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THE JIM LEFTWICH PAPERS 1993-2002:
GUIDE AND INVENTORY
SPEC.CMS.86.7

(The Avant Writing Collection
Guide Compiled by Sarah Hogue & John M. Bennett)

The Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
The Ohio State University Libraries

INTRODUCTION

This collection is a continuation of the materials found in the Jim Leftwich Papers, 1975-1999 (SPEC.CMS.86 and its sections CMS.86.1, CMS.86.2, CMS.86.3, CMS.86.4, CMS.86.5, CMS.85.6).  It includes manuscripts, original art work, visual poetry,  correspondence, mail art, publications, and other material.  The manuscripts, visual poetry, and art work, by Leftwich and many others, are mainly from 1999-2002 (with a few earlier), while the publications include some material starting about 1989.  The correspondence deals with Xtant, Xtantbooks,  Juxta, literary matters, writing, poetics, visual poetics, and many related matters, and includes literary texts.

Note: This collection was donated to The Ohio State University Libraries by Jim Leftwich in 2002.

John M. Bennett
August 2003

JIM LEFTWICH COLLECTION -

CATALOGUE OF INVENTORY, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Detailed Listing/ Box and Folder Listing:

Box 1

Folder Number #1-16

  1. 2000.Three Songs. By Peter Ganick. Published by Xtantbooks. OSU has two copies. 

    2.                                       
  2. 1995. Juxta 2. Edited by Ken Harris and JL. Includes work by John M. Bennett, Peter Ganick, Sheila E. Murphy, and others.

    3.                                       
  3. 2001. Mathematic(s). By Peter Ganick. Published by Xtantbooks.

    4.                                       
  4. 2000. Neotrope, v.1. Edited by Adam Powell and Paul Silvia.  Includes work by Scott MacLeod, and others.

    5.                                       
  5. 1994. Generator 6: Dissembling Dismantling. Edited and published by John Byrum. Includes work by John M. Bennett, Sheila E. Murphy, and others.

    6.                                       
  6. 1996. Category B/ The Outtakes and Whatnots. By Mark Sonnenfield.

    7.                                       
  7. 1996. Black Bear Review.

    8.                                       
  8. 2000. Immanence 8. By Peter Ganick. Published by Xtantbooks.

    9.                                       
  9. 2000. Dragee Haute, no. 41. By Erich von Neff.

    10.                                       
  10. 1999. Orpheus_grid_ , no.3.

    11.                                       
  11. 1996. Signal, no.11-12.

    12.                                       
  12. 1995. Generator 7, vol.2. Edited by John Byrum.

    13.                                       
  13. 1998-2001. Includes the following:

    • Postcard from Scott MacLeod to JL regarding Xtantbooks.

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    •   Letter to JL from Jeff Enright.

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    •   Mail art from Clemente Padin to JL.

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    •   Mail art and postcards to Ken Harris from Jurgen O. Olbrich.

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    • “Printed Matter,” from Tim Gaze to JL.

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    • Letter to JL from Paul [Silvia].

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    • Letter to JL from MacLeod regarding the “love bug” virus.


  14. 1996-2001.  Includes the following:

    • Letter to JL from Emily Grossman .

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    • Poems sent to Don Hilla from Vincent Ferrini.

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    • Mail Art sent to JL from Lino Foffano.

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    •   Mail Art sent to JL from Jean Hugues.

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    • Four Pictures and a printout of an e-mail from Scott MacLeod to JL.

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    • Printout of an e-mail to JL from MacLeod.

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    • Letter to JL from Paul regarding publications.

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    • Mail art and letter to Ken Harris and JL from Emma J. Marxer regarding consideration for publication in Juxta.

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    • Letter to JL and Ken Harris from Jeffrey Joe Nelson, regarding consideration for publication in Juxta.

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    • Letter to JL from Jonathan Brannen regarding consideration for publication in Juxta.

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    • Letter to JL from Ed Geicek.

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    •   Eleven letters to Don from Vincent [Ferrini].


  15. 1999-2001.  Includes the following:

    • E-mails (3) regarding submissions to the Vision Project from Donald P. Hilla, Jr. to         Tom [Thomas L. Taylor].

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    • Mail art sent to JL.

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    • This folder also includes miscellaneous mail items such as mail art flyers, postcards, stickers, invoices, pamphlets, and holiday greeting cards.


  16. Letter to JL from Chris Daniels. Also includes a printout copy of Chris Daniels’ recent work, [nd].


Box 2

Folder Number #17-39

  1. Includes the following:

    • Letter to JL from Chris Daniels regarding a change to his work for Juxta #10.

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    •    Letter to JL and Ken Harris from Paul [Silvia].

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    • Mani Art, mail art assemblage books, edited by Pascal Lenoir.  Nos. 108 and 109.  Both contain work by JL.  1998.

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    • 2000. Letter to JL from Scott MacLeod.


  2. Includes the following:

    •  1998.  Letter to JL and Ken Harris from Mark DuCharme.

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    •  [1998?].  Letter to JL and Ken Harris from Patrick Monnin.

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    •  1998. Letter to JL from Mark Prejsnar.


    3.                                       
    • [1998?]. Letter to JL from Scott MacLeod; and 1998 email from MacLeod to JL.

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    • 2000.  Letter to JL from John M. Bennett with OSU Library catalog records.

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    4.                                     
    • 2000. Letter to JL from Crouse. 

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    • 1993.  Letter to JL from John [Byrum].

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    • [nd].  Card to JL from “J.V.B.”    [A note from JL to the editor of this guide states: “J.V.B. is John van Balen, a photographer and an old friend.  We did a text/image collaboration at the SFSU gallery in 86.” ]                  


    5.                                       
  5. 1996. Juxta#4. Edited by Ken Harris and JL. Includes work by Sheila E. Murphy, John M. Bennett, Ivan Arguelles, and Peter Ganick. Two copies.

    6.                                       
  6. 2000. 2 Writers Together. By Alice Olds-Ellingson and Mark Sonnenfeld.  Published by Marymark Press.

    7.                                       
  7. 1999. Plankton, by JL. Published by Xtantbooks. Two copies.

    8.                                       
  8. 1999. Basinski: A Zine of the Arths, no. 2. Edited by Natalie Basinski.

    9.                                       
  9. 1996. IDYLL, by Michael Basinski. Published by Juxta.

    10.                                       
  10. 1995. Generator 7, vol. 1. Edited by John Byrum. Includes work by John M. Bennett, Peter Ganick, and JL.

    11.                                       
  11. [nd]. Bothand, the Warrior, by Matrice Kubick [JL and Ken Harris].  Two copies.

    12.                                       
  12. 1997. Antenym 13. Edited by Steve Carll. Published by Bathysphere Press.

    13.                                       
  13. 1996. Parts a Plomb, by Ken Harris. Graphics by R.G. Lasley.  [Ken Harris’ first book.]

    14.                                       
  14. 1998. SRC Research Report, compiled by Scott MacLeod.

    15.                                       
  15. 1999. Dismayed Scripts, by Ken Harris and JL.

    16.                                       
  16. 2000. Line, by JL.

    17.                                       
  17. 2000. Howl, by JL.

    18.                                       
  18. [nd]. Popular Reality, vol.436, no. 6.  Includes work by John M. Bennett, Sheila E. Murphy, and others.

    19.                                       
  19. 2000. Fist Shards of Shampoo While Noise and Numbers Ur The Pink Un BEE. By Michael Basinski. Published by Xtantbooks.

    20.                                       
  20. 2000. From Men. By Mark Peters. Published by Xtantbooks.

    21.                                       
  21. Includes the following:

    • 2000. Dragee Haute, no. 44.

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    • 2000. Poet/Mars, by Mark Sonnenfield.  

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    • 2000. Gestalten Four. Edited by Paul Silvia and Adam Powell. Published by Broken Boulder Press. Includes work by Mark Sonnenfield, Sheila E. Murphy, JL, Ken Harris,  John M. Bennett, and others.


    22.                                       
  22. Includes the following:

    • 1999. Small Press Review. 

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    • 2000. Sentence Poetry, by Mark Sonnenfeld. Art by Kurt Beaulieu.

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    • 2000. Suffer-Electric Fan-Insufferable. Written by Mark Sonnenfield and R.L Nichols. Art by Jennifer Stanley.

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    • [nd]. Broken Boulder Broadsides #11, by JL.

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    • 1999. This Size Poetry, by Pete Lee and Mark Sonnenfeld.

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    • 1999. Life and Death, by Aaron Bensen. Published by Xtantbooks.

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    • 2000. Trace, by Mark Sonnenfield. Published by Marymark Press.

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    • 1999. Shifty Mussels: Ficus Strangulensis finds Haiku in John M. Bennett’s Poems. By John M. Bennett. Published by Luna Bisonte Prods.

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    • 1999. House Organ, edited by Kenneth Anthony Warren.


    23.                                       
  23. Includes the following:

    • 1999. Ohio #7. Published by Printed Matter.

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    • 2000. United Penny, by Mark Sonnenfeld. Published by Marymark press.

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    • 2000.Experimental, by Marcia Arrieta. Published by Potes & Poets Press Inc.

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    • 1999. Self-Portrait That Day, by Mark Sonnenfeld and Dereck Pollard.

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    • 2000. Toot Pool, by John M. Bennett and Robin Crozier. Published by Luna Bisonte Prods.

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    • 2000. OJO, by Robin Crozier and John M. Bennett. Published by Luna Bisonte Prods.

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    • 2000. Livro, by Ruggero Maggi and John M. Bennett. Published by Luna Bisonte Prods.

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    • 1995. House Organ, no.12. Edited by Kenneth Warren.

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    • 1996. Retivo, by Thomas L. Taylor. Published by Juxta Press.



Box 3

Folder Number #40-55

  1. Includes the following:

    • 1999. Stab, by Robin Crozier and John M. Bennett. Published by Luna Bisonte Prods.

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    • 1999. Ahaw: A Graphic Poem, by Vittore Baroni and John M. Bennett. Published by Luna Bisonte Prods.

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    • 1999.Household Word Arranger, by Vittore Baroni and John M. Bennett.  Published by Luna Bisonte Prods.

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    • [nd]. Taproot Reviews, issue #9/10. Includes work by John M. Bennett. Published by Burning Press. Two copies.


  2. Includes the following:

    • 2000. Two poems by Nava Fader.  Published by Xtantbooks.

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    • 2000. Immanence 8, by Peter Ganick.  Published by Xtantbooks.

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    • 2001. The Oxygen of Truth vol.2, by Tim Gaze. Published by Xtantbooks.


    3.                                       
  3. Includes the following:

    • 1995. Juxta #3. Edited by Ken Harris and JL. Includes work by Sheila E. Murphy, John M. Bennett, Scott MacLeod, and others.

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    • 1998. Improvisations Transformations, by JL. Published by Potes & Poets Press.

