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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 126 Collections and/or Records:

Flowers for Midwinter's Day December 22, 1964

 Item — Folder 3: [Barcode: 31858072459419]
Identifier: CC-21267-21677
Scope and Contents

Design by Sam Kirkpatrick. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Flowers for Midwinter's Day December 22, 1964

 Item — Folder 3: [Barcode: 31858072459419]
Identifier: CC-22075-22492
Scope and Contents This poster was designed by Sam Kirkpatrick. Bill Butler (1934-1977) who ran the Unicorn Bookshop at No 50 Gloucester Road from 1960 to about 1970. After he closed the shop, Bill moved to South Wales and then later died of a suspected drugs overdose (October 1977), but whether this was suicide or accidental is unclear. Bill was very much part of the alternative lifestyle set in Brighton at that time. One of his own books, which he published himself under the pen name of Hassan Sabbah, was called Leaves of Grass: the Hash Cookbook. Who he was Bill's full name was William Huxford Butler. He was an American beat poet and occultist. He was very tall (over 6 feet). He lived in Over Street, very near to his shop. A specialist bookshop The Unicorn Bookshop used to specialise in modern poetry, stocking the work of Ginsberg and similar American and British poets. Graham Greene, who visited the shop, wrote: "Unicorn is one of the most interesting bookshops in Great Britain." The whole of the...
Dates: 1964

Forever Worship the Second Coming, 1968

 Item — Box 350: [Barcode: 31858072490869]
Identifier: CC-23190-23628
Scope and Contents

The cover was designed by Tom Kyyss. r.j.s. stands for Robert J. Sigmond, a poet who at age 19 years was incarcerated by the Cleveland authorities for six months because of using marijuana. d.a.levy's poem in this book, "Indictment of the City of Cleveland for Contributing to the Delinquency of Minors" describes that episode. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Fruit Cup no.0, 1969

 Item — Box 330: [Barcode: 31858072490968]
Scope and Contents

Periodical filled with poetry and political art. There were a few creators mentioned on the cover who did not have agent links: C. Pelieu, J. Pomy-Vega, N. Rubington, H. Smith, U. Gwerder, J. Rubin, C. Jefferson, T. Wright.

Dates: 1969

Hello Martian Comrade, 1991

 Item — Folder 81: [Barcode: 31858072460029]
Identifier: CC-06033-6147
Scope and Contents

Image adapted from "the Mistress From Mars," daily newspaper Novosti, Zagreb 1935. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Industrial Woman, 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-15720-16049
Scope and Contents

The prints with the same title are also held by the Sackner Archive. This book describes the inequities of women working in Australia. The book is documented with photographs and the photographs are also embellished with red lettering on the photograph. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Laments, 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-49678-70731
Scope and Contents

The texts printed here are reproductions of original drawings for the inscriptions on stone sarcophagi in the exhibition. The book is also part of a videotape presentation with the same title, the combination also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Lasciate Ogni Speranza... , 1987

 Item — Folder 61: [Barcode: 31858072537958]
Identifier: CC-12900-13191
Scope and Contents

This admonishment in Italian by the Saint-Just Vigilantes means in English, "Abandon every hope to you that enter!" It refers to the Strathclyde tax collectors with whom Finlay had a major dispute. This print appeared in two versions, printed in red and in black; this version is printed in black; the other version in red is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

L'Escalade, 1973

 Item — Folder 20: [Barcode: 31858072459799]
Identifier: CC-19776-20163
Scope and Contents

The title in English means to scale over. The text consists of a repetition of the words, morte and death over a Manchester Guardian newspaper image of The Communist leader, Brezhnev whispering into the ear of President Nixon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Lettre de Cachet / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1981

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12446-12673
Scope and Contents

The title printed in red is on a reproduction of the Scottish Arts Council stationery and is captioned "Souvenirs of the French Revolution." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Luftwaffe after Mondrian , 1976

 Item — Folder 61: [Barcode: 31858072537958]
Identifier: CC-12431-12658
Scope and Contents

This image is adapted from an early Mondrian abstracted painting and depicts crosses of various sizes and shadings that act as a metaphor for the cross on Luftwaffe airplanes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

MCCARTHY/C ED 912 Posters (No Series, No. 8): Telegram from Vietnam, 1967

 Item — Folder 26: [Barcode: 31858072459856]
Identifier: CC-14144-14449
Scope and Contents

The image of American fighting soldiers has been over-printed with the US Army death notification telegram forms. Signature of the previous owner, Bob Cobbing, is on the verso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

McGrotty and Ludmilla, 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-42815-44855
Scope and Contents

The theme of this novel is a parody of the making of a British prime minister modeled after Margaret Thatcher. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990