Article includes illustrations of F. Depero's "Volume Imbullonato," and E. Pouchard's "Legeres Paroles," which are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

After a brief introductory essay, Schmidt depicts the works of book artists from several countries by depicting a one or two black & white photographs of their work, one to a page. Marvin Sackner selected and contributed the photographs for the section on American book artists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is the second edition of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Includes "The Book as Container of Consciousness" which was given as an address at a conference on the book sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities. The Sackners were invited to participate in this conference and heard William Gass deliver this poetic essay at the final forum. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Jo Hincks did the linocuts illustrating Finlay's one-word poems that appear, one to each page. Harry Gilonis provided the commentary on the poems and the concept of the one-word poem. He explains the background behind the Nautical terms employed by Finlay as the one-word poem relating to the various titles. This book was published on the occasion of an exhibition that was designed by Finlay and Simig. Colin Sackett laid out the typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is a compendium of Canadian avant garde writing from 1965 to 1985. Margaret Atwood, who contributed an over-view essay of the work produced during those years, collaborated with Bok to organize the selections of experimental fiction by the authors. John Riddell contributed "Pope Leo: El Lope" from Criss-Cross. It is a lipogram using only the letters e, o, l and p. The contribution by bp Nichol is from "Still... a novel that depicts in minute detail the scenography for a potential, but postponed , story... his words provide a kind of textual terrain across which the eye pans like a camera." Steve McCaffery's "Panopticon" is an enigmatic whodunnit...The panopticon symbolizes the maze of words through which the reader must wander, playing the role of invisible spectator." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a polemic against Finlay's critics of his books on the staff of the Glasgow Herald. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.