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    • [nd]. Spirit Writing, by JL. Published by Asemic Series (Australia).

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    • 2000. For Revery, by Mark Salerno. Edited by Jill Stengel. Published by A+Bend Press.

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    • 1995. Khawatir, by JL. Published by The Runaway Spoon Press.


  4. Includes the following:

    • [nd]. PhasEoStrophes 1: An Initial Wave. By Jake Berry. Published by 3300 Press.

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    • [nd]. Context Combind. By John Byrum. Published by [Charlottesville, VA: Juxta, nd]

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    • 2000. House Organ no. 29. Includes work by John  M. Bennett.

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    • 1994. Common Weed of Lights. By JL.

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    • 1996. Bleeding Velvet Octopus, #4. Published by Undulating Bedsheets.

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    • 2000. Adolphe Neure. By Edouard Duglioczsz [Scott MacLeod]. Published by Xtant

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    • Books.

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    • 1997. Anne Frank In Jerusaleum: Chapter One. By Scott MacLeod.  Series edited by Donald P. Hilla, Jr. and JL.  Published as a joint venture of  Juxta Press and 3300 Press.


  5. Includes the following:

    • 2000. Dragee Haute, no. 42.

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    • 2000. House Organ, no. 30.

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    • 1999. Sponge Spites—II. By Michael Basinski. Edited by Wm. Sylvester. Published by Buffalo Vortex.

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    • 1999. In a New Year.  By Sheila E. Murphy. Small broadside.

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    • 2000. Writing Sampler (lyrics, hood, free soul). By Mark Sonnenfeld and Gloria C. Del Vecchio. Published by Marymark Press.

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    • 1995. Poezine, no.8. Edited by Avelino De Araujo. Published by Jornalista Responsavel.

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    • 2000. The Absence of Zen. Poems by JL.  Blank scraps of paper in an envelope.

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    • [nd]. Popular Reality, no. 4.

    6.                                       
  6. [nd]. Prose poems. [Versions of Rimbaud’s Illuminations] Ms by JL. Includes: Common Nocturne, Dawn, Mystic, Vigils, Vagabonds, Cities, Marine, City, The Bridges, Phrases, Ruts, Cities, Flowers, Tale, Childhood, Side Show, Antique, Beauteous Being, Lives, Departure, Royalty, To A Reason, Morning of Drunkenness, Scenes, Promontory, Barbarian, Metropolitan, Anguish, Winter Fete.

    7.                                       
  7. 1999. Ms materials for Plankton. By JL. Published by Xtant Books.

    8.                                       
  8. [nd]. Ms materials for Khawatir.

    9.                                       
  9. [nd]. Ms materials by Mark Prejsnar.

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  10. [nd]. Ms materials for Scyld’s Lament. By Scott MacLeod.

    11.                                       
  11. [nd]. Ms materials for The Devastation of Anzuhaltenes. By Scott MacLeod.

    12.                                       
  12. [nd]. Ms materials for Agamammon. By Scott MacLeod.

    13.                                       
  13. [nd]. Ms materials for Helenope. By Scott MacLeod.

    14.                                       
  14. [nd]. Ms materials for Orifice and Eurodisk. By Scott MacLeod.

    15.                                       
  15. 2000. Ms materials for Headlines. By Crouse.

    16.                                       
  16. 1999.  Mail art (collage, text, drawing) by Malok.


Box 4

Folder Number #56-72

  1. [ca. 2000]  Calligraphic texts, at least one by JL.  Includes 2 sheets oriental calligraphy, and other material.

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  2. Miscellaneous work by Jake Berry, Pete Spence and Tim Gaze.

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  3. December 2000. Orig. asemic calligraphy and letter drawings by JL on a pad and slips of paper, etc.

    4.                                       
  4. 2001.  “Vizpose, calligraphic trash” .  Orig. asemic calligraphy by JL.

    5.                                       
  5. 1999. Hmmm, By JL.

    6.                                       
  6. Staceal #7.  [nd].  Loose leaf visual texts by JL from an envelope marked “Staceal #7” .

    7.                                       
  7. 2000. Staceal #8.  Loose leaf visual texts by JL from an envelope marked “Staceal #8, 11-24-00” .

    8.                                       
  8. 2001. Pipistrelles.  Orig. visual texts by JL from an envelope marked “Pipistrelles, 1.11.01” .

    9.                                       
  9. 1999. Assorted Visual Texts.  Orig. asemic calligraphy texts by JL, from an envelope marked “Assorted visual texts, ‘99” .

    10.                                       
  10. 1999. Color Vizpo, by JL and [Aaron] Benson.  Orig. visual texts by JL or JL/Benson, from an envelope marked “leftwich/benson, color vizpo, ‘99” .  [Aaron Benson is JL’s stepson.]

    11.                                       
  11. 1999. Lettered Asemics.  Orig. visual texts by JL from an envelope marked “Lettered Asemics ‘99” .

    12.                                       
  12. 1998-2000. Vizpo Calligraph, by JL. Orig. asemic calligraphy by JL (with one piece by JL and Tim Gaze) from an envelope marked “Vizpo calligraphy, 98-2000” .

    13.                                       
  13. Poem ms by [Johan de Wit?]: When a man says yes it means death, What, After All, Are Friends For?, Poetry Isn’t Serious But Bullying Is, Don’t Bother Me With The Details, Why I Write Some of My Poems,  How Cambridge Stole the Idea of Poetry.

    14.                                       
  14. Includes: “Dovechat” and “Appropriate Forum” , orig. ts poems by Peter deRous.  Also includes 2 poems by Standard Schaefer.

    15.                                       
  15. Includes  mss by Bob Herman, Nathan Austin, George J. Farrah, Theo Lorenc, John Sweet, Jack Foley, Amy Trussell, Brian Lucas, Tim Gaze, Jacques Debrot. Raymond Federman, John M. Bennett, Donna Kuhn, Randy Prunty, Johan de Witt, and Peter de Rous.

    16.                                       
  16. [nd]. Poems by John M. Bennett [ca. 1996?], and an unidentified poet pasted up on pc collaged pages, probably for an issue of Juxta.

    17.                                       
  17. [nd]. Poems by Celestine Frost, taped back to back, probably for an issue of Juxta.


Box 5

Folder Number #73-89

  1. Miscellaneous poems, newspaper articles, pamphlets and writings.

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  2. 1996. Work Instead of Progress. By JL.

    3.                                       
  3. 1997. Poems by John M. Bennett.

    4.                                       
  4. 1997-1998. Around a Corner. By Peter Ganick.

    5.                                       
  5. [nd]. Juxta Electronic #4. Includes work by John M. Bennett and Jeffrey Little.

    6.                                       
  6. 1999. Identify Identity. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.

    7.                                       
  7. 1997. Vizpo.

    8.                                       
  8. 1997. Poetry by Vincent Ferrini.

    9.                                       
  9. [nd]. Juxta 7-10.  Pasted-up pages for “Final Juxta 7-10” .

    10.                                       
  10. 1999. Asemic cut texts. By JL.

    11.                                       
  11. [nd]. Asemic poetry. By JL.

    12.                                       
  12. 1999. Letter, poetry, and visual poetry. By David Baptiste Chirot.

    13.                                       
  13. Includes the following:

    • pc ts, and pc printed material, mostly unattributed.


    • [nd]. English translations of Chinese Poetry. By Hsieh Wen-Tung.

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    • [nd]. Auditory Effects of Chinese and the Bases of Verification.

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    • [nd]. The Chinese Poem: Some Aspects of the Problem of Syntax in Translation. By Wai-lim Yip.

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    • [nd]. Ballad of Lovely Women.

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    • [nd]. Han-Shan.

        [nd]. Basho. Translated by Morton Marcus.


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    • [nd]. Conversations with Kyorai. By Mukai Kyorai.

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    • [nd]. An Introduction to Haiku. By Harold Henderson.

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    14.                                      
  14. [nd]. Visual poetry. By JL.

    15.                                       
  15. 1999. Vizpo collage originals by JL.

    16.                                       
  16. Includes the following:

    • [nd]. Letter to JL from Tray Full of Lab Mice Publications.


    •   [nd].  Adhesive. By JL and Taz Delaney.

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    •   Miscellaneous flyers.

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    • 1993. Letter to JL from Kate Kaos.

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    • [nd]. Letter to JL from Michele.

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    • 1993. Girl Girth. By Greg Evason.

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    • [nd]. Visual Art by Taz Delaney and Amy [Delaney].

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    • 1995. Plexflux Dreamleak. By Taz Delaney.

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    • [nd]. The Stopwatch Feeds Back. A collaboration between JL, John M. Bennett, and Taz Delaney.

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    • 1995. Dialtone.  Continuation of The Stopwatch Feeds Back, cf. entry above.

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    • [nd]. Sayings to Live By. By [Taz Delaney?]

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    • 1995. Parrotfish Set Fires. By JL.


  17. 1998. Letter to JL from David Baptiste Chirot. Also includes poetry and visual poetry.


Box 6

Folder Number #90-117

  1. [nd]. Drawing by Aaron Benson.

    2.                                       
  2. 1999. Four Statements. By Bob Heman.

    3.                                       
  3. Includes the following:

    • Pamphlet regarding an art show titled the Luther Blissett eXperience.

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    • 1999. List of People participating in a project entitled, My Head is a Mirror of Art.

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    • 2000.  Letter to JL from [Michael Basinski] (Poetry Collection, Buffalo).

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    • 2000. Letter to JL from Peter deRous.

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    • 2000. Letter to JL from (signed) “8” [John Crouse].

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    • 2000. Letter to JL from the Galleria Credito Valtelinese Palazzo Sertoli.


    4.                                       
  4. [nd]. Ms materials for Tales of the Oodt War. By Scott MacLeod.

    5.                                       
  5. 1997. Chorus: The Leap and a Letter to JL from Jack Foley.

    6.                                       
  6. 2000. Heaven Bone Review. Includes visual art by JL.

    7.                                       
  7. [nd]. Tight, vol.9, no.10. Includes work by JL.

    8.                                       
  8. [nd]. Sonics. By [Ken Harris?]  Published by Xtantbooks.

    9.                                       
  9. Includes the following computer printout poems:

    • [nd]. Version. By Mark Salerno.

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    •   [nd]. Think. By Mark Salerno.

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    •   [nd]. Solace. By Mark Salerno.

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    •   [nd]. Nothing Ventured. Mark Salerno.

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    • 2000. Avant-garde. By Bill Keith and Mark Sonnenfeld. Published by Marymark Press.

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    • 2000. A Chapbook of work by Michael Basinski. Published by Xtantbooks.


    10.                                       
  10. 2000. From Men. By Mark Peters. Published by Xtantbooks.

    11.                                       
  11. 2000.  Dragee Haute, no. 46.

    12.                                       
  12. 2000. 3+3+3. Includes work by Mark Sonnenfeld. Published by Marymark Press.

