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Conventional non-fiction

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1862 Collections and/or Records:

Balling Buddha / Giorno, John ; Levine L., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-36322-38112
Scope and Contents

The poems deal with the Vietnam War, homoeroticism, heteroeroticism, and Buddhist religion. The cover was designed by Les Levine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Baptismal Corruption in the Sunflower Patch, 1969

 Item — Box 321: [Barcode: 31858072490869]
Identifier: CC-48103-69126
Scope and Contents

Thorne designed the cover and did the illustrations for this book. Don Cauble provided an introduction to the poems. The book was printed by Wally Depew. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Barking Rabbit / levy, d.a. ; Kryss TL ; Schaefer M., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-49037-70075
Scope and Contents

The cover was designed by TL Kryss and the print within the book by m. schaefer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Beach Head / Nichol, bp ; Wagner Dr., 1970

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Identifier: CC-50568-71640
Scope and Contents

The cover line drawing was done by D.r. Wagner. In a poatscript, Nichol disavows these poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Beat Coast East / Fisher, Stanley, editor ; Aldan D ; Corso G ; Ginsberg A ; Oldenburg C ; Orlovsky P ; Bremser R ; Kerouac J ; DiPrima D., 1960

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Identifier: CC-11430-11646
Scope and Contents

Cover depicts Claes Oldenburg wrapped in gauze bandages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960

Beyond Labels, 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-33714-35376
Scope and Contents

This book is an anthology of Zend's poetry and perhaps an autobiographical introduction to his political philosophy at the book's beginning. The first concrete poems are dated 1968. Some of the conventional poems are composed with amusing wordplay. There is a section of the book that prints "ditto poems," a term coined by Zend in 1970. This type of poetry first published by Emmett Williams in "Sweethearts" features new words made by dropping letters from the title as seen on the following example below (printed as letters line by line under the title.SAINT? - I - Aint - A - Saint, - I - Sit - in - Sin. In 1982, Zend originated "drop poems." Here the letters of the poem drop from the title and the poet can only use each letter of the title once and only in the original order. The reader, on the other hand, has to read each poem twice: first the title (in two lines), then the poem (second line only). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Biased Analogies, 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-46189-48904
Scope and Contents

The generic letter accompanying this book is directed to a reviewer to read this promotional copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987