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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!
ANNOUNCING AN ELEGANT NEW CATALOG
The Rare Books & MSS Library has published a full-color illustrated catalog, VISUAL POETRY IN THE AVANT WRITING COLLECTION, Edited and Introduced by John M. Bennett, with additional introductions by Dr. Marvin Sackner, and Bob Grumman. 142 pages, profusely illustrated. A PDF may be viewed at: http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/avant/VisualPoetry.pdf
Bennett Interviewed
John Bennett was interviewed about his reading preferences in OSU’s OnCampus: http://oncampus.osu.edu/article.php?id=2107
Textimagepoem Blog Archive
RBMS has received and loaded onto its website an archival version of Jim Leftwich’s blog, Textimagepoem, which is an extraordinary source for experimental and innovative poetry, visual poetry, mail art, and much more. See it at http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/finding/TextImagePoemArchive.php
John Bennett’s New Books
John Bennett has published 4 books, the first 2 of textual poetry, the second 2 of visual poetry: L ENTES, Puhos, Finland/W. Hartford, CT: Blue Lion Books, 2008 (579 pp.); IN THE BENNETT TREE, co-author Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino, Brooklyn, NY: E Ratio Editions, 2008 (with transductions and essays on Bennett by St. Thomasino); EET, [...]
Bourguignon lectures
We would like to call your attention to two upcoming lectures on campus: Erika Bourguigon, OSU emeritus professor of Anthropology, will speak at 4 PM on Tuesday, April 22 on “Ecstasy, Collective Joy, Possession and Exorcism, or the Uses and Abuses of Anthropology.” Hosted by the Center for Folklore Studies, the lecture will be held [...]
John Bennett at the Beinecke Library
John Bennett had some visual poetry on display at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, Jan-Mar 2008, in the exhibit “Metaphor Taking Shape: Poetry, Art, and the Book”. Also on display was Vispologee, the Minnesota Center For Book Arts’ “Winter Book” for 2007, which Bennett co-edited, and for which he wrote the [...]
HAITI 1947-1948
The Paul-Henri Bourguignon Haiti Photo Collection webpage has been added to the Rare Books & MSS webpage. It includes a broad sampling of the extensive collection of photos taken by artist Paul-Henri Bourguignon and Erika Bourguignon, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at OSU. The photos, accompanied by commentary from Prof. Bourguignon, are an invaluable resource for [...]
Frederic Tuten Coming to OSU in May
Frederic Tuten, noted novelist and teacher of creative writing, will be visiting Ohio State the first week of May (details to come later). Mr. Tuten’s literary archives are part of the Contemporary American Literary Manuscripts of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. As noted, details about the visit will be forthcoming. In the meantime, you [...]
Everything Lost: The Latin American Notebook of William S. Burroughs
Geoffrey D. Smith and John M. Bennett of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library are the General Editors of William S. Burroughs’ Everything Lost, recently released by the Ohio State University Press. See the OSU Press notice at http://osupress.blogspot.com/2008/01/burroughs-everything-lost.html