    13.                                       
  13. 2000. A book catalog of Common Courage Press.

    14.                                       
  14. [nd]. An article on the life of Larry Eigner (1927-1996).

    15.                                       
  15. 2000. Oaken Pages ms. By Scott MacLeod.

    16.                                       
  16. 1995.  Mixed group of mss.  Includes work by JL, Sheila E. Murphy, Jake Berry, and others.

    17.                                       
  17. 1998. Miscellaneous, untitled works by Scott MacLeod.

    18.                                       
  18. 1999. Asemic text. By Tim Gaze. This folder also includes a letter to JL from Tim Gaze.

    19.                                       
  19. 2000. Children of the Deep. By Tim Gaze. The folder also includes a letter to JL from Tim Gaze.

    20.                                       
  20. [nd]. Lower Limit Speech: A Newsletter in Poetics.  Includes work by Mark Prejsnar.

    21.                                       
  21. Includes the following computer printout mss:

  22. [nd]. The Absent Body of Night. By Jake Berry.

    23.                                       
  23. [nd]. Fragments of an Eclipse. By Jake Berry.

    24.                                       
  24. 1999. Cinderplough. By Chris Daniels.

    25.                                       
  25. Includes the following:

    • 1995. Re:Action, no. 2. “The Grail Unveiled.”

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    • 1995. Re:Action, no. 3. “Alchemical Insurrection: Psychedelic Bordiguism and the Mystical Body of Christ The King.”

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    • 1996. Re:Action, no.4. “The New Chemical Light: Down With Ethnic Absolutism and the “Fall” of “Man” .”

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    • 1996. Re:Action, no.5. “Demolish Theme Park Britain.”

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    • 1997. Re:Action, no.6. “Science, Politics, & Gnosticism.”

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    • 1997. Re:Action, no. 7. “Psychic War At The Rollright Stones!”

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    • 1998. Re:Action, no 8. “Time Is, Time Was, Time Shall Be No More!”


    26.                                       
  26. Includes the following:

    • 2000. What We Get. By Dan Buck and Mark Sonnenfeld.

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    • 2000. Karl F. Hacker Interviews Mark Sonnenfeld.

      •  
    27.                                      
  27. 1995. Diction: Visionary Education. Thomas L. Taylor.  Published by Anabasis.

    28.                                       
  28. [nd]. Recursive Spirals. By Ken Harris. Published by Xtantbooks.


Box 7

Folder Number #118-128

  1. 1999. Lady Blizzard’s Batmobile. Includes work by JL and Sheila E. Murphy. Published by Vapor/Strain Press.

    2.                                       
  2. 1999. Der Heidenlarmer, vol.14, no.23.  Published by Scott MacLeod.

    3.                                       
  3. 1999. Tight, vol.9, no.1. Includes work by JL,  John M. Bennett, and others.

    4.                                       
  4. 1995. Polaroid Riot. By Bill Paulauskas. Published by Dream State Press.

    5.                                       
  5. 1999. Sonics. By Ken Harris. Published by Xtantbooks.

    6.                                       
  6. 1995. Colorado Review. Published by Colorado State University.

    7.                                       
  7. Includes the following:

    • 1995. Oeuvres. By Cydney Chadwick. Published by Texture Press.

      •                                       
    • 1995. Persistent Disturbances. By Cydney Chadwick. Published by Texture Press.

      •  
    8.                                      
  8. [nd]. 23. By Mark Sonnenfeld.

    9.                                       
  9. 2000. The End Review, no.2. Includes work by John M. Bennett and others.

    10.                                      
  10. 1996.  Shellgame Labyrinth Choir. By John Noto. Published by Marshall Creek Press.

    11.                                       
  11. 1999. New Orleans Review vol.25, no.3. Published by Loyola University Press.


Box 8

Folder Number #129-154

  1. 1995. Clockwatch Review vol.9, no.1-2. 

    2.  
  2. 1996. Humanity is Extinct, no. 15.


  3. 1998. Ascended Distance. By Leonard Brink. Published by Instress.

    4.  
  4. 2000. C’est Tout Pour Le Moment. Published by Dragee Haute.

    5.  
  5. 1999. Small Press Review, July-August 1999, nos. 318-319.


  6. Includes the following:

    • An Anabasis cover page.

      •  
    • 1997-98. A Watered Omicron. By Peter Ganick.


    • [nd]. A letter to JL from Jake [Berry].


    • 1998. Letter to JL and Ken Harris from Raymond Federman.


  7. Includes the following:

    • 1999. Agon. By Robin Crozier and John M. Bennett. Published by Luna Bisonte Prods.


    • 1999. Ash. By Robin Crozier and John M. Bennett. Published by Luna Bisonte Prods.


    • 1999. Shifty Mussels. By Forrest A. Richey, Jr. and John M. Bennett. Published by Luna Bisonte Prods.


    • 2000. MU. By John M. Bennett and Cesar Reglero Campos. Published by Luna Bisonte Prods.


    • 2000. OJO. By Robin Crozier and John M. Bennett. Published by Luna Bisonte Prods.


    • 1999. Daya Karo: Two Songs. By Ivan Arguelles. Published by Luna Bisonte Prods.


  8. [nd]. Cling ms. By Lewis LaCook.


  9. 2000. Ficus’ Cut-ups.  Pc collage poems by Ficus strangulensis.


  10. Includes the following:

    • 1999. Letter to JL from John Crouse.


    • 1999. Headlines. By John Crouse.


  11. Includes the following:

    • 2000. Be d’Huh Chapbook poems of Mark Sonnenfeld. By Mark Sonnenfeld. Published by Marymark Press.


    • 1999. “Poet writes, performs in free-form style.” An article by Edna Arguello about Mark Sonnenfeld.


    • 1999. East Windsor Studio. By Mark Sonnenfeld. Published by Marymark Press.


    • Miscellaneous writing samples of Mark Sonnenfeld’s poetry.


  12. Includes the following:

    • 2000. Letter to JL from Michael Basinski.


    • [nd]. Letter to JL from Peter Ganick.


    • 2000. Letter to JL from John M. Bennett.


    • 1999.E-mail to JL from Spencer [Selby].


    • 2000. Letter to Ken Harris from Thomas L. Taylor.


  13. 1992. Black Warrior Review. Includes work by Peter Ganick.  Published by the University of Alabama.


  14. 1996. Flight of Herons. By Joe Napora. Published by Bullhead press.


  15. Includes the following:

    • [nd]. Letter to JL from Scott [MacLeod].


    • 1999. Letter to JL from Tim [Gaze].


    • [nd]. Letter to JL from Peter Ganick.


    • 2000. Letter to JL from Paul [Silvia].


    • 2000. Letter to JL from John Crouse.


    • 2000. Letter to JL from John [Noto].


    • 2000. Letter to JL from Michael Basinski at the University of Buffalo.


    • 1999. Letter to Ken Harris from Michael Basinski at the University of Buffalo.


    • 2000. Letter to JL and Ken Harris from Ross Priddle.


    • 2000. Letter to JL from Shannon Tippie at The Ohio State University.


  16. 1995. Indefinite Space, vol.4. Includes work by Sheila E. Murphy, John M. Bennett, and others.


  17. 1998. Sycamore Review, vol.10, no.2. Includes work by Sheila E. Murphy, and others.


  18. 1997. Lesser Known 16 or 20 pages. By Mark Sonnenfeld.


  19. 1997. Free Lunch, vol.18.  Published by the Free Lunch Arts Alliance.


  20. [nd]. Ozone 16.


  21. 1999.  Bull Head, no. 5, edited by Joe Napora.  Includes work by. By Spencer Selby,  Michael Basinski, Dick Higgins, Richard Kostelanetz, Joel Lipman, and others.


  22. Includes the following issues of 108, edited by John Lowther:

    • [nd]. 106:108. (3rd issue)


    •   [nd]. 107:108. (2nd issue)


    •   [nd]. 108:108. (1st issue)


  23. 1996. If He Could Remove Himself From Himself, What Would He Be?  By Donald P. Hilla, Jr.  A cooperative publishing adventure by Juxta Press and 3300 Press. Two copies; one with two pages blank.


  24. 1996. Crystalline Echoes(For Joan La Barbara). A cooperative publishing adventure by Juxta Press and 3300 Press. Two copies.


  25. 1994. Silence. By Peter Ganick. Published by The Runaway Spoon Press.


  26. 2001. House Organ, no. 33.



Box 9

Folder Number #155-182

  1. 1999. Kreuz-Aktionen, no. 1.  Edited by Wilfried Nold.


  2. 2000. House Organ, no. 32.


  3. 2000. Indefinite Space. Includes work by Thomas L. Taylor, John M. Bennett, and others.


  4. 2000. From Men. By Mark Peters.


  5. 2000. The Seductive Crime. A Collaboration by Guido Vermeulen and Keiichi Nakamura.


  6. Includes the following:

    • 1999.Broadside.  By Steve Andrews and Mark Sonnenfeld. Published by Marymark Press.


    • 2000. Marymark Press Writing Sampler.


  7. 1999-2000. Mail art from Guido Vermeulen, [jwcurry] (from Ottawa), Ryosuke Cohen, and others.


  8. 1999-2000. Mail art from Clemente Padin, Ryosuke Cohen, John Byrum, and others.


  9. 1999-2000. Includes ms materials and a letter from John M. Bennett.


  10. Includes the following, and other materials:

    • 2000. Letter to JL from Jake Berry.


    • 2000. Letter to Ken Harris and JL from Celestine Frost.


    • 1999. Letter to JL from Mark Salerno.


    • 1999. Letter to JL from Celestine [Frost].


    • 2000. Letter to JL from John Crouse.


    • 1999. Letter to JL from John M. Bennett.


    • 1999.Letter to JL from Bob Heman.


    • 2000. Letter to JL from Ann [Erickson].


    • [nd]. Letter to JL from Tim [Gaze].


    • 2000. Letter to JL from Michael Basinski.


    • 1999. Letter to JL form Vincent [Ferrini]


    • [nd?].  Letter to JL from Paul [Silvia].


    • 1999. Letter to JL from Michael Basinski.


  11. Includes the following, and other materials:

      1999. Letter to JL and Ken Harris from Marvin [Sackner].

    • 2000. Letter to JL from Bob Heman.


    • [nd]. Letter to JL from Tim [Gaze].


    • 2000. Letter to JL from Jerry A. May.


    • 1999.  Letter to JL from Ficus [strangulensis].


    • 2000. Letter to JL from Michael Basinski.


    • 2000. Letter to JL and Ken Harris from Michael Basinski.


  12. 1996. The Sudden Fart of Billy Childish. By Billy Childish. Published by Pneumatic Press.


  13. 1999. Collaborations. Collaborations of John M. Bennett with Peter Ganick, JL, and J. M. Mollohan. Published by House Press.


  14. Includes the following, and other materials:

    • 1999. Email to JL from Jake Berry.


