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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 472 Collections and/or Records:

Scrapbook of the Sixties / Mekas, Jonas., 2015

 Item
Identifier: CC-61591-10004052
Dates: 2015
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)

Scratching The Beat Surface / McClure, Michael ; Kerouac J ; Ginsberg A ; Snyder G ; Olson C ; Whalen P ; Keenan L., 1982

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Identifier: CC-47552-68560
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of essays in which poet and playwright McClure reviews his own career and that of his fellow poets - in doing so, he includes many poems by Charles Olson, Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen and others. Illustrated with photographs by Larry Keenan. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982
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)

Selected Works of Konrad Bayer, 1986

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Identifier: CC-22739-23174
Dates: 1986
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 / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)

Selections, 2012

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Identifier: CC-58434-10001652
Scope and Contents Harriet Staff reviewed the book in Poetry News November 28, 2012: Ian Hamilton Finlay's new book, Selections (UC Press 2012), edited with an introduction by Alec Finlay, has been reviewed over at Booktryst. Alastair Johnston writes of Finlay's later-life recognition, noting that "[a]mong the most fatal accolades one can achieve is to be called "greatest living' anything." What follows is his poetic work in biographical context, down to the garden art (the post also includes great photos of Finlay's early books and ephemera; and links to other concrete poets and related resources): This new book compacts much of his writing into one volume. His early poems are mostly negligible, but the odd memorable line occurs ("The dancers inherit the party"-- also the title of his first book of poems). Glasgow Beasts is a charming series of childlike verses written in broad Gleskae dialect. (Finlay's early battles with the dole come off like an episode of Rab C Nesbit.)In 1963, Finlay began to...
Dates: 2012
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 / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)

Self Portrait / Lumb, Michael., 1998

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Identifier: CC-58386-10001602
Dates: 1998
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Serpan (1922-1976) / Serpan, Iaroslav., 1984

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Identifier: CC-50293-71360
Dates: 1984
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs(unprocessed)

She Told 2 Friends, And : An International Exhibit of Graphic Design by Women / Lupton E ; Greiman A ; Crisp DG ; McCoy K., 1996

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Identifier: CC-29810-31189
Dates: 1996
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs(unprocessed)

Should an Eyelash Last Forever? (Ray Johnson Works on Paper) / Johnson, Ray ; Perkins S., 2011

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Identifier: CC-52974-74118
Scope and Contents

Stephen Perkins contributed an introductory essay about Johnson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs(unprocessed)

Siberia / Apolloni, Ignazio., 2010

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Identifier: CC-54572-990019
Dates: 2010
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)

Signs of Life: An exhibition of portraits from London / Phillips T., 2002

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Identifier: CC-39510-41468
Scope and Contents

The biography of Tom Phillips describes his multi-faceted career in a droll style, perhaps authored by Phillips himself. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs(unprocessed)

Simon Lewty / Hill, Paul; Lewty S., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-09304-9487
Dates: 1991
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Six British Artists: Prints 1974-1981 / Phillips T ; Tilson Jo., 1981

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Identifier: CC-01917-1953
Dates: 1981
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs (unprocessed)

Six Years Experience as a Book Agent in California / Likins, J.W.., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-58355-10001571
Dates: 1992
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)

Small Victories / Williams, Dave., 2015

 Item
Identifier: CC-60801-10003655
Scope and Contents

This book deals with a couple's surprising adventures building and dispersing an unrivaled collection of American prints, David and Reba Williams, PhD. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2015
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)

Spilling The Beans , 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-50147-71209
Dates: 1995
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

St. Eom in the Land of Pasaquan / Patterson, Tom ; Williams J ; Mendes G ; Russell J ; Manley R ; Finster H., 1987

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Identifier: CC-38713-40623
Scope and Contents

This is the biography and partial autobiography of Eddie Owens Martin later known as St. Eom. For the first 30 years of his life, he was a street hustler and a petty criminal and for last years an outsider artist until he committed suicide. Jonathan Williams, Roger Manley, and Guy Mendes contributed colored photographs of Martin and his artwork that he created for his house in Georgia. St. Eom's style was vividly colored abstractions as well as Buddha-like sculptures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987
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)

St. Eom in the Land of Pasaquan / Patterson, Tom ; Williams J ; Mendes G ; Russell J ; Manley R ; Finster H., 1987

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Identifier: CC-38714-40624
Scope and Contents

This is the biography and partial autobiography of Eddie Owens Martin later known as St. Eom. For the first 30 years of his life, he was a street hustler and a petty criminal and for last years an outsider artist until he committed suicide. Jonathan Williams, Roger Manley, and Guy Mendes contributed colored photographs of Martin and his artwork that he created for his house in Georgia. St. Eom's style was vividly colored abstractions as well as Buddha-like sculptures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987
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)

Storie di Ordinaria Scrittura 1970-1987 / Binga, Tomaso., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-21400-21811
Dates: 1987
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs(unprocessed)

Stuart Ross' Biography / curry, jw; Ross S., 1988

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Identifier: CC-20316-20713
Scope and Contents

This biography appeared on inside front cover of Room 3o2 Book List #5. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Studies in Canadian Literature by Frank Davey / Dudek, Louis ; Souster, Raymond., 1980

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Identifier: CC-15594-15921
Dates: 1980
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)

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