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levy, d.a., 1942-1968

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1942 October 29 - 1968 November 24

Parallel Names

  • Levy, D. A.
  • Levy, DA

Nationality

American

Found in 432 Collections and/or Records:

Poems from Mind Jail, 1967

 Item — Box 617: [Barcode: 31858072461027]
Identifier: CC-16327-16677
Scope and Contents

Printed by d.a.levy. Also designated Persecuted Poet Series #3. Tom Kryss made the silkscreen cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS

Poems / Leed, Jacob ; levy da., 1966

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Identifier: CC-07266-7409
Scope and Contents

The cover and three prints were made by d.a.levy who also printed this booklet. Stored in levy box 7 flowers press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets (unprocessed)

Poems / levy, d.a.., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-07405-7549
Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

Poems Made of Skin, 1968

 Item — Box 339: [Barcode: 31858072491248]
Identifier: CC-41895-43890
Scope and Contents

The abstract design for the cover entitled "Portrait of Carol Berge" was done by da levy. Nelson Ball designed this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / BOOKS

Poems of W.E. Wyatt / Wyatt, Bill ; dagmaR ; levy da ; Wagner Dr ; Torrance C., 1966

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Identifier: CC-48588-69619
Scope and Contents

This book was published by d.a. levy who printed a letter from Wyatt to himself. The cover and each of the left sided facing pages depicts a "doodle" drawing by DagmaR. In this book the name Dagmara instead of DagmaR was used. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

Poetry Project, The. No.171/Oct-Nov / Collom J ; levy da., 2000

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Identifier: CC-34031-35709
Dates: 2000
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals(unprocessed)

Poetry Review University of Tampa: First Anniversary Issue. No.4 / Duane Locke, R. Morris Newton, editors ; Antin D ; Blackburn P ; Blazek D ; Eigner L ; Harwood L ; Heliczer P ; Inman W ; Levertov D ; levy da ; Malanga G ; Taylor K ; Wakoski D ; Zinnes H., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-60718-10003573
Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals(unprocessed)

Poetry Survival Fund, 1967

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-32637-34222
Scope and Contents

The cover was hand colored by Mara. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS / d.a. levy / 1967

Poets at the Gate, Vol. 1, No. 3: Help "Keep Lake Erie Polluted", 1966

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Dates: 1966
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PERIODICALS / NON-COMMERCIAL AND ARTIST PERIODICALS

[police brutality in Cleveland], 1967

 Item — Box 617: [Barcode: 31858072461027]
Identifier: CC-60916-10003772
Scope and Contents This polemic deals with the reprecussions of the arrests of d.a. levy and James Lowell on obscenity charges (among others). According to Brandon Thomas DiSabatino on internet: As the regional headlines mark the 50th anniversary of the Hough Riots, I recall a line in a poem by d.a. levy, observing the madness that erupted from July 18th to July 23rd on the east side of Cleveland: they are looting stores trying to get televisions so they can watch the riots/on the 11 pm news It is an image my mind has conjured during riots and subsequent lootings over the past few years "” in Ferguson, in Baltimore "” where the strange, seemingly unmovable biases and struggles of class warfare appear inseparable from the American landscape. levy was born and raised in Cleveland, and he incorporated the Hough Riots in his poetry as he incorporated every aspect of Cleveland during the mid-to-late 60s. His self-described artistic mission was to give the city its own singular breed of poetry,...
Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS / d.a. levy / 1967

Police: You're a Criminal; Levy: I'm Civilizing Planet, 1967

 Item — Box 617: [Barcode: 31858072461027]
Identifier: CC-07270-7413
Scope and Contents

Designated as xtra pages from da levy anthology. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS

Polluted Lake Series, No. 1: Distant The Sound, 1965

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Identifier: CC-04304-4384
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PERIODICALS / NON-COMMERCIAL AND ARTIST PERIODICALS / Polluted Lake Series

Polluted Lake Series, No. 2: Wound, 1965

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Identifier: CC-04303-4383
Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PERIODICALS / NON-COMMERCIAL AND ARTIST PERIODICALS / Polluted Lake Series

Polluted Lake Series, No. 3: OH4286AW, 1965

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Identifier: CC-04302-4382
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy. The title refers to a license plate of an automobile which has been printed on each of three pages four times in different typefaces. The last page depicts three hand formed letter "o's." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PERIODICALS / NON-COMMERCIAL AND ARTIST PERIODICALS / Polluted Lake Series

Polluted Lake Series, No. 4: Mist, 1965

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Identifier: CC-04301-4381
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy. One to three words are printed on each page. viz., "mist hung city," in varied combinations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PERIODICALS / NON-COMMERCIAL AND ARTIST PERIODICALS / Polluted Lake Series

Polluted Lake Series, No. 5: Conflict in Sonata Form, 1965

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Identifier: CC-04300-4380
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy. The theme of this poem is the eating of melons. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PERIODICALS / NON-COMMERCIAL AND ARTIST PERIODICALS / Polluted Lake Series

Polluted Lake Series, No. 6: Aster F, 1965

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Identifier: CC-04305-4385
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy. The poem deals with speed (the drug or the automobile) that can lead to disaster. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PERIODICALS / NON-COMMERCIAL AND ARTIST PERIODICALS / Polluted Lake Series

Polluted Lake Series, No. 7: Scotch Mist, 1965

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Identifier: CC-04409-4491
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy. This booklet consists of a concrete poem which employs Scottish words that deal with the docking maneuver for a ship in harbor. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PERIODICALS / NON-COMMERCIAL AND ARTIST PERIODICALS / Polluted Lake Series

Polluted Lake Series, No. 8: Vienna Circles, 1965

 Item
Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PERIODICALS / NON-COMMERCIAL AND ARTIST PERIODICALS / Polluted Lake Series

Polluted Lake Series, No. 9: Shit Target/The Lakes, 1965

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Identifier: CC-04298-4378
Scope and Contents

Edited by d.a.levy. Sam Dogin may be a pseudonym for another poet, perhaps d.a. levy. This poem deals with the act of defecation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Correction: Sam Dogin was proprieter of The Book Spot, where Levy worked for a time, Sam Dogin is not a pseudonym.--Source of annotation: Kenty[sic] Taylor.

Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PERIODICALS / NON-COMMERCIAL AND ARTIST PERIODICALS / Polluted Lake Series

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