    • 2000. Letter to JL from John Byrum.


    • 1999. Letter to JL from Cheryl Burket.


  15. Includes the following:

    • 2000. ( and). By Mark Sonnenfeld. Published by Marymark press.


    • [nd]. Writing sampler of Mark Sonnenfeld’s work.


    • [nd]. “Writer Jazzes up Downtowns by Reading His Original Poetry.” An article about Mark Sonnenfeld.


    • 1999. Six Poems. By Mark Sonnenfeld. Published by Marymark Press.


    • [nd]. “Street Poetry Serves As A Creative Outlet.” An article about Mark Sonnenfeld by Katelyn Fabbri.


    • 1999. Letter to JL and Ken Harris from Mark Sonnenfeld.


  16. 1999. Four Statements. By Bob Heman. A broadside.  Also one sheet pc collage, probably by JL.


  17. Miscellaneous flyers, postcards, and letters.  Includes a “Meat Receiving” broadside by John M. Bennett.


  18. Includes the following pc ts poems:

    • 1999. Grope and Spray. By John M. Bennett.


    • 1999. Re flexology. By John M. Bennett.


    • 1999. Isomaya. By John M. Bennett.


    • 1999. Huevo. By John M. Bennett.


    • 1999. Lo do. By John M. Bennett.


    • 1999. Field a fire. By John M. Bennett.


    • 1999. Sigues te sigo. By John M. Bennett.


    • 1999. S weep s. By John M. Bennett.


    • 1999. Insectivore. By John M. Bennett.


    • 1999. R eek light. By John M. Bennett.


    • 1999. Trans portation. By John M. Bennett.


  19. Includes the following:

    • 2000. Letter to JL from Christian Burgaud.


    • 2000. Visual Art by Christian Burgaud.


  20. Includes the following:

    • 1997.Letter to JL from Chris Sawyer.


    • 1997. Poems by Chris Sawyer.


  21. 1999.  Poems and texts by JL.


  22. 1999. Them. Includes work by JL.  An “Institute for Study and Application” project. Published by Xtantbooks.


  23. [nd]. Ms materials for Saturation W/S. Poems by  JL.


  24. [nd]. Ms materials for Two Poems. By JL.


  25. Includes the following texts and poems by JL, originally in an envelope marked “Poems from What” :

    • [nd]. Ms materials for Urettesbirdcboiled.


    • [nd]. Ms materials for Extrapolation.


    • [nd]. Ms materials for Fools Trouble The Village of Xanadu.


    • [nd]. Ms materials for Nepantilic.


  26. 2001. Ms materials for During Afterwards. By JL.


  27. 1999. On original envelope: Institute Texts 98-99. Includes work by JL and various of his heteronyms.  Published by Xtantbooks.


  28. 1999.  On original envelope: Institute Texts 98-99. Includes work by JL and various of his heteronyms. Published by Xtantbooks.



Box 10

Folder Number #183-207

  1. 2000. Corrhonel. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.  Poems.


  2. 2000. Shine. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.  Poems.


  3. 1999-2000. Ms materials for Sound of Air and Curl, both by JL.  Poems.


  4. 2000. Illuminations. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.  Poems.


  5. [nd].  Computer printout essays by JL.  Includes “Notes on a poem by John M. Bennett” , “Ficus Strangulensis: ‘Labyrinth’” , an essay on Thomas L. Taylor, and other subjects.  Originally in an envelope marked “Posinganot 2” .


  6. 2000. Posinganot.  By JL.  Page layout for book of essays on Jake Berry, John M. Bennett, and other topics.


  7. [nd]. Ms materials for Menter Ave.  Poems by [JL].


  8. 1996. Raphesemics.  Poems and visual poems by JL.


  9. [nd]. 24/7.  By JL.  Poems.


  10. [nd]. Don’t Believe A Word. By JL. Poems; pc ts, with orig. holog. notes on front and back.  According to a note from JL to the editor of this guide, this was written in 1986.


  11. 1995. Asherah ( The Wordstorm Fragments). By JL.


  12. 1995. Ms materials for Unambiguous Eggs. By JL.


  13. 1995. Copal. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.


  14. 2000. Methods and Materials. Published by Xtantbooks.


  15. 2000. Things To Do. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.


  16. 2000. Alto Ossia. By JL.Published by Xtantbooks.


  17. [nd]. Convention.  [ca. 1995?].  Includes manipulated texts and instructions.


  18. 2000. Unambiguous Eggs. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.


  19. Includes the following:

    • 1995. White Fire Black Fire. By JL.


    • 1995. Unambiguous Eggs. By JL.  Printed on advertising pages.


    • [nd]. No title; one sheet orig. collaged texts.


  20. 1999. T he My Stic To Wer. Published by Xtantbooks.  By Cosa Lasciarlo, a heteronym of JL.


  21. 2000. The Old Stories. By Anmassend Bekert, a heteronym of  JL. Published by Xtantbooks.


  22. 2001. Colored Gestures. By JL.  Orig. asemic calligraphy.


  23. 2000. The White Fragments. By Ricev Prosa, a heteronym of JL.


  24. 2000. This Is The Story As It Unfolds. By JL.  Calligraohy on paper napkins.


  25. 2001. Lettershapes. By JL. Visual poems.



Box 11

Folder Number #208-227

  1. 2001. Vowels. By JL. Orig. visual poetry.  Title from orig. envelope.


  2. 2001. Letterswarms. By JL. Orig. visual poetry.  Title from orig. envelope.


  3. 2000. Staceal 8: Rotated Texts. By JL. Orig. visual poetry.  Title from orig. envelope.


  4. 2001. Orig. charcoal Calligraphy. By JL.


  5. 2001. Orig. charcoal Calligraphy. By JL.


  6. 1995. Lyric&, no.4. Includes work by JL and others.


  7. 1996. 24/7. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.


  8. 1997. Driver’s Side Airbag, no. 29.


  9. 1997. Rag Shock 3: Bizarrotica. Includes work by JL, John M. Bennett, and others.


  10. 1999. Maggnummappuss. By Joel Chace.


  11. 1998. Indefinite Space, vol. 7.  Includes work by John M. Bennett and others. Edited by Marcia Arrieta and Kevin Joy.


  12. 1997. Indefinite Space, vol. 6. Includes work by JL,  John M. Bennett, and others. Edited by Marcia Arrieta and Kevin Joy.


  13. 1997. Intuit, no.1. Includes work by JL, Jake Berry, Sheila E. Murphy, and others. Edited by Donald P. Hilla Jr. Published by 3300 Press.


  14. 1998.  Renegade: Books of Fire, The Documentation of the Renegade Library. Includes work by JL, John M. Bennett, and others.


  15. 1985. Five Fingers Review, no. 3. Includes work by JL, Scott MacLeod, and others.


  16. 1997. Antenym 13; Ontological Activism pt.1. Published by Bathysphere Press.


  17. 1997. The Notebook Project. By Guido Vermeulen.


  18. 2000. New Orleans Review, vol. 25, no.4. Published by Loyola Review.


  19. 1997. Interims. By Cydney Chadwick. Published by 3300 Press.


  20. 1992. Another Switch. By Crag Hill. Published by the Norton Coker Press.



Box 12

Folder Number #228-250

  1. 1995. Bolt Bleu. By Jessica Freeman. Published by Anabasis.


  2. 2000. Gestalten, no. 4. Includes work by John M. Bennett, Ken Harris, JL, Sheila E. Murphy, Mark Sonnenfeld, and others. Published by Broken Boulder Press.


  3. 1996. If He Could Remove Himself From Himself, What Would He Be? By Donald P. Hilla Jr. Published by 3300 Press.


  4. 1998. Full Watts Reggae-Zine, vol.2, no.3.


  5. 2000. Tight, “final issue” .  Includes work by JL, John M. Bennett, and others.


  6. 1992. The ?Why? Project. Published by Anabasis Press.


  7. 1999. New Orleans Review, vol.25, no. 1&2.  Includes work by JL and others. Published by Loyola University.


  8. 1997. Ganzfeld. By Brian Lucas. Published by Angle Press.


  9. 1996. Crystalline Echoes. By Donald P. Hilla Jr. Published in a cooperative venture by Juxta Press and 3300 Press. Two copies.1998.


  10. 1998. The Narrow Roads of Japan. By Norman Fischer. Published by Ex Nihilo Press. Three copies: two “advance proof” copies and one trade copy.


  11. 1998. Burning Flags. By Mark Prejsnar. Published by 3rdness.


  12. 1996. Recollection and Overheard. By Jim McCrary. Published by Texture Press.


  13. 1995. Sincerity Loops (25 popsong variations). By Steve Carll. Published by Bathysphere Press.


  14. 1996. Thing is the Anagram of Night. By Jonathan Brannen. Published by Texture Press.


  15. 1995. Driver’s Side Airbag, no. 7. Includes work by JL,  John M. Bennett, and others.


  16. 1996. Empty Mirror. By Michael Basinski. Published by Non Compos Mentis Press.


  17. 1995. A Matter of Habit. By Dennis Barone. Published by Generator Press.


  18. 1996. Shellgame Labyrinth Choir. By John Noto. Published by Marshall Creek Press.


  19. 1996. Sycamore Review, vol.8, no.2.


  20. 1999. Inscape 5: British Poets. Published by Instress Press.


  21. 1999. Secrets of the Universe. By Leonard Brink. Published by HopHopHop Press.


  22. 1996. Object Permanence, no. 7. Published by Clydeside Press.


  23. 1997. Faltblatt, no.4.



Box 13

Folder Number #251-267

  1. 1991. Caliban, no.10. Includes work by Ivan Arguelles and others.


  2. 1994.The Bakunin Anthology: Five Years of Dead Russian Anarchy. (Bakunin, vol. 5, no. 1)


  3. 1987. Crazyhorse: Poetry and Prose, no. 33. Published by the University of Arkansas.


  4. 1989. (Untitled). By Peter Ganick. Published by Generator Press.


  5. 1992. Pornography. By Susan Smith Nash. Published by Generator Press.


  6. [nd]. The Sasha Poems. By John High. Published by Ex Nihilo Press.


  7. 1997. Orange: A Manual. By Nico Vassilakis. Published by Subrosa Press.


  8. 1998. Ex-finite: Danger’s Dancer. By Peter Ganick. Published by Instress Press.


  9. 1989. Five Fingers Review, no.7. Includes work by JL, Scott MacLeod, and others.


  10. 1998. The Attic Magazine, no. 1. Includes work by JL, Scott MacLeod Michael Basinski, and others. Edited by Donald P. Hilla. Published by Ex Nihilo Press.


  11. 1996. Brass City, no.4. Includes work by John M. Bennett, Sheila E. Murphy, and others. Published by Brass City Press.


  12. 1995. Awaa-te, Fall 1995.  Edited by Vince Storti. Published by Awaa-te Publications.


