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Ernst, Bennett and Peters were the other participants in the performance of this poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In this collaboration between the two poets, Bennett selected random words, and Helmes provided cut-up, fragmented, printed text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The word "nativism" is stamped on a brown leaf that is laminated in plastic.Wikipedia: Nativism is the political position of demanding a favored status for certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants.[1] Nativism typically means opposition to immigration, and support of efforts to lower the political or legal status of specific ethnic or cultural groups who are considered hostile or alien to the natural culture, upon the assumption that they cannot be assimilated. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The word "nativism" is stamped on a brown leaf that is laminated in plastic.Wikipedia: Nativism is the political position of demanding a favored status for certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants.[1] Nativism typically means opposition to immigration, and support of efforts to lower the political or legal status of specific ethnic or cultural groups who are considered hostile or alien to the natural culture, upon the assumption that they cannot be assimilated. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The cut, found images are placed like lines of poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This was a birthday gift for Ruth Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.