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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 187 Collections and/or Records:

2 stills from BETWEEN / curry, jw; Smith, Steven., 1983

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Identifier: CC-30394-31810
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According to curry's catalogue of Gesture Press, this was published December 15, 1983. The back cover of this piece cites @1984 as publication date. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

8 Poem 9 / curry, jw., 1985

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Identifier: CC-19699-20086
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This was published in Heads & H&Z, 1985. curry inked over the rubberstampings to achieve more clarity and contrast for publication. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

A : plan for a monument / curry, jw., 1982

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Identifier: CC-56637-10000036
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This work was printed in Interstate No.15, 1982, a periodical held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

A Poem / curry, jw., 1983

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Identifier: CC-19724-20111
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This drawing first published as Curvd H&Z No.208, 1983 was later included in can't afford no Kodak Instamatik Instamatik Vol.2. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

an interim thanks to those in the service / curry, jw; Nichol bp., 2003

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Identifier: CC-45318-47504
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The cover image, that was done by bp Nichol, was published in rawculture in sep 71. This card, reproducing that image, was sent to individuals who have helped curry with his ongoing book on bp Nichol, "CYCLOPOEDIA BEEPLIOGRAPHIA." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Archive for Defying Linear Deification: Contemporary Toronto Visual Poetry and its Afterward 1 / curry, jw; Birney E; Nichol bp; UU D; Aylward D; Broudy H; Dutton P; McCaffery S; Truhlar R; Dean M; Amann E; Swede G; Shikatani G; Goluska G., 1987

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Identifier: CC-20775-21180
Scope and Contents

curry traces the development of concrete and visual poetry in Toronto for an essay in Cross-Canada Writers' Quarterly Vol.9 No.3-4, 1987, a periodical held by the Sackner Archive. He lists Earle Birney's book entitled pnomes jukollages and other stunzas 1969, as the first concrete poetry by a main stream Canadian poet. He comments that bp Nichol's 1st book, Cycles etc., 7 Flowers Press, were chant structures that relied heavily on visual sonic similarities between words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Archive for Defying Linear Deification: Contemporary Toronto Visual Poetry and its Afterward 2 / curry, jw; Hood W; Nichol E; Laba M; lefler P; Dedora B; Evason G; Caruso B; Bradley Df; Venright S; smith s; Ross S; Barwin G; Drumbolis N., 1987

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Identifier: CC-20776-21181
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curry then briefly comments on Toronto poets and their activities in concrete, visual, and sound poetry up to the time of publication of the essay in 1987. The 2nd version of the manuscript was submitted for publication to Cross-Canada Writers Quarte In the Afterward written for Innovations in 1989, curry corrects errors in the original essay and comments upon younger poets not mentioned in the earlier essay, e.g., Daniel f. Bradley, Steven Smith, Gary Barwin, Stuart Ross, Steve Venright, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Archive for Defying Linear Deification: Contemporary Toronto Visual Poetry and its Afterward 3 / curry, jw., 1987

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Identifier: CC-20777-21182
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The handwritten manuscript consists of a bibliography for the essay and the afterward contribution to Innovations. The typed version was submitted to Innovations as the final version. It included reprinting the original essay with corrections publish in Cross-Canada Writers Quarterly in 1987 and the new afterward and bibliography. curry in a letter to the Sackners complained of editing by Innovations 1 & CCWQ 9:3/4, magazines in which this version appeared; both omitted his bibliography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Arras For bp / curry, jw., 1985

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Identifier: CC-19876-20264
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The drawings are a sketch for a wall hanging and consist of a geometric arrangement of the letter "H." One of them is done free hand, the other with a straight edge. Repetitions of the letter, "H," were frequently used by bp Nichol in his concrete poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

As Is or with / curry, jw., 1985

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Identifier: CC-19701-20088
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curry drew the word "received" three times in different fragmented forms.The poem was published by Gronk/Psycho Potato. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

As Is or with / curry, jw., 1984

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Identifier: CC-19715-20102
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The drawings were traced from the second design sketches. The work was later published as grOnk Random Number Series 3. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

As Is or with [First Design Sketches] / curry, jw., 1984

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Identifier: CC-19712-20099
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This a page torn from P. R. Mack & Son rubberstamp catalog modified by felt pen ink additions that served as the original idea for the completed work later published as "As Or Is With," grOnk Random Number Series 3. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

As Is or with [Second Design Sketches] / curry, jw., 1984

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Identifier: CC-19713-20100
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These are the first working drawings placed on a page with curry's abandoned attempt to develop a catalog for Curvd H&Z publications. This work was published as grOnk Random Number Series 3. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

As Is or with [Working Drawing] / curry, jw., 1984

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Identifier: CC-19714-20101
Scope and Contents

The drawing was traced from the second design sketches. The work was later published as grOnk Random Number Series 3. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Bad / curry, jw; Laba, Mark., 1984

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Identifier: CC-19710-20097
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This is an unpublished experimental calligraphic text for the poem, Bad, Coma Goats #40, 1984. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984