  13. 1998. The Narrow Roads of Japan. By Norman Fischer. Published by Ex-Nihilo Press.


  14. 1995. Full Silence. By Joe Ross. Published by Upper Limit Music.


  15. 1993. Long Shot, vol.14. Published by Longshot Productions.


  16. 1995. Fuel, no.10. Edited by Andy Lowry.


  17. 1995. The Ledge, no.18.



Box 14

Folder Number #268-270

  1. 1989. Boulevard, no. 12/13. Published by Opojaz Inc.


  2. 1993. AGNI, no.37. Published by Boston University.


  3. 1992. The Manhattan Review, vol. 6, no. 2. Edited by Philip Fried.



Box 15

Folder Number #271-281

  1. 1989. ZYZZYVA, vol.5, no.4. Edited by Howard Junker. Published by ZYZZVA Inc.


  2. 1993. Onthebus, no. 12. Published by Bombshelter Press.


  3. 1997. Sycamore Review, vol.9, no.2. Edited by Rob Davison. Published by Sycamore Review.


  4. 1996. Split Shift, no. 1: Homage to Ferrini. Published by Split Shift Publications.


  5. 1996. Sycamore Review, vol.8, no.1. Edited by Rob Davidson. Published by Sycamore Review.


  6. 1993. The Ohio Review, no.50.


  7. 1985. Zone: A Feminist Journal for Women and Men, vol. 1. Edited by Richard Waring. Published by Zone Publications.


  8. 1993. Directory of American Poetry Books, First Edition. Edited by Poets House. Published by Asphodel Press.


  9. 1998. Deus Ex Machina. By Vincent Ferrini. Published by 3300 Press.


  10. 1994. Rag Men. By Terri Brown-Davidson. Published by The Ledge Press.


  11. 1993. Willow Springs, no.31.  Edited by Nancy Van Winckel. Published by Eastern Washington University.



Box 16

Folder Number #282-294

  1. 1994. The Ledge, no. 17. Edited by Timothy Monaghan. Published by The Ledge Press.


  2. 1993. Texture, no.5. Published by Texture Press.


  3. [nd]. Bulletin: Reparation De Poesie, no. 4.


  4. 1995.  Womb of Insight. By Jim Whizz. Published by 9th Street Productions.


  5. Includes the following:

    • 1996.Small Box. By Mark Hartenbach. Published by Non Copos Mentis Press.


    • 1997. Bad Things For Breakfast: 39 Early Prose Poems. By Bob Heman.


    • 1997. Throat Shadow. By Harry Polkinhorn. Published in a joint venture by Juxta and 3300 Press.


    • 1995. Sincerity Loops: 25 Popsong Variations. By Steve Carll. Published by Bathysphere Press.


  6. 1995. Remember to Murder the Numbers. By Gary David. Published by The Big Easy Press.


  7. Includes the following:

    • 1998.The Sasha Poems. By John High. Published by Ex Nihilo Press.


    • 1997. Prosodia 7. Includes work by JL, John M. Bennett, Sheila E. Murphy,  Jake Berry, and others.


  8. Includes the following:

    • 1997. Nedge 5. Edited by Henry Gould and Janet Sullivan. Published by the Poetry Mission.


    • 1998. Rhizome, no. 2. Includes work by Sheila E. Murphy and others.


  9. 1998. Arshile: A Magazine of the Arts, no. 9. Published by 96 Tears Press.


  10. Includes the following:

    • 1997. Bull Head, no. 7.


    • 1995. New Orleans Review, vol.21, no.2. Includes work by JL, Ken Harris,  Jake Berry, and others.


    • [nd]. Daily Logs. By Thomas L. Taylor. Published by Anabasis.


  11. Includes the following:

    • 1994. Bull Head, no. 1.


    • [nd]. Lucid Oona, no. 2. Includes work by JL and others.  Printed by ALC copies.


  12. Includes the following:

    • 1993. Lyric&, no. 2. Edited by Avery E.D. Burns.


    • 1999. Litterature, “v. 27, no. 6” .  Published by The Institute for Study and Application [Scott MacLeod].


  13. Includes the following:

    • 1998. House Organ, no.23. Includes work by John M. Bennett and others.


    • 1998. House Organ, no. 21. Includes work by Vincent Ferrini, Sheila E. Murphy, and others.


    • 1997. House Organ, no. 20. Includes work by Vincent Ferrini and others.


    • 1999. House Organ, no. 26. Includes work by Vincent Ferrini and others.



Box 17

Folder Number #295-313

  1. Includes the following:

    • 1998. The Sasha Poems. By John High. Ex Nihilo Press.


    • 2000. Letter to JL from Tim Gaze regarding recent work.


    • 2000. Semic, no. 2, 1.  Edited by Tim Gaze.  Includes work by JL, John M. Bennett, Thomas L. Taylor, Ken Harris, and others.


  2. Includes the following:

    • 2000. Letter to JL from Marvin Sackner.


    • 2000. Letter to JL from Guido Bilharino regarding Dimensao: Revista Internacional de Poesia.


    • 2000. Letter to JL from Thomas L. Taylor.


    • 2000. 2001. By Sheila E. Murphy. Poem printed on a card.


    • 2000. Christmas Card to JL from John Montes.


    • 2000. A card to JL from Thomas L. Taylor regarding an upcoming poetry reading in Washington D.C.


    • 2000. Dragee Haute, no. 45.


    • [nd]. Letter to JL from Mark Sonnenfeld; includes work by Mark Sonnenfeld.


    • 1999. Letter to JL from John Montes.


    • 2000. Letter to JL from Thomas L. Taylor.


    • 2000. Postcard to JL from Peter Ganick.


    • [nd]. Le Calme. By Jean-Luc Garneau.  Orig. ts translation into French of “The Calm” by Tess Gallagher.


    • The folder also contains miscellaneous mail art and poetry.




  3. Includes the following:

    • 1999. Typographical Errow, vol. 14, no. 23. Published by The Institute for Study & Application [Scott MacLeod].


    • [nd]. O!!Zone Book Review. By Geoff Lavelle.


    • [nd]. Exchanging Gifts: Poems and Prose advertisement. By Laura Ryder.


    • 2000.  Clwn Wr, no. 39  Edited by Bob Heman.  Includes work by by JL, John M. Bennett, David Cole, Spencer Selby, and others.


    • 1997. Antenym 14 : Ontological Activism part 2.


  4. 2001. No Postage Mowing. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.


  5. 2001. Terror Has Come Home. By JL. One-of-a-kind book published by Xtantbooks.


  6. 2001. No title. Includes visual poetry. By JL.  One-of-a-kind book published by Xtantbooks.


  7. 2002. Xtant Two. Edited by JL, Scott MacLeod, and Thomas L. Taylor. Published by Xtantbooks.


  8. 2001. Film Works Roll 73722, and other visual poems and ms material. By Thomas L. Taylor.


  9. 2001. Letter and four visual poems by Serge Segay.


  10. 2001. Temple #13.  By Paul Lambert.


  11. 2001. The Lay Of Fraya Wray. By Michael Basinski. Published by Xtantbooks.


  12. 2001. One-of-a-kind book by JL; no title.  Published by Xtantbooks.


  13. 1999. Juxta, no. 10. Includes work by Vincent Ferrini, John M. Bennett, and others.  Published by Juxta Press.


  14. 2001. Crimes & FB. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.


  15. This folder contains miscellaneous mail art, including work by Thompson, Ryosuke Cohen, and others..


  16. Poems by Ernest Macleod, Scott MacLeod’s grandfather.


  17. 2001. September 11 And Its Aftermath. By Michael Alert and Stephen R. Shalom.  (One-of-a-kind book assembled by JL, including his collages and visual poems.)


  18. This folder contains miscellaneous mail art, including work by Thompson, Malok, Ryosike Cohen, and others.


  19. This folder contains miscellaneous mail art, including work by Pascal Lenoir, Keiichi Nakamura, JCSynthetics, Jose Roberto Secchi, and others.



Box 18

Folder Number #314-333

  1. This folder contains miscellaneous mail and mail art, including work by Christian Burgaud, Clemente Padin, and others.


  2. This folder contains miscellaneous mail art, including work by Roman Castenholz, Clemente Padin, Ficus strangulensis, Pascal Lenoir, and others.


  3. 2001.  Bothand, The Warrior. By Matrice Kubik [JL and Ken Harris].  Published by Xtantbooks.


  4. Includes the following, each a folded broadside:

    • 2001. Distracts From Lack. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.


    • 2001. Fraud. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks. 


    • 2001. Hero. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.


    • 2001. Beat Me Up, Scottie. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.


    • 2001. Construction: Residue. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.


    • 2001. Marketplace. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.


    • 2001. Didacticism. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.


  5. 2000. Neotrope, vol. 1. Edited by Adam Powell and Paul Silvia. Published by Broken Boulder Press.


  6. 2001. Gestalten, no. 5. Edited by Adam Powell and Paul Silvia. Published by Broken Boulder Press.


  7. Includes the following, all published by Keiichi Nakamura (includes an orig. postcard by Nakamura):

    • 1999. Fireflies in the Milky Way. By Svjetlana Mimica and Keiichi Nakamura. Published by K1 Press.


    • 2001. Hybrids. By Keiichi Nakamura and Pierre Garnier. Published by K1 Press.


    • 2000. Crystal Words. By Theo Breuer and Keiichi Nakamura.


    • 2000. The Southern Cross Over. By Pete Spence and Keiichi Nakamura.


  8. Includes the following, both published by Keiichi Nakamura:

    • 2001. The Tropic of Cancer. By Rea Nikonova and Keiichi Nakamura.


    • 2001. Poemes Du Mont Fuji. By Pierre Garnier and Keiichi Nakamura. Published by K1 Press.


  9. [nd]. Popular Reality, vol. 436, no. 7.


  10. Includes the following:

    • [nd]. YO8. By Mark Sonnenfeld and Sasha Surikow. Published by Marymark Press.


    • This folder also includes free writing samples and miscellaneous materials by Mark Sonnenfeld.


  11. [nd]. Miscellaneous work (letters and poems) by Steven Dalachinsky.


  12. 2001. Short Fictions. By JL. (A folded broadside.) Published by Xtantbooks.


  13. 1987. Ink, vol. 1, no. 1.   Published by San Francisco State University.


  14. Includes the following:

    • [nd]. Floppy disc, labeled, “Backover Xtnt 2.”


    • [nd]. Floppy disc, labeled, “Hey Jimbo.”


    • [nd]. Slide, titled, “24-Christ Tempted By Satan.”


  15. 2001. Burning Deck Books, 1961-2000.  Publisher’s catalog.


  16. Art, pictures, and poems sent to JL from Anabasis Press [Thomas L. Taylor].


  17. Includes the following letters; most of the letters from Bennett include poems and visual poems:

    • 2002. Letter to JL from Kerri Sonnenberg at Conundrum Press.


