Materials are arranged chronologically.
Donated by John M. Bennett, date unknown
[identification of item], John M. Bennett Correspondence with Thomas M. Cassidy (Musicmaster), SPEC.RARE.0216, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
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Processed by: Katy Scullin, 2017 October. Finding aid written by: Katy Scullin, 2017 October
As of 2017, Thomas M. Cassidy, also known as Musicmaster, is an American artist and performance poet. He has been active in the smallpress, mail-art, and visual poetry worlds since 1972. As a founding member of the performance poetry/art troupe The Impossibilists, Cassidy co-published all 23 Impossibilist manifiestos. He has published several books of poetry and artwork, including ONDA (2009), a collaboration with experimental writer John M. Bennett.
The John M. Bennett Correspondence with Thomas M. Cassidy (Musicmaster) contains printouts of email correspondence between John M. Bennett and Thomas M. Cassidy from 2007-2009. Most messages from Cassidy have artwork attached. The artwork consists of colorful abstract images, often incorporating bird-like figures, superimposed over the text of poems or pages removed from books. Some of this artwork is solo work, while other pieces are collaborations with Bennett.