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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 268 Collections and/or Records:

A Basket of Chestnuts, 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-10839-11049
Scope and Contents

G. Cook's translations fron "The Miscellanea of Venantius Fortunatus" is introduced by Dick Higgins who describes Fortunatus as "perhaps the greatest master of Christian poetry." Included in the book are six examples of emblem or shaped poems from the sixth century. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

A selection of Poems from The Martyrology Books 6 and 7 / Nichol, bp., 1988

 Item — Box 625: [Barcode: 31858073143897]
Identifier: CC-34702-36405
Scope and Contents

Printed for English 102, fall semester, 1988 at Simon Fraser University. The cover concrete poem is entitled "From gifts" and is a work in progress. The book was owned by Warren Tallman, a Canadian poet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Admissible Evidence (Random Sightings), 2003

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Identifier: CC-44269-46399
Scope and Contents

The book includes conventional poems, some with minor typographic enhancements. The CD consists of readings by levy and Taylor remastered from audiotape (1967). The cover was designed by alan horvath. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Alphabets, 1985

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Identifier: CC-28646-29946
Scope and Contents

This is a book of poems out of the Oulipou school of poetry that based their writings on mathematical formulae. Each poem, presented in a conventional way, one to a page, is reprinted without spaces, to form a grid of 11 letters to the line x 11 lines. Dado illustrated the book with neo-expressionistic human figures. A deluxe edition of this book released in also wappeared in 80 numbered copies plus 21 hors commerce copies accompanied by an original print by Dado (1933-2010). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Ark, 1996

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Identifier: CC-27658-28741
Scope and Contents

The first section of this long poem was originally released as ARK, The Foundations 1-33, North Point Press, 1980. Johnson died in 1998 and his obituary, printed in the New York Times, is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Aus Wortern eine Welt, 1981

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Identifier: CC-33454-35096
Scope and Contents

The book comprises poems, stories, and texts dedicated to Heissenbuttel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981