The K. S. Ernst Collection:
Books, Serials, Manuscripts, and Files
SPEC.CMS.121

(Guide Compiled by John M. Bennett & Jeanne Reed)

INTRODUCTION

Poet, visual poet, and concrete poet K. S. Ernst was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1946, and has lived most of her life in New Jersey, near New York City.She began publishing her work in the late 1960’s.Her first works were textual and visual poems published in the small and underground press of that time, but she very quickly began to focus primarily on the visual possibilities of language.The vast majority of her mature work demonstrates a continual evolution in that direction, and she has worked in a wide variety of media and materials, in two and three dimensions, using paper, wood, plaster, fabric, electronic media, artists’ books, and other materials and media.In the 1980’s she edited the visual poetry postcard magazine Place Stamp Here, and published other materials, including visual poetry T-shirts, from her press Press Me Close.She is widely regarded as a major presence in the world of visual poetry, which is an arena oflinguistic experimentation and innovation that has had broad influences on the world of poetry and art in general.

Her work has been published and exhibited widely and she remains very active at the time of this writing.Since 2001, she has also performed and recorded with the collaborative sound poetry group, The Be Blank Consort.

There is a bibliography of her published poems in Folder 56A.

This collection was acquired by OSU Libraries in 2003.It includes manuscript materials from the years 1965-2003, and publications from approximately 1957-2003.

In this guide, all publications that include work by KSE have the initials “(KSE)” following the entry.The guide is divided into two sections, those of “Books and Serials” (Boxes 1-13), and “Manuscripts and Files” (Boxes 14-17).The former consists of publications that include her work or that she owned.Many of these publications have notes to KSE from the authors or editors on them or laid in.Many of the serials include visual poetry by other major artists/writers in that genre.The manuscripts include drafts and alternate versions of her textual poems, submission and publication records, print and CD catalogs of her visual and concrete poetry and word art, including technical data on each piece, and other material.

Cf. also SPEC.CMS.105 (in Rare Books & Manuscripts Library) which consists of KSE’s BELLES LETTRES: Workbook, 1979-2001, an extensive documentation of ideas and plans for visual and concrete poems.

Dr. John M. Bennett, Curator
October 2004

THE K. S. ERNST COLLECTION-
CATALOGUE OF