Subscribe to RSS FeedJohn Bennett ¨Retiring¨
John Bennett, Curator of the Avant Writing Collection, is retiring, officially, as of Dec. 31, 2010. I will, however, be coming back in on a regular basis to deal with new acquisitions, collection development and processing, and other issues. I want to say that the Rare Books & MSS staff is a wonderful group of [...]
Avant Writing Symposium, August 19-21
August 19-21 Thompson Library 1858 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 AN INTERNATIONAL AVANT WRITING SYMPOSIUM In Memoriam Thomas L. Taylor This August 19-21, the Thompson Library will be invaded by an exciting horde of writers, [...]
GRANARY BOOKS COLLECTION EXHIBIT
The Rare Books & MSS Library has put up an exhibit of stunning books from the Library’s almost complete collection of works from Granary Books, one of the leading and most innovative publishers of artist’s books. The exhibit is in the Library’s Gallery, open Monday-Wednesday 10-6, Thursday 10-8, Friday 10-6, and Saturday Sunday noon-5. The [...]
Welcome to our new location
The Rare Books and Manuscripts Library and the William Charvat Collection of American Fiction are proud to join their colleagues from the Hilandar Resaerch Library and the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute Library in becoming the new Special Collections department at the newly renovated William Oxley Thompson Main Library at the [...]
Rave Reviews for Visual Poetry Catalog
The recently published catalog, Visual Poetry in the Avant Writing Collection has received very positive reviews in three key publications: Umbrella, June 2008, says the book is “beautifully printed and designed, [and] belongs to every art as well as literature collection…anywhere”. The book review journal Rain Taxi, Winter 2008-2009, calls it a “stunning catalog” and [...]
New Book by John M. Bennett
Blue Lion Books has just published a book by John M. Bennett, SPITTING DDREAMS. SPITTING DDREAMS consists of 2 books written in the late 1970′s through early 1980′s, “Spitting” and “Ddreams”, never before published. “Spitting” includes poems from Bennett’s “Spitter” period, and employs various lunatic repetitive and anaphoric techniques. “Ddreams” is very different: a series [...]
Scarring, tears, veins and hair: The imperfections of medieval parchment
Throughout November I had the privilege of working with our modest, but very impressive, collection of medieval manuscripts as I prepared for a series of lectures on medieval books and manuscript production and began surveying our holdings in relation to a variety of other possible projects (research, conservation, acquisitions strategizing, digitizing, etc.). As I worked [...]
JOHN BENNETT IN URUGUAY
John M. Bennett participated in the Encuentro Internacional de Poesia Experimental “Amanda Berenguer”, in Montevideo, Uruguay, August 28-31, 2008. He gave 2 presentations: “Poesia y Poesia Visual de John M. Bennett”, and “La Poesia Visual Internacional en la Coleccion Avant de la Universidad Estatal de Ohio, USA, Poesia Visual”. The four days of meetings, curated [...]
Visual Poetry Catalog Wins Award
Visual Poetry in the Avant Writing Collection, the catalog compiled by John M. Bennett and designed by OSU’s University Publications, won an Award of Excellence in the University College Designers Association national competition. There were 1600 entries and 193 awards given. There is a link to a PDF version of the catalog on the RBMS [...]
RBMS Spring Newsletter
The Spring newsletter of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library is now available on our web site at: http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/newsletter/news08spr.pdf . Please take a look!
