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Conventional fiction

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1182 Collections and/or Records:

Woman / Wiz, Boom Boom., 1994

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Identifier: CC-28320-29498
Scope and Contents

The pages iIlustrate on facing pages, in cartoon style, well known metaphors about "woman and heart," e.g., Woman who held her heart prisoner, Woman whose heart had a mind of its own, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Wormwood Review, The: Backtrack. No.139 / Phil Weidman., 1995

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Identifier: CC-00671-687
Scope and Contents

Edited by Marvin Malone. There are llustrations based upon variations of an explanation point, i.e., a line and a solid circle, by Rody Stains scattered throughout this issue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Wormwood Review, The: Beauti - Ful. No.110-111 / Charles Bukowski ; Bukowski C., 1988

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Identifier: CC-29271-30627
Scope and Contents

Edited by Marvin Malone. The entire issue is devoted to writings by Bukowski. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Wormwood Review, The: Greenhouse Blues. No.130 / Dan Lenihan., 1993

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Identifier: CC-00557-570
Scope and Contents

Edited by Marvin Malone. This issue consists of a collection of short prose pieces by Dan Lenihan. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Wormwood Review, The: Parade. No.134 / Lyn Lifshin., 1994

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Identifier: CC-00660-676
Scope and Contents

Edited by Marvin Malone. The poems on pages 50, 67, and 87 are handwritten facsimiles. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Wormwood Review, The: People Poems: 1982-1991. No.122-123 / Charles Bukowski., 1991

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Identifier: CC-00411-422
Scope and Contents

Edited by Marvin Malone. Includes a handwritten poem by Bukowski on first page that is probably an excellent facsimile copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Wormwood Review, The: The Last Round-Up. No.143 / Gerald Locklin ; Locklin G., 1996

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Identifier: CC-29184-30531
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1996

Wormwood Review, The: The Weaning of Baby Roy. No.114-115 / Dan Lenihan., 1989

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Identifier: CC-00481-493
Scope and Contents

Edited by Marvin Malone. This issue is composed of a collection of short prose pieces by Dan Lenihan. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

X-Ray Magazine. No.10 / Johnny Brewton, editor ; Brewton J ; Bukowski C ; Bennett JM ; Endwar ; Gaglione B ; Huth G ; Lifshin L ; Feigenbaum M ; Pacheco J ; Smith Ba ; Daily M., 2004

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Identifier: CC-42673-44691
Scope and Contents

The letterpress printing quality of the poems and the use of different colored and sizes of the cards by Johnny Brewton is reminiscent of Wallace Berman's Semina magazine. Geof Huth contributed a pamphlet that wil be released in 50 additional copies as pdqb #64. The booklet by T. Coyote Press entitled "WMD" is a powerful statement on the mistakes and ill-gotten gains made by the Bush-Cheney administration regarding the Iraq war in 2003. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Yeah: A Frigid Wife Ruined Me. No.6/Jun / Tulli Kupferberg, editor ; Kupferberg T ; Shoemaker H., 1963

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Identifier: CC-46724-49454
Scope and Contents

A great deal of this issue deals with problems in the medical and pharmaceutical industry in a neo-dada fashion. The broadside by Howard Shoemaker is entitled "Drop the O Bomb." It promises a solution to all wars - O stands for orgasism. The loose sheet lists publications of Birth Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

you look nice today / Bing, Stanley., 2003

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Identifier: CC-43824-45920
Scope and Contents From Publishers Weekly: With this sardonic, entertaining legal thriller about a discrimination suit brought against a high-level corporate executive by his administrative assistant, Fortune columnist Bing tells a story of sexual harassment that's not about sex. Robert Harbert, or Harb, executive vice-president of Global Corporation's Total Quality department, falls for gorgeous uber-temp of indeterminate race CaroleAnne Winters, who saves the day on an important project. Recognizing her talent, Harb hires CaroleAnne full-time, but their cordial business relationship quickly grows too cozy: Harb gets CaroleAnne a corporate apartment to help her escape an abusive husband, gives her his aging car and brings her on business trips, which include boozy late nights that stop short of physical intimacy. CaroleAnne's behavior becomes erratic, though, when her spiritual side surfaces and she begins holding prayer meetings with a companion in the company's empty offices. Her tightly wound...
Dates: 2003

Your Fortune / Wiz, Boom Boom., 1994

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Identifier: CC-28321-29499
Scope and Contents

The pages iIlustrate on facing pages, in cartoon style, well known advice given in astrology charts and fortune cookies; the texts are presented in a concrete poetic style, e.g., Today everything will seem LARGER than life, WARNING: There is a long road ahead of you, travel lightly. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Zwischen Bunt und Bestaialisch: All Die Toten Albanier Meines Surfbretts / Holst, Matthias Baader ; Gotze, Moritz., 1990

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Identifier: CC-09014-9191
Scope and Contents

The author Matthias Baader Holst died at the age of 28 years. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990