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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Time - Place - Word / Burroughs, William S. ; Jackson Ro ; Gysin B ; Ginsberg A., 2000

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Identifier: CC-43526-45599
Scope and Contents

Robert H. Jackson contributed an essay "William S. Burroughs: A Man with Qualities" and loaned much of the manuscripts to this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Trance & Recalcitrance: The Private Voice in the Public Realm / Poltroon Press ; Butler F ; Johnston A ; Jandl E ; Gysin B ; Ginsberg A ; Hirschman J ; Sackner MA ; Sackner RK., 1995

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Identifier: CC-04763-4852
Scope and Contents

Essays by Frances Butler and Alastair Johnston present a historical, personal view of the founding of Poltroon, its philosophy and their artistic journeys during the twenty years of the press, a private voice in the public realm. They mention seeing the exhibition, "The Altered Page" at the Center for Book Arts, NYC consisting of works from the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995