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The material for each print in the book or project is stored in individual folders or envelopes. Material is also included that was not utilized in the final version of the book. For example, in the print, On the Corner..., the typed poem was considered but rejected, e.g., die neue SS: Lightening bilts shaved in - black on black - in the Razored and Jerrocombed hair - in the Razored and Jerrocombed hair. The title page content and layout changed considerably over the five years it took to produce the book. A section contains poems that were not used in the final version of this book. The Sackners provided financial support for this project. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackner Archive is listed among Babenko's principal collections. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackner Archive is listed among Babenko's principal collections. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The drawing emerged on the papercard sheet protecting a series of calligraphic texts on flip charts handwritten by Ruth Sackner for a presentation delivered by Marvin Sackner on his Exer-Rest platform bed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In the colophon, Gallo mentions that the production of this book was made possible in part due to a grant from the Sackner Archive. The binding was done by Daniel Kelm. Each page has a single poem that was printed letterpress or from plates generated thru Alphatype or Postscript applications. The Archive for this book is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Matthew Abess, a second year undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, poet and scholar, spent the summer of 2006 researching the work of the British poet, Bob Cobbing in the Sackner Archive. In honor of the Sackner's 50th wedding anniversary, Matthew conceived of a poetic interpretation by mining the letters R-U-T-H and M-A-R-V-I-N in Cobbing's bibliographic entries in their original positions on the page and reprocessing the letters on 50 pages on a photocopier so that the letters on the final page are completely obscured and abstract. Metaphorically, the letters take on a new beautiful life and interpretation. Also included are six pages of working notes. The poet's explantion of his process is as follows: Please see below my brief explanation of the piece. It is rather inarticulate, so please feel free to edit as you see fit! Respectfully, Matthew "Symphonic Concrete Cine-Text" Curated by: Ruth & Marvin Sackner Edited by: Matthew Abess, 24.06.2006....

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The collage was made to commemorate The Beauty in Breathing exhibition held in the Miami Beach Convention Center at the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association. It consisted of clippings from newspapers and magazines dealing with phrases utilizing the words, breath, breathe and breathing mounted on papercard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This print was made to commemorate The Beauty in Breathing exhibition held in the Miami Beach Convention Center at the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association. It consisted of clippings from newspapers and magazines dealing with phrases utilizing the words, breath, breathe and breathing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This print was made to commemorate The Beauty in Breathing exhibition held in the Miami Beach Convention Center at the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association. It consisted of clippings from newspapers and magazines dealing with phrases utilizing the words, breath, breathe and breathing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This print was made to commemorate The Beauty in Breathing exhibition held in the Miami Beach Convention Center at the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association. It consisted of clippings from newspapers and magazines dealing with phrases utilizing the words, breath, breathe and breathing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.