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This book is a collaboration of writing by Johanna Drucker, artwork by Susan Bee, designed by both artists and published by Steve Clay. The theme deals with young girls' fantasies in their relations with themselves and boys. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This article about Ruth Laxson notes that she received the first prize for her new book "A Hundred Years of : LEX FLEX" from the Pyramid Atlantic Book Conference. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes descriptions of each of the books in the 10th anniversary exhibition. It also lists suggested readings relevant to artists books. Includes a photograph of Pat Oleszko's Glove Story, a book held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This catalogue is described on the back cover as follows: "Artists' books have emerged over the last twenty-five years as one of the most engaging contemporary art forms, addressing subjects from poetry to politics, incorporating a full spectrum of artistic media and bookmaking methods, and taking every conceivable form. Female painters, sculptors, calligraphers, and printmakers have played a primary role in developing this new mode of artistic expression. The Book as Art presents more than one hundred of the finest artists' books culled from the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. These exquisitely crafted objects are certain to provoke unexpected and surprising conclusions about what constitutes a book." In her essay, "The Brightest Heaven of Invention" curator Krystyna Wasserman writes, "Among private collections, The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Achives of Concrete and Visual Poetry in Miami, Florida, has been a source of continual revelation and several...

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This exhibition presents works from the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection as well as books made by students, staff and faculty of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The catalogue contains three essays on artists' books and the exhibition titled "Twenty-six (plus ten) Years Later: Nothing Left But Gas?" by AnneDorothee Boehme, "Artists' Books: Forever Young, Still Emerging and Not Yet Defined" by Christine E. Humpl, and "Value, the Book and the Artists' Book: A Re-evaluation of Cultural Meaning" by Melissa Azzi. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Curated by Betty Bright who acknowledged Ruth Sackner and others in aiding the preliminary research for the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a critique of Ligorano and Reese's "Corona Palimpsest." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Brad Freeman reports on "Artist's Books/Book-Like Objects" in his essay in this inaugural issue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Johanna Drucker, Jerry Cullum and Glen Harper contributed essays on Ruth Laxson to this catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Consists of a review of the books published by Steve Clay, the proprietor of Granary Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition was curated by Betty Bright. It focused on artist books designed or made with computers in whole or in part. Books in the exhibition that are also held by the Sackner Archive include Keith Smith's Bobby, Alistair Johnston's Musings on the Vernacular, Rosemary Smith's Her Story in Lace, Warren Lehrer's GRRRHHHH, and Johanna Drucker's Simulant Portrait. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a scholarly work which analyzes the artist book in several contexts including the book as idea and form, early 20th century avant-garde books, the codex, the book as a visual form, books as verbal exploration, and the book as document. The Sackner Arcvhive is mentioned in a footnote and as a major source of Johanna Druckers collected works. Drucker provides classification of artist books through headings and examples throughout this book but omits listing them in a tabular form for easy access. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a copy of Drucker's catalogue essay for the exhibition "Symbols to Stories" at the Centre Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College from the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.