    • 2001. “Memorandum” to John M. Bennett from Robin Crozier.


    • 2002. Letter to JL from John M. Bennett.


    • 2001. Letter to JL from John M. Bennett.


    • 2001. Letter to JL from John M. Bennett.


    • 2001. Letter to JL from John M. Bennett. Includes a sketch drawing of John M. Bennett and Lady C.


    • 2001. Post Card. By John M. Bennett.


    • 2001. Letter to JL from John M. Bennett.


  18. 2001. Letters to JL from John M. Bennett. Includes poems.


  19. 1997-2001. Includes letters, poems and other materials by John M. Bennett. Includes a pc copy of Bennett’s Ditch Cloth, 2000.


  20. [nd]. Miscellaneous writings by Mark Sonnenfeld. Published by Mary Mark Press.



Box 19

Folder Number #334-352

  1. 2001. Letters to JL from John Crouse.


  2. 2001. Letters to JL and/or literary works from Sheila E. Murphy, Erik La Prade, Joshua Wheeler, Mike [Basinski], Ross Priddle, and others. Also includes two lists of Xtantbooks titles.


  3. 2002. Includes letters, literary work, mail art, pamphlets, and advertisements, and other material from Michael Basinski, Luc Fierens, Ross Priddle, Sheila E. Murphy, JL, Andrew Topel, Mark Owens, Lee Ballentine, John M. Bennett, Thomas L. Taylor, Ficus strangulensis, John Crouse, Reed Altemus (orig. word collage collaborations with JL), and others.


  4. Includes the following:

    • 1996. Poetic Briefs 21. Edited by Elizabeth Burns and Jefferson Hansen. Published by Poetic Briefs.


    • 1994. Undeserved Reputations. By Stephen-Paul Martin and Susan Smith Nash. Published by Texture Press.


    • 1997. Antenym 12. Published by Bathysphere Press.


    • 1994. Heaven Bone, no. 11. Published by Heaven Bone Press.


  5. Includes the following:

    • 2000. Acrylic paintings.  By Ficus strangulensis.


    • [nd]. Paintings by Ficus strangulensis.


    • 2000-2001.  Pc visual poems by Ficus strangulensis.


  6. Includes the following:

    • 2001. Indexes to two issues of  Brain Cell.  Published by Ryosuke Cohen.


    • [nd]. “Superimposed Upon the Glide of Having This” . By Sheila E. Murphy.


    • [nd].” Lov r” . By Jessica Smith.


    • [nd]. “Ravage” . By John High.


    • 2000. Poems and visual poems by Reed Altemus.


    • 2001. Artwork and poems by Walt Evans.


  7. 1999. Manifiesto Oficial.  Documentation of a mail art project (and exhibition on Montevideo) organized by AUMA and GOMA.


  8. Includes the following:

    • 1994. A call for submissions to Juxta press.


    • Also includes a 2001 statement about Juxta, by JL and Ken Harris, and 5 orig. visual poems, 2001, by [JL and/or Ken Harris?]


  9. Includes the following:

    • 1998. Around A Corner, Part 1. By Peter Ganick.


    • Also includes work (mss) by Bob Heman, Amy Trussell, Richard Curtis, Celestine Frost, Vincent Ferrini, Chris Daniels,  JL, and Tim Gaze (essay on asemic writing).  Also a name index to all issues of Juxta.


  10. Includes the following:

    • 1981. Extrapolations from Breton’s L’Amour Fou. By JL.


    • Also includes work (mss) by Tim Gaze, John M. Bennett, Steve Carll, Spencer Selby, Mark DuCharme, Jacques Debrot, Jeffrey Little, Jake Berry, Jason Nelson, John Crouse,  Mark Prejsnar, and others.  Much of this appears to be originals for Juxta, no. 10.


  11. Includes the following:

    • 1998. The American Poetry Review, vol. 27, no. 6.


  12. Includes work by Dan Buck, and a 2001 letter from Reed Altemus.


  13. 2001. Includes a letter and several orig. asemic texts from Tim Gaze.


  14. Includes the following:

    • [nd]. A Note on Tim Gaze. By JL.


    • 2001. Visual poetry by Donna Kuhn.


    • 2001. Letter to JL from “8” [ John Crouse].


    • 2001. Letter to JL from Tim [Gaze].


    • 2001. No title. Work by Tim Gaze.


    • 2001. Letter to JL from “8” [John Crouse].


    • 2001. Letter to JL from Mark Peters.


  15. 2001. Prefaces. By John Crouse. Unbound pages, “Xtantbooks” , probably proof or copy pages for a chapbook.


  16. 2001. Hunkers. By John Crouse.  Unbound pages, “Xtantbooks” , probably proof or copy pages for a chapbook.


  17. 2001. Spoliation Declaration. By JL.  Orig. collaged and torn-up pages.


  18. 2001. Poems and visual poems by Reed Altemus, including some collaborations with John M. Bennett.


  19. 2001.Postcards. By JL. Orig. charcoal asemic calligraphy.



Box 20

Folder Number #353-372

  1. 2001.Postcards. By JL.  Orig. postcards with visual poetry, text, etc.


  2. 2001.Postcards. By JL. Postcards with orig. asemic calligraphy (charcoal), and one sheet short statements on (or by) Liz Was and Bob Cobbing.


  3. 2001. Postcards. By JL. Orig. visual poetry and visual art.


  4. 2001. Postcards. By JL. Postcards with orig. asemic calligraphy (charcoal).


  5. 2001. Letter drawings. By [JL?].


  6. Includes the following:

    • 2001. Postcard to JL and Ken Harris from John Byrum.


    • [2001?]. Letter to JL from Andrew Topel.


    • 2001. Letter to JL from Ficus Strangulensis.


    • 2001. Letter to JL from Reed Altemus.


    • 2001. Letter to JL from Crag Hill.


    • [2001?] Name index for Juxta Press.


    • 2001. “Turism” . By Scott MacLeod.


    • 2001. Short Haircut. By Mark Sonnenfeld.


    • [2001?]. Letter to JL from Andrew Topel.


    • [nd]. International Copy Art Archive: Art and Literature Inventory, from Reed Altemus.


    • 2001. Letter to JL and Ken Harris from Scott Helmes.


    • 2001. Letter to JL from Rea Nikonova.


    • [2001?]. Letter to JL from Andrew Topel.


    • [nd]. An interview of Mark Sonnenfeld.


  7. Includes the following:

    • 2001. Letter to JL and Ken Harris from Dan Buck.


    • [nd]. One More Constantly Ever. Poems. By Dan Buck.


  8. Includes the following:

    • 2001. Postcard to JL from Christian Burgaud.


    • [nd]. Five sheets visual poetry. By Christian Burgaud.


  9. Includes the following:

    • 2001. Letter to JL from Ross Priddle, with visual poetry enclosures, including a postcard by Gustave Morin.


    • 1998. Angle, no.3. Includes work by JL. Published by Angle Press.


    • 1996. Trace a Moment’s Closure For Clues. By Steve Carll. Published by Logodaedalus Press.


    • 1995. Virtual Poetry.  Folded broadside. By Ladislao Pablo Gyori.


  10. Includes the following and other material:

    • 1997. Triune Override Tractatus. By Matt Hill. Published by Marshall Creek Press.


    • 2000. Letter/booklet to JL from Mark Sonnenfeld.


    • 2000. Mail art sent to JL from Malok.


    • 2000. Letter to JL from Scott MacLeod.


    • 1994. Writing As Reading John M. Bennett’s, “Blind on The Temple.”   By Ken Harris. Published by Luna Bisonte Prods.


  11. [nd]. Unattributed ink drawings.  Two are asemic calligraphy, possibly by Ken Harris.


  12. 2001. The Solipsist Alcove: Writings from The Institute For Study and Application Kohoutenberg. Edited by JL. Published by Xtantbooks. The writers are probably all JL’s heteronyms.


  13. 2001. Bill of Rights, and other poem postcards. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks.


  14. 2001. No title. By JL. One-of-a-kind book of original asemic calligraphy, texts, and other material.  Published by Xtantbooks.


  15. 1995. Bodies Knot. By JL. Prose poems.  Published by Juxta Press.


  16. The Text Asifsuch: Writings from the Institute For Study and Application Kohoutenburg. Edited by JL. Contains an afterword by Lupi d’Cort. Published by Xtantbooks.  The writers are probably all JL’s heteronyms.


  17. 2001. The Emanationist Moment: Writings from The Institute for Study and Application Kohoutenberg. Edited by JL. Published by Xtantbooks.  The writers are probably all JL’s heteronyms.


  18. Includes the following:

    • 2001. No title. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks. One-of-a-kind book or orig. visual poetry.


    • 2002. No title. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks. One-of-a-kind book of original visual poetry.


    • 2002. Oxford Pocket Guide To The Virgin Islands. By JL. Published by Xtantbooks. One-of-a-kind book of original visual poetry.


    • 2002. A picture of an office.  This is almost certainly JL’s office in his home, with stacks of boxes that were shipped to OSU Libraries.


  19. 2001. Group of postcards by JL using scanned images, text, visual poetry, and other materials and methods.


  20. 2001.    Five one-of-a-kind stapled books by JL: texts, collage, drawing, asemic calligraphy, paint, etc.



Box 21

Folder Number #373-388

  1. 2001.  Four one-of-a-kind stapled books by JL – using same media as in folder 372 above.


  2. 1999.  Stapled book of visual texts, “Dismayed Scripts” , by Ken Harris & JL, Charlottesville: Xtantbooks, 1999.


  3. 2002.    Three folded broadsides by JL: “Destabilized” , “Smoke” , “Composition X” .  All published by JL as Xtantbooks.


  4. 1999-2001. Six sheets orig. and PC collage poems by JL; and a few sheets mail art and other material from Andrew Topel, Guido Vermeulen, AI Waste Paper Co., and others.


  5. 2002.    Two sheets orig. and scanned “tape texts” , using dirt and tape, by JL.  In a blue folder.


  6. 2001. Nine TLPs and a postcard, all by JL, containing texts using overstrikes and other devices.  Eight TLPs on blue paper, one on orange; the card on white.


  7. 2002.    Fourteen sheets “dirt glyphs” (asemic glyphs written with glue that has had dirt applied to it), by JL.  In an envelope identifying them as “dirt glyphs, 02.17.02, booklet sheets” .


  8. 2002.    Two sheets dirt glyphs as above (folder 379), identified on envelope as “4-page glue glyph booklet, 02.18.02” .


  9. 2002.    Two sheets orig. glue/dirt glyphs by JL set up for an 8-page booklet, identified on envelope as “8-page glue glyph booklet, 02.18.02” .


  10. 2002. Three sheets.  Two sheets orig. glue/dirt glyphs by JL, and one sheet PC of same (PC on both sides), by JL identified on envelope as “gluestick dirt calligraphy, 02.17.02” .


