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Conventional non-fiction

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 271 Collections and/or Records:

The Cyclist, 1995

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-03090-3137
Scope and Contents

The wood engraving illustrations are by John De Pol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

The Dancers Inherit the Party and Glasgow Beasts, 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-30352-31767
Scope and Contents

According to Alec Finlay, this book included all the poems Finlay wanted reprinted as of 1996. It reprinted 46 of the 48 poems in The Dancers Inherit the Party, the Scottish poem entitled, Glasgow Beasts, that was illustrated with papercuts by John Picking and Pete McGinn, and Orkney Lyrics illustrated by John Arran. Robert Creeley contributed a brief foreward and Alec Finlay a long afterward that provides historic information about Finlay's early poetic years. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

The Day Is A Prayer They Can't Understand, 1967

 Item — Box 617: [Barcode: 31858072461027]
Identifier: CC-00536-549
Scope and Contents

Collage cover of photographic b&w reproductions of female nudes was composed by d.a. levy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

The Day Is A Prayer They Can't Understand, 1967

 Item — Box 617: [Barcode: 31858072461027]
Identifier: CC-28494-29769
Scope and Contents

The abstract oil painting on brown paper that is collaged onto cover was done by d.a. levy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

The Fast, 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-00444-456
Scope and Contents

Weiner records her early experiences with pyschedelic trips while taking LSD. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

The Gun Child, 1968

 Item — Box 617: [Barcode: 31858072461027]
Identifier: CC-49109-70149
Scope and Contents

d.a. levy did the cover drawing that depicts abstract markings. This book is stored in a d.a. levy box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

The House of Illnesses, 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-00110-113
Scope and Contents

Zurn was the companion of Hans Bellmer; she suffered from mental illness the last 13 years of her life. The book was written in 1958 after she developed a case of jaundice. Contains 18 surrealistic, calligraphic drawings related to the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

The Search for the Reason Why: New and Selected Poems, 2006

 Item
Identifier: CC-46329-49053
Scope and Contents

John Bennett contributed an introduction and Kryss writes a biographical statement. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

The Tin Can, 1988

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-42596-44612
Scope and Contents

William Jay Smith also contributed an afterward. The wood engravings are by John DePol and M.A. Gelfand is the printer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

The Used Future, 1978

 Item — Box 612: [Barcode: 31858072460987]
Identifier: CC-34265-35956
Scope and Contents

Includes a poem entitled "FUCK." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978