All pages of this book are rubberstamped with different colored inks and the text consists of common expressions that would be expected from the title. The arrangement of the words is wildly frenetic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work was exhibited at the Agnes Scott College Gallery, Atlanta, January 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a biography of real and imagined events in the life of Brother Blue aka Dr. Hugh Morgan Hill, the "official storyteller of Boston, an ordained minister and raconteur who spins tales of struggle and hope on street corners and in prisons..." Text deals with Black struggles in White America. Primary type family for voice of Brother Blue is Matrix by Emigre. Over 24 other typefaces were utilized for the text; images and text were printed with scanner and desktop publishing software. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a biography of the real and imagined events in the life of Charlie Lang. The story line deals with the manic-depressive illness of Lang who was a rock musician and an outsider artist. A section covers his institutilization and treatment with psychotropic drugs. The typeface for the voice of Charlie is Gill Sans and over 24 other typefaces are used as well. The images and text were created with scanner and desktop publishing software. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is a biography with both imagined and real events in the life of Claude Debs. The main typeface for the voice of Claude is Garamond designed by Claude Garamond. Over 24 other typefaces are used in the book which was designed by with scanner and desktop publishing software. The story line is heavily slanted to homo- and heterosexual experiences as are the images. Photographs reproduced in the book were done by Jim Frank and Lehrer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

According to Lehrer, "The composition of each book in The Portrait Series is shaped by the composition of a life...The monologues that make up this series are informed by the structure of supper talk, messages left on phone machines, ruminations of long walks, and reiminiscences evoked by photo albums and rainy Sundays...The first four books in The Portrait Series focus on men. Taken together, these books form a group portrait as reflective of the voices stirred within me as it is of the subjec -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Clamshell box was made by Sandra Reese. Colophon was written by Erenberg on the top of the inside cover of box in shape of record. Book consists of twelve, artistically altered, 78 rpm records in brown paper sleeves. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Book consists of Hirschman's translation of a poem by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The last lines of the poem are on the covers; the inside pages are intentionally illegiblized to reflect the trashing of the flag, part of the poem itself. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Letter to Marvin Sackner from Francis Deschamps is laid into book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The folder describes this work as "A sorry tale written and illustrated with sorrow and wit by rotodanger." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The Rubicon of Breath, held by the Sackner Archive is illustrated and described. This work was commissioned for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition in Miami Beach, 1992. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. Clausen conducted interviews of 30 adults regarding their experiences dealing with the first and last breaths (birth and death) of someone near to them. After editing, 4th grade pupils wrote them on paper. Less personal, visual metaphors were photocopied and placed with text within a hinged, wooden box whose outside surface was coated with wax, oil and red pigment as a sensual contrast to the powerful, poignant, interior messages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Goswell writes in a letter to Marvin Sackner about her gift, "They are actually part of some books in progress. I thought you'd have some fun with them." The theme of the "Survival Manual" describes what you can do, including Watch Out, Build a Shelter, Duck and cover, Pack a Kit, and a post office cancelled stamp. The duct tape was placed owing to an advisory from the government as to what to do in protecting yourself from a terrorist airborne pollutant by enclosing your house with plastic sheeting and duct tape [a ridiculous suggestion for obvious scientific reasons]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's text forms the basis for this book which is printed on scarlet stock paper. Selections of words or phrases from the original text were selected by Johnson to create a new minimalist poem on each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.