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Typewriter poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1791 Collections and/or Records:

Ikon. No.3 / Doug Sandle, editor ; Houedard DS ; McCarthy C ; Gomringer E., 1966

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Identifier: CC-37138-38981
Scope and Contents

In this issue, Cavan McCarthy essay, "trad/kin kon: The poetry magazine scene" surveys small mags world wide publishing concrete poetry. Houedard designed the cover and also signed this issue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Ikon. No.3 / Doug Sandle, editor ; Houedard DS ; McCarthy C ; Gomringer E., 1966

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Identifier: CC-55612-9999220
Scope and Contents

In this issue, Cavan McCarthy essay, "trad/kin kon: The poetry magazine scene" surveys small mags world wide publishing concrete poetry. Houedard designed the cover and also signed this issue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Il Senso della Scrittura / Accame, Vincenzo ; Sanesi R., 1990

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Identifier: CC-26592-27061
Scope and Contents

Edited by Roberto Sanesi. This book contains reproductions of six of the 15 drawings by Accame, "Visioni del Particolare," a work held by the Sackner Archive (cited in this book as well). . -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

I'm Sad Today Hi! / Chopin, Henri., 1972

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Identifier: CC-18695-19068
Scope and Contents

This is an original of a typing which appears as page 11 of Chopin's book, "Le Repas." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

In Dovina Cos 'E / Binga, Tomaso., 1987

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Identifier: CC-21375-21786
Scope and Contents

The preface was written by Cesare Milanese. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

in memoriam ALDOUS huxley (031263) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

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Identifier: CC-55812-58799
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Wikipedia: Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 "“ 22 November 1963) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Best known for his novels including Brave New World and a wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel writing, film stories and scripts. Huxley spent the later part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. Aldous Huxley was a humanist, pacifist, and satirist, and he was latterly interested in spiritual subjects such as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism. He is also well known for advocating and taking psychedelics. By the end of his life Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

in memoriam dsh / Houedard, Dom Sylvester ; Cobbing, Bob ; Clark TA ; Cobbing B ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA ; Weaver M., 1995

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Identifier: CC-09884-10080
Scope and Contents It appears that Bob Cobbing was the author/editor of this book that mostly consisted of works of Houedard, several of which are held by the Sackner Archive. Cobbing writes in this book of Houedard's poetry (1949-1972) that he deserves publication of a large body of work because he was important in his innovative religious thinking, philosophy, poetry and criticism. He mentions that much of the material is held by the Sackner Archive and anyone 'doing the big book' would need to see and be inspired by that collection. The current book was edited by Cobbing and/or Thomas Clark.The composition of Houedard's typewriter poems using the portable Olivetti Lettera 22 as described by Houedard In Mary Ellen Solt's 'A World Look at Concrete Poetry': "there are 86 type units available on my machine for use w/2-color or no ribbon - or with carbons of various colors - the maximum size surface w/out folding is abt 10" diagonal--the ribbons may be of various ages--several ribbons may be used on a...
Dates: 1995

Indicatif II / Furnival, John; Chopin, Henri., 1966

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Identifier: CC-12348-12574
Scope and Contents

This differs from the varient copy which has pages from Dorothy and R.E.M. that was made in 1970 and includes the matted prints of Furnival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Indicatif II [Varient Copy] / Furnival, John; Chopin, Henri; Furnival, Astrid., 1970

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Identifier: CC-13142-13440
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This unique varient copy has the same typewriter poem prints and reel to reel tape by Chopin as the original edition, but the Furnival prints differ and this copy has an embroidered flag by Astrid Furnival that was shown in the "Dorothy" exhibition at Bear Lane Gallery in 1966. Finally, although the boxes are the same, the covers have different collaged elements. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Inferno E Paradiso / Hirsal, Josef; Grogerova, Bohumila., 1961

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Identifier: CC-62639-47891
Scope and Contents

This poem is based upon Dante's Divine Comedy. The Sackner Archive also holds the second version typed in English (1992) -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1961

Inkling's: Poems 1971-74 / Gathercole, Rod ; Hewett R., 1975

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Identifier: CC-35091-36819
Scope and Contents

The fold-out page has eight panels, each containing a typewriter poem. The poems are composed of parentheses and punctuation marks and given titles, often using the parentheses as a metaphor for mussels. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

ION / Mott, Michael., 1971

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Identifier: CC-58586-10001813
Scope and Contents

The artist composed the work on an Olympia Splendid 99. In a personal communication to Marvin Sackner in 2013, Mott stated that his typewritings were influenced by Margaret, his first wife's (died in 1990) weavings plus reading on knots, quipu, etc and not by the reading of Monk's Pond that he was unaware of until the 1980s. He further mentioned that he employed "various degrees of pressure to give variations and life to the work." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971