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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:

Red Cat of Reason (Barking Too) / levy, d.a. ; bissett b ; Heilbrun S ; Scott JR., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-07249-7392
Scope and Contents

In a reprinted mimeographed letter from levy to neal emerson, editor of Love, levy writes: "...- just sent you 2lbs of poetry mags etc & wish you luck - i cant take it here much longer & hope ill be leaving the city in one way or another very soon - i just wan to let you know that when you get busted for trying to communicate, when you get busted for trying to love... some catholic is going to get a nice paying promotion into the city hierarchy - so your blood wasnt a complete waste - yrs in the slow death d.a. levy.Some of these poems were published previously, e.g., red lady, the madiason envelope, etc.According to a letter from Alan Horvath, the publisher of this book, most copies including the Sackner copy were printed with a blue flip cover with a red image. A rarer copy had a brown cover with a black image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Rejection Letter to Dante Thomas, 1968

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-60415-10003359
Scope and Contents

This is a 1/2 page, eight line, handwritten letter signed by levy of a poem submitted by Dante Thomas for a d.a. levy publication.It was priced by Captain Ahab's Rare Books at $1,250. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Scarab, 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-06810-6931
Scope and Contents

The text consists mainly of dense overtyping of repetitive phrases collaged onto cardboard as a 2 x 3 grid such as "interior of my sphere," "thee like Ra, he praises," etc. The frottaged image in the middle right grid is a bony thorax overlaid by letraset formed words, SCARAB and SCARAB. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Scarab Poems, 2nd Edition, 1996

 Item — Box 544: [Barcode: 31858072461050]
Identifier: CC-45028-47204
Scope and Contents

Poems were composed by d.a.levy in 1967 and most of the originals are held by the Sackner Archive. The covers differ between the 1st and 2nd editions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Scarab Poems 1967-1978, 1978

 Item — Box 544: [Barcode: 31858072461050]
Identifier: CC-07262-7405
Scope and Contents

Poems were composed by d.a.levy in 1967 and most of the originals are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

(Scheduled) Random Sightings, 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-34179-35864
Scope and Contents

This book includes a reprint of "White Light," previously unpublished correspondence between levy and Richard Allen Morris, and levy and Robert Kelly. It also reprints editorials and book reviews by levy from his small magazines. The cover was designed by alan horvath. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Selected Poems: Beyond Even Faithful Legends, 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-22196-22618
Scope and Contents

Cover painting by bissett. Len Early wrote the introduction to this selection of bissett's poems from 1962-1976. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Selected Poems / Taylor, Kent ; levy da., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-01434-1467
Scope and Contents

The cover was designed by d.a.levy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Singing Hands Series: The Great Tibetan Train Robbery Mystery in Color. No.3 / da levy., 1966

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Identifier: CC-07243-7386
Scope and Contents

The text is densely overprinted in different orientations on paper stock of various sizes, colors and thicknesses. Tibetan symbols are also overprinted on the text. This makes for a difficult read. The back cover is rubberstamped "distributed by Ganglia, 55 Admiral Road, Toronto Canada." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Small Press Review. No.360-361/Jan- / Cage J ; Kostelanetz R ; MacLow J ; McClure M ; levy da ; Andre M., 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-40719-42693
Scope and Contents

Hugh Fox reviews two reprints of books by d.a. levy published in 2001 by Kirpan Press. This issue also includes Small Magazine Review issue 112-113. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Smoking Typewriters / McMillian, John ; Bukowski C ; Cage J ; Ginsberg A ; Hoffman A ; Kerouac J ; levy da ; Ono Y ; Spiegelman A., 2011

 Item
Identifier: CC-59724-10002781
Scope and Contents

Subtitled "The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America," the book title was suggested to the author by Allen Ginsberg. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011