  11. 2002.    Three sheets; as above in folder 382.  Identified on envelope as “asemic dirt, 02.17.02” .


  12. 2002.    Three sheets.  Two sheets orig. glued cat hair and dirt, and one sheet PC of same (PC on both sides), by JL.  Identified on envelope as “Asemic impressions booklet, 02.17.02” .


  13. 2002.    Two sheets torn orig. rubbings from a pine tree, by JL.  Identified on envelope as  “Asemic impressions 1 & 2, pine tree, 02.17.02” .


  14. 2002.    Three sheets.  Two sheets orig. dirt/glue glyphs, and one sheet pc of same (pc on both sides), by JL.  Identified on envelope as “Asemic environment, 02.17.02” .


  15. 2002.    Three sheets; as above in folder 386.  Identified on envelope as “dirt glyphs, 02.17.02” .


  16. 2002.    Twelve sheets orig. ink smear drawings by JL, four to a sheet, many with lettristic elements.  Identified on envelope as “Asemic booklets, 02.18.02” .



Box 22

Folder Number #389-401

  1. 2002.  Two sheets, one with dirt glyphs, one with dirt squares, by JL.  Identified on envelope as “Asemic impressions, ground, 02.17.02” .


  2. 2002.    Four sheets dirt/glue glyphs by JL.  Identified on envelopes as “Asemic dirt glyphs, Asemic states of consciousness, 02-17-02” .


  3. 2002.    Eighteen sheets orig. ink drawings by JL, many with lettristic elements.  Identified on envelope as “Letter Swirls, booklet & broadsides, 02.18.02” .


  4. 2002.  Forty-one sheets.  Impressions/rubbings, dirt/glue glyphs, by JL, a couple with cat hair.  Most in clear plastic sheet protectors.  Included notes refer to these as “Asemic impressions” , “dirt/glyphs, dirt calligraphy, 02.17.02” , “dirt glyph booklet sheets” , etc.  Also in folder: stapled book of orig. color paint drawings, dated 03.14.02.


  5. 2002.    Seven sheets dirt/glue glyphs, by JL, each sheet signed and dated 03.04.02 and in a clear plastic sheet protector.


  6. 2002.    Two Xtantbooks by JL: Crushage, (scanned or pc images of crushed and flattened beverage cans); and Poem, (orig. collaged and modified texts, some with painting over them).


  7. 2002.    Thirty-five Xtantbooks by JL, each a single folded sheet.  Many have orig. drawing, collage, painting, etc. on them.  Contents consist of text, visual poetry, dirt glyphs, word collage, painting, etc.


  8. 2002.    Seven sheets and one book by JL.  Sheets consist of collage, painting, and text.  Stapled book, dated 04.23.02, consists of orig. paint drawings.


  9. 2002.    Orig. artist’s book, How To Panhandle Your Illegal Problems, by JL.  Consists of a modified pamphlet with pages torn and painted by JL.  Also in folder, a mailing envelope collaged by JL.


  10. 2002. Group of orig. collage, painting, and text modifications, by JL.


  11. 2002.    Two small scratch pads with asemic calligraphy by JL.  One titled on back, “Prepared Pens” ; the other, “Asemic Antiwar Songs” .  Both dated 4.25.02.


  12. 2002.    Two modified pamphlets by TLT.  They consist of two Charlottesville Arts & Entertainment guides, inked, torn, and collaged by JL, dated 4.17.02.


  13. 2001.    Xtantbook piece by JL.  Consists of a ballpoint pen taped in a folded piece of cardboard.  On pg. [1]: “Document: the pen, the tape, and, the cardboard, used, to make, this work” .  Dated 7.13.01



Box 23

Folder Number #402-409

  1. 2001.    Three orig. untitled Xtantbooks by JL, consisting of orig. collage, painting, text, modified text, drawing, asemic calligraphy, etc.


  2. 2001.    Two orig. untitled books by JL, similar to those in folder 402.


  3. 2001.    Eleven pieces orig. wordart by JL on paper, foil, empty label backing sheets, etc.


  4. 2001.    Ten pieces orig. wordart by JL on cardboard and other materials.


  5. 2001.    Ten pieces orig. wordart by JL on cardboard.


  6. [ca. 2001].  Five pieces orig. asemic calligraphy by JL on brown pressboard.


  7. 2002.    Thirty-seven sheets orig. dirt/glue glyphs by JL.  Sheet count includes blank slip sheets placed between glyphs.  Identified on envelope as “Dirt Glyphs, 03.04.02” .


  8. 1998.    Seventy-four sheets orig. charcoal (with some pen and other media) drawings and wordart by JL.  A few signed by “Parl Dubit” , a JL pseudonym.  One piece is a collaboration between JL and [Ken] Harris.



Box 24

Folder Number #410-419

  1. 2002.  Ninty-five sheets orig. asemic calligraphy or drawings by JL.  Primarily charcoal; a few using color paint.  Identified on envelope as “empreintes, burnt wood asemics, 03.04.02” .


  2. 2001.  Fifteen pieces orig. wordart pieces by JL on cardboard and paper bags.  Also includes an envelope with “Asemic bag scraps, 11.19.01” with asemic writing on them.


  3. 2001.  Two 6X9-inch writing tablets filled with JL’s orig. drawing, asemic calligraphy, and wordart.  Dated 3.9.01 and 3.11.01.


  4. 2002.    Two envelopes of visual poems by JL on 3X5-inch cards, made with letter stampings and smeared and etched ink.  Envelopes are identified as “04.17.02, ink etchings, lettersmears, scanned” , and “lettersmears, 4.20.02, inketchings, scanned” .


  5. 2002.    Envelope of asemic etchings in ink smears by JL on 3X5-inch cards.  Identified as “04.25.02, ink etchings” .


  6. 2001.    Three narrow scratch pads of asemic calligraphy by JL, identified on back and on envelope as “Asemic Anti-War Songs” .


  7. 2002.    Introduction pages torn from a book on poetry (The Distinctive Voice), each page painted with black paint by JL.


  8. 2001.    Twenty-six Xtantbooks by JL, most of them consisting of a single sheet folded once.  Most include texts and visual and/or collage elements.  Some include postcards on exterior pages.  Includes three books of several pages each, of visual asemic or conceptual texts.


  9. 2001-2002.  Nine Xtantbooks by JL: two copies of Short fictions (texts); six small orig. books of orig. asemic calligraphy and drawing; and one printed booklet, I lah by Billy Tiche (a pseudonym of JL) dated 2002.  All other books 2001.


  10. 2001.    Two orig. Xtantbooks by JL, each approx. 8 1/2X11 inches: Artaud: Revelations of Being, a series of orig. visual poems or charts; and Art Journal. a series of text and image collages.



Box 25

Folder Number #420-469

  1. [ca. 2001?].  Group of printed sheets, some in multiple copies, perhaps being extra pages from an issue of Juxta.  Pages contain poetry, visual poetry, and texts by John M. Bennett, Thomas L. Taylor, Sheila E. Murphy, Dave Baptiste Chirot, Michael Basinski, Tim Gaze, Celestine Frost, and others.  Also includes an orig. finger painting by Ficus strangulensis.


  2. [ca. 2000?].  Group of printed out poems and texts, probably by Ken Harris, with a few sheets by others mixed in.  In an envelope marked “Harris” .


  3. [ca. 2001?].  Poems and texts by JL (probably) laid out as page spreads, one text titled “In Brambu Drezi” by JL (Brambu Drezi is the title of a book by Jake Berry); “Sonnet to Poesis” by Matrice Kubick (a pseudonym of JL); and an offprint copy of Vance Bourjaily’s autobiography from Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series.


  4. [nd].  Group of poems and texts mostly by Ken Harris.  Includes orig. holog. texts in Harris’ hand, poems, notes, orig. ts poems, and computer printout poems and texts.  Also includes some material by others.  All in an envelope with “Harris” written on it.


  5. 1998.    Group of ts/computer printout texts and emails by various people, including JL, much of which appears to be pages from/for issues of Juxta.  Some pages include marginal notes and underlinings by JL or Ken Harris.  Includes possible proof pages from JL’s Ponsinganot.


  6. 1999.    Fifteen sheets of variations on a visual poem by JL and Ken Harris, titled Cobbing.


  7. 1993-1998. Includes:

    • “A Note on Tim Gaze” , ten sheets computer printout, each sheet with same title followed by a different text authored by a different one of JL’s pseudonyms.


    • Poetry USA, no. 25-26, 1993, “The Experimental Issue” .


    • 6ix, v. 4, no. 1, 1995.


    • Jake Berry and Jeffrey Little, The Beast’s Pheromonal Mariachi Machine, Charlottesville, VA: Juxta, 1995.


    • JL, All Music Comes From the Blues: The John Lee Hooker Improvisations, Xtantbooks, 1998.


    • JL, Bodies Knot, Juxta, 1996.  Copy includes notes and underlinings by [Ken Harris?]


    • [nd].  Pc ts article, approx. 105 sheets, by Jack Foley, “’Holy Thursday’ and the form of Innocence and Experience” .  Refers to William Blake.



Box 26

Not In Folders

  • Video and publications as follows:

    • Video (VHS) is labeled “Poetry, Dance, Music, Donna Kuhn, Amy Trussell, Jake Berry” and includes 3 pieces: 1) No Bird On Your Arm, Donna Kuhn; 2) Primencia Devour [sic], Dance Poetry Festival Oct. ’96 San Francisco; 3) Jake Berry, A. Trussel, Acoustic Café, Florence, AL, 10/97.


  • Publications include:

    • Inscape, 3, 1998.


    • First Intensity, 4, 1995.


    • Membrane, 2, 1997.


    • Sycamore Review, v. 9, no. 1, 1997; v. 10, no. 1, 1998.


    • Disturbed Guillotine, 2, 1995.


    • Venue, 1, 1997.


    • Arshile, 11, 1999.


    • Urvox, 1, 2001.


    • Io, 2, 1993.


    • Syntactics, 1, 1997


    • Itsyncast, 2, [nd]


    • The End Review, 1, 1998.


    • Indefinite Space, v. 10, 2001.


    • Tight, v. 6, no. 1, 1995; v. 6, no. 3, 1995.


    • Jessica Smith, Problemattica, 2001.


    • 6ix, v. 3, no. 2, 1994.


    • Ragshock, v. 1, no. 2, 1996.


    • Synaesthetic, Spring 1994 [back cover removed; may be in folder 423].


Box 27

Folder Number #428-437

  1. [ca. 1986?].  Several sheets orig. holog. letter from Taz [Delaney].  Also several sheets pc clippings and other material.  In an envelope marked “Taz 86” .


  2. 1999-2000.  Group of asemic calligraphic works on cards and slips of paper, by Ken Harris.  Includes four cards with notes on uses and techniques of these pieces.  In an envelope marked “Harris’ ‘scratches’, 99-01” .


