This is the first university press pubication to explore the historical roots, aesthetics, and new directions of contemporary mail art in essays by prominent, international mail art networkers from five continents. Includes numerous photographs of mailed artifacts,performance events, congresses, stampsheets, posters, collages, artists' books, visual poetry, computer art, mail art zines, copy art and rubberstamped images. The Sackner Archive is identified as a major resource for Mail Art. The contibutors listed in this record wrote essays or poems and are listed in the Table of Contents. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.