 years in the making deserves consideration, even though in this instance, its complex central story could have been told in 500 pages. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz died of the plague in Mexico in 1695, and for the next two centuries her work was rarely referenced or read. Her poems, confessions and life story were rediscovered in the 20th century, most notably by Mexican poet Octavio Paz. In Anderson's elephantine debut novel, Sor Juana's story is told through the testimony of her "secretary," Antonia Mora (her intellectual equal), Carlos Siguenza y Gongora (a rival and a suitor), her confessor, Father Nunez (an enemy), and Sor Juana herself. We follow her fortunes from her illegitimate birth, through her inability to find success as a poet and scholar (due both to her gender...
Dates: 2005

Hunger's Bride: A Novel of the Baroque / Anderson, Paul., 2004

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Identifier: CC-44274-46404
Scope and Contents This is the first Canadian edition that preceded the first American edition published in 2005. The Sackner Archive holds both first editions. From Publishers Weekly: "A nearly 1,500-page novel that was 12 years in the making deserves consideration, even though in this instance, its complex central story could have been told in 500 pages. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz died of the plague in Mexico in 1695, and for the next two centuries her work was rarely referenced or read. Her poems, confessions and life story were rediscovered in the 20th century, most notably by Mexican poet Octavio Paz. In Anderson's elephantine debut novel, Sor Juana's story is told through the testimony of her "secretary," Antonia Mora (her intellectual equal), Carlos Siguenza y Gongora (a rival and a suitor), her confessor, Father Nunez (an enemy), and Sor Juana herself. We follow her fortunes from her illegitimate birth, through her inability to find success as a poet and scholar (due both to her gender and the...
Dates: 2004

J: An Apparition of the Late J. Suppl.1 / Jack Spicer., 1960

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Identifier: CC-32111-33649
Scope and Contents

The cover design is a made-up map. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960