Typewriter poetry
Subject Source: Sackner Database
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Meditationsmeditationsmeditations, 1973
The edition consisted of 10 copies boxed with a tape cassette and a loose portfolio from the book that was painted by Kern and signed. 100 copies were boxed with a tape, a loose portfolio and signed in book (current copy). 400 copies were boxed with a tape. 250 copies were available in book form only. The 12 prints in the box are pages taken from the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Nuclear Prayer, 1978
This poem, composed on an IBM Selectric Correcting Typewriter, was first performed at the School of Visual Arts, New York in April 1978. It was presented and printed here for the 11th International Festival of Sound Poetry in Toronto, Canada, held in October 1978. The envelope is a yellow color. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
