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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

[Letter to Emmett Williams (July 17 1968] / Merton, Thomas; Williams E; Bense M; MacLow J; Roth D; Lax R., 1968

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Identifier: CC-30781-32227
Scope and Contents

The letterhead is Monks Pond. Merton writes Emmett Williams that "All the things you are making happen sound good. Or helping make happen. Yes, visual poetry. I'd like to see that exhibit in Minneapolis. When will it be?" He continues, "I'm starting on some visual stuff. Hasn't loosened up yet but I think it will start to break soon. If only we had some more type here and the monastery printer had more time we could really do something about it." In a postscript, Merton adds a handwritten request, "Could I see a copy of the Bense reader? Looks interesting. Also the MacLow stanzas, as I am doing some, that - & Dieter Rot. Your catalog is very good. Only interesting one I've seen in a long time. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

No.8 / Falkenstein, Klaus ; Bense M ; Mayrocker F ; Ruhm G ; Achleitner F ; Bauer W ; Gomringer E ; Hausmann R ; Queneau R ; Heissenbuttel H., 1990

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Identifier: CC-11188-11403
Scope and Contents

Several listings in this catalog are referenced to the Sackner Archive catolog of 1986. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Sonde, Die. No.2 / Horst Kistler, Karl Heinz Roth, editors ; Bremer C ; Schauffelen KB ; Mayrocker F ; Bezzel C ; Wolf R ; Mon F ; Dohl R ; Kriwet F ; Ball H ; Hausmann R ; Schwitters K ; Heissenbuttel H ; Bense M ; Falk G ; Lobe J ; Becher B., 1964

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Identifier: CC-02110-2148
Scope and Contents

Reinhold Dohl contributed an essay on the history of Sound Poetry. This cover and page are the first appearance of Becher's photographs of industrial buildings in ptint and di not include his wife. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Spirale / Bucher, Annemarie, editor ; Gomringer E ; Wyss M ; Roth D ; Gerstner K ; Bense M ; Cage J ; Bremer C ; Duchamp M ; DeCampos A ; Ruhm G ; Mon F ; Patchen K ; Kitasono K., 1990

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Identifier: CC-23087-23524
Scope and Contents

Consists of critical comments about the periodical "Spirale." The book also reproduces of all its pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990