Dedicated to Shaunt Basmajian in memoriam, born Jan. 30, 1950, died Jan. 25, 1990. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

curry indicates that the three short stories in this issue were appropriated from Pulp magazine published in Vancouver from 1972-1980. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The human silhouette painted on a door panel who silently points out a chest x-ray to another silhouetted figure to emphasize the physiologic importance of breathing is taken from the lead on an article on asbestos screening contained in this documentation. The manuscript includes the handwritten title and a sketch of the planned sculpture. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing Exhibition." A human silhouette painted on a panel silently points out a chest x-ray to another figure to emphasize the physiologic importance of breathing. Behind the door, a telephone is placed adjacent to a network of printed and handwritten, torn and fragmented texts appearing as a gigantic speech bubble (reminescent of a cartoon) to suggest babble, dependent on breathing, eminating from many telephone communications. The contrast is a metaphor for the title of this work. Five of the images show the current istallation as doors leading to one of the Sackners bathrooms, the sixth shows the original free standing installation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This performance manuscript apparently has never been published. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poem prints deal with phases of the moon. According to the colophon, the cover was produced by jw curry as a silkscreen. Its design of blue grey background with the title in printed white italics is reminiscent of contemporaneous, picture poems done by Ian Hamilton Finlay. Also, the 100 copies included a deluxe, numbered, signed edition. the size of the latter was not specified. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The rubberstamped portraits include Steve McCaffery, Paul Dutton, and Rafeal Barreto-Rivero. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The press was founded by bp Nichol. This anthology contains reprints, originals and a copy of a booklet, Curvd H&Z no.235 that has been stored with the other issues in this series as well as the card, Gronk Intermediate Series No.19.The collaged page of Catalog Item #61 is a cellophane bag filled with powdered plaster of Paris in a stapled leaflet. Other Catalog Items from The Pataphysica Hardware Company include a pencil with erasers at both ends and one sharpened at both ends. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a digression that took place from curry's reading of bp Nichol's the martyrology conducted with Jennifer Books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is the cover designed by jw curry for Curvd H&Z No.314, 1985. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Portrait used for recto of litryscrip No.3. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Highly stylized rendering of portrait. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Adapted from photograph in ukanhacyrfuckincitibak and used for recto of litryscrip No.5. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.