Conventional non-fiction
Subject Source: Sackner Database
Found in 295 Collections and/or Records:
The Cyclist, 1995
The wood engraving illustrations are by John De Pol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Dancers Inherit the Party and Glasgow Beasts, 1996
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.
The Day Is A Prayer They Can't Understand, 1967
Collage cover of photographic b&w reproductions of female nudes was composed by d.a. levy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Day Is A Prayer They Can't Understand, 1967
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.
The Fall of Because, 1999
The Fast, 1992
Weiner records her early experiences with pyschedelic trips while taking LSD. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Gun Child, 1968
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.
The House of Illnesses, 1993
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.
The Massacre of the Innocents / Cobbing, Bob ; Rowan, John ; Nuttall J., 1963
Designated Poets 2. The cover was designed by Jeff Nuttall. These are Cobbing's first published poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Massacre of the Innocents: Working Copy / Cobbing, Bob ; Rowan, John ; Nuttall J., 1963
Designated Poets 2. This copy was probably used by Cobbing for a performance/reading as it contains additional printed and handwritten poems pasted onto the pages as well as handwritten notes. The cover was designed by Jeff Nuttall. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The North American Book of the Dead, 1966
The theme of this poem deals with Zen and an afterlife place whose description was inspired by the Tibetan book of the Dead. The poem has five parts; the first two which were published in 1965 have been extensively revised and three parts added. The latter are bound upside down. Three drawings are reproduced in the book. The cover, a watercolor by levy, has a darker, more developed structure than the other copy of this book held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Search for the Reason Why: New and Selected Poems, 2006
John Bennett contributed an introduction and Kryss writes a biographical statement. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.