As defined by Geof Nuth, a pwordmd is a one word poem, often a neologism, presesnted without a separate title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Huth defines "pwoermds" as a one word poem, often a neologism, presented without a separate title. Examples printed in this book include unreal (Jonathan Brannen), utter (John Byrum), omissin (endwar), poefict (Christopher Franke), kwife (Lee Gurga), mag((((net)))) (Karl Kempton), anf gnowing (Ezra Mark) among others. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This issue contains an article "Overpaid and Over There..." which is a continuation of the description of how "the impressive buying power of US institutions has seen the collections of many European writers housed away from their home markets - to public outcry. In this second part of Sara Waterson's investigation, several USA university and private librairies are mentioned including Emory University, Lilly Library, Harry Ransom Center, Houghton Library, Huntington Library, and Beinecke Library. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Sandra Hinman reviews the exhibition at the Grolier Club that celebrates the history of minature books. Dealer Sam Fogg is interivews by B.T. Wolfe in an essay "You've Got to Keep Rolling the Dice." Tabitha Barda contirbutes and essay "Cats or Mouse?" that describes how the internet has revolutionized the rare book trade. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This essay deals with the discovery of language and listening to poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This issue consists of critical texts by and about Sharits as well as an interview about his work. The pamphlet dated 1971 appears to be a reproduction of a sketch for a film. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This item consists of the program book and a copy of Marvin Sackner's talk delivered to the Society of American Archivists titled "The Collector as Performer." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Huth discusses silence in the context of Gomringer's poem, "Silencio" and Cage's music. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Huth defines a family word as a word used by a single family but which is otherwise not a word found in the language that the family generally speaks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Richard Doubleday contributes an essay "Bird in Hand" about the designer Jan Tschichold. Rick Pynor writes on globalization of graphic design. Rudy VandeLans, cofounder of Emigre who is interviewed by Steven Heller indicates that he plans to cease publication of Emigre. Peter Bilak reviews "Willem Sandberg, Designer and Director of the Stedelijk." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Rick Poyner contributes an essay "Cover Me" in which he writes that the current effusion of attention to book jackets confirms their allure as havens of graphic design. Steven Heller interviews social historian Stephen Duncombe and contributes a photo essay "Trash, Transferred." James Gaddy contributes an essay "Shadow Boxer" that describes the relation between James Harvey, a second generation abstract expressionist painter, who designed the Brillo Box and Andy Warhol who appropriated it for his first Pop Art exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Geof Huth has contributed a forward titled "onewordworld" in which he writes, "To make a poem within the limits of a single word. That is the project. That is the entire project of pwoermds. To eschew grammar. To isolate words from the running water of sentence, To focus attention. To be a wordist more than a writer, To be a wreader more than a reader." pwoermd is definned "n. A single word presented as a poem adn unadorned with a title." [poem + word (w the letters rom each word alternated to produce the neologism)]"This book is dedicated for Bob Grumman (1941-2015). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This issue summarizes a meeting of an international group of designers who met in May 2003 at the Illinois Institute of Technology to discuss the four themes of the conference. The information is of a highly philosophical nature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This issue includes articles on children's school books, Arabic typography, and Mayan hieroglyphics, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.