  3. [ca. 1998-2001].  Poetry, texts, visual poetry by JL, Ken Harris, and others.  Includes a group of orig. visual poems by JL, 2001, with title “Text and Image” ; Dismayed Scripts by Ken Harris and JL, Xtantbooks, 1999; Bothand, The Warrior, by Matrice Kubik [a collaboration by JL and Ken Harris?], Xtantbooks, 2001; “Saturation W/S” , [nd; according to a note from JL to the editor of this guide, this is by JL]; “Prolegomena” , [by JL?]; and other material.


  4. 2001. Correspondence received. Includes correspondence, literary texts, and/or mail art from Ryosuke Cohen, Jean Hugues, Michael Basinski, John Crouse, Tim Gaze, Sheila E. Murphy, Steve Dalachinsky, Thomas L. Taylor, Jon Cone, and others.


  5. 2001.  Corrspondence received.  Includes correspondence, literary texts, visual poetry, and/or mail art from Thompson, Reed Altemus, Antoni Miro, Jim Dewitt, Andrew Topel, Ralph Eaton, Sheila E. Murphy, Marcia Arrieta, John Crouse, Ficus strangulensis, Mark Peters, Jessica Smith, Scott MacLeod, and others.


  6. 2001.  Correspondence received.  Includes correspondence, literary texts, and/or mail art from David Stone, Greg Cole, Ficus strangulensis, Judith Skolnick, John Crouse, and others.


  7. 1999.  Camera-ready copy of pages for JL’s chapbook Plankton, Xtantbooks, 1999.  Note with printing instructions indicates “40 copies” .


  8. 2000.  Ms by Scott MacLeod, prose, 29 sheets, titled “Adolphe Neure, version 2” .


  9. 2001.  Three publications: Mark Sonnenfeld, Subway Reading, Marymark Press, 2001; The Temple, v. 5, no. 1, 2001; Critical Mass, v. 6, no. 4, 2001.


  10. 2001.  Three one-of-a-kind 8 ½ X 11-inch Xtantbooks by JL, consisting of sheets of orig. visual poetry, calligraphy, collage, texts, and other material stapled at edge.



Box 28

Folder Number #438-441

  1. 2002.  Correspondence received.  Includes correspondence, literary texts, and/or mail art from Peter Ganick [including a review of JL’s Doubt], Sheila E. Murphy, John M. Bennett [including letters from 1994, 1999, and 2000], Scott MacLeod, Marvin Sackner, John Crouse, Jon Cone, Reed Altemus, Michael Basinski, Andrew Topel, Steve Dalachinsky, Bob Heman, and others.


  2. 2002.  Correspondence received.  Includes correspondence, literary texts, visual poetry, and/or mail art from John Byrum, JL, Marilyn Dammann [including an artist’s book], Guy R. Beining, Netmail, and others.


  3. 2002.  Correspondence received.  Includes correspondence, literary texts, visual poetry, and/or mail art from Michael Basinski, Thomas L. Taylor, Ficus strangulensis [several groups of materials], Bibliotheca Gullbiana, Jose Vandenbroucke, Roman Castenholz, Roy Arenella, Reed Altemus, Ryosuke Cohen, Luc Fierens, Mark Sonnenfeld, and others.


  4. 2001-2002.  Correspondence received and publications.  Includes correspondence and/or literary texts from Andrew Topel, Mark Sonnenfeld, and Ralph Eaton.  Publications include John Crouse, Prefaces, Xtantbooks, 2001; Sheila E. Murphy, Heresiarch, Xtant/Anabasis, 2002; and Enrique Blanchard, Physicus Loquutor, Libro Uno…, Nuevo Milenio, 1995.  Folder also includes internet printouts relating to The World Trade Center attack of Sept. 2001, the war in Afghanistan, and related matters.



Box 29

Folder Number #442-449

  1. 1998-2000.  Coagula Art Journal, nos. 33, 34, 37, 44, 48.


  2. 1996.  Six 8X10 black-and-white photo prints of JL.  Four taken in San Francisco in 1985.  These are the photos used in JL’s autobiography published in Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series.


  3. 2002.  Xtantbooks and visual poetry by JL.  27 Xtanbooks, each a pc sheet folded [includes one card] with JL’s visual poems, collage, dirt/glue glyphs, etc.  Also one copy Anmassend Bekehrt [JL], Bilingual Drug Slang Book, Xtantbooks, 2002.  Also 7 sheets orig. or pc visual poetry by JL [2 are collaborations with Thomas L. Taylor].


  4. 2001-2002.  Four orig. visual poetry pieces by JL on heavy pressboard.


  5. 2000-2002.  Correspondence received.  Includes correspondence, literary texts, visual poetry, and/or mail art from Mark Sonnenfeld, Michael Mann, John M. Bennett, Marcia Arrieta, Michael Basinski, Jon Cone, Natalie Basinski [“Bas” ], Andrew Topel, John Crouse, Paul Silvia, Steve Dalachinsky, Scott MacLeod, Pete Spence, Sheila E. Murphy, Vernon Frazer, Erik LaPrade, Reed Altemus, Cornelis Vleeskens, Ficus strangulensis, Thomas L. Taylor, and others.


  6. 2001-2002.  Correspondence received.  Includes correspondence, literary texts, visual poetry, and/or mail art from Mark Sonnenfeld, Ralph Eaton, Ficus strangulensis, Thomas L. Taylor, Guide Vermeulen, Andrew Topel, and others.


  7. 1999-2001.  Printouts of JL’s email sent and other correspondence.  Includes letters to Tim [Gaze], Mike [Basinski], John [M. Bennett], Scott [MacLeod], Guy [R. Beining], John [Crouse], Vincent [Ferrini], Sheila [E. Murphy], Adam [Powell], Donna [Kuhn?], Eric [?], Ross [Priddle], Paul [Silvia], Mark [Sonnenfeld], Amy Delaney, John High, Ken [Harris], Taz [Delaney], Dan [?], Jessica [?], Spencer [Selby], and others.  In an envelope marked “Letters 2001, #1” .


  8. 2001.  Printouts of JL’s email sent and other correspondence.  Includes letters to Reed [Altemus], Mike [Basinski], John [M. Bennett], Crag [Hill], John Crouse, Dan [?], Vincent [Ferrini], Tim Gaze, John High, Scott Macleod, “Johnevb” , Sheila [E. Murphy], Rea [Nikonova], John Perlman, Ross [Priddle], Taz [Delaney], Ralph [Eaton], Lee [Ballentine], Anabasis [Thomas L. Taylor], and others.  In an envelope marked “Letters 2001, #2” .



Box 30

Folder Number #450-458

  1. 2001.  Printouts of JL’s email sent and other correspondence.  Includes letters to Reed [Altemus], Marcia [Arrieta], Lee [Ballentine?], John [M. Bennett], Dan [?], John [Crouse], Vincent [Ferrini], John High, Ross [Priddle], Thomas L. Taylor [and Anabasis], Andrew [Topel?], Jon [Cone], Ralph [Eaton], Ficus [strangulensis], Tim [Gaze], Mike [Will?], Sheila [E. Murphy], and others.  In an envelope marked “Letters, 2001, #3” .


  2. 2001.  John Crouse’s email letters to JL, including some of JL’s messages to which Crouse has replied.  In an envelope marked “8.24.01, 11.11.01, email w/ John Crouse” .


  3. 1997.  Printouts of email exchanged between JL and Thomas L. Taylor.  In two envelopes.


  4. 2002.  Printouts of mail exchanged between JL and Thomas L. Taylor.


  5. 2001-2002.  Printouts of email exchanges between JL and Mike Will, Ralph Eaton, Tom Hibbard, Scott MacLeod, John High, T [Thomas L. Taylor, 1996], and others.


  6. 2001-2002.  Printouts of email exchanges between JL and Thomas L. Taylor Oct. 2001 and Feb. 2002.


  7. 2001-2002.  Printouts of email exchanges between JL and Taz Delaney, Don Hilla, Mike Will, John Crouse, John High, and Scott MacLeod.


  8. 2001-2002.  Scott MacLeod, Tim Gaze, and John Crouse.  Includes 5 poems by Joy Reid sent to JL by MacLeod; 3 asemic visual poems by Gaze; a ms by Crouse, Scapes, with a letter; a group of orig. visual and textual collaborations by JL and Crouse; and other material.


  9. 2002.  Scott Helmes and Peter Ganick.  Letter from Helmes with a copy of Whistling Shade, Winter (a Twin Cities literary tabloid); and a letter from Ganick with 3 pages of a longer work title “…1” .


  10. 2002.  Thomas L. Taylor.  Group of photos by Taylor, including some of Vincent Ferrini; and a printout ms, first line “I hear your heart swinging” .  Date from postmark on mailing envelope for photos.



Box 31

Folder Number #460-469

  1. 2001.  Reed Altemus.  Letter from Altemus re poetry and visual poetry, with 4 sheets of same by Altemus and others.


  2. [ca. 2002?].  Ric Royer.  Brief letter and a poem from Royer.


  3. 2001.  Michael Basinski.  Includes pc ms of Basinski’s The Lay of Fraya Wray,  and another copy, with covers, camera-ready for the Xtantbooks edition; a broadside by Basinski, signed, “Nine Limeraids” , 2001; pc essay by Basinski, “The Sound Pome Today Must Come to Bum Impoemvisational” ; letter from Basinski to JL; envelope from Basinski with letter and visual text to JL, 2 broadsides by Basinski, “Sugar Fungi” , 2000, and “Poems Popeye Papyrus II” , 2000, pc letter from JL to Basinski, and other material; and a copy of  House Organ, no. 34, 2001.


  4. 2001.  Sheila E. Murphy, Concentricity, 67-pg. poetry ms, computer printout, with letter to JL and Ken Harris.


  5. 2002.  Four orig. visual poems by JL on pressboard.


  6. 2001.  Letters and/or mart art from Paul Silvia, Ken Harris, Andrew [Topel], John [Byrum], Marilyn Dammann, and Mike B[asinski].


  7. 2001.  Letters and/or literary works from W. B. Keckler, Jon Cone, “8” [John Crouse], Malok, Mark Sonnenfeld, Mike Basinski, John P[erlman], “Dan” , Scott MacLeod, Marvin Sackner, Geoffrey D. Smith, and others.


  8. 2001.  Letters from “8” [John Crouse] with drawings by Wyatt Crouse.


  9. 2001.  Letters, literary works, and/or other material from Andrew Topel, Ross Priddle, Clemente Padin, Tom [L. Taylor], John M. Bennett, Richard Kostelanetz, Rob McLennan, Michael Basinski, Sheila E. Murphy, Marcia Arrieta, Mark Sonnenfeld, John Perlman, Ellen R. Nelson, Vincent Ferrini, Tim [Gaze], Lee Ballentine, Theo Breuer, Spencer Selby, and others.


  10. 2003.  A copy of this guide, and any subsequent notes, emendations, correspondence, etc.




Content last revised: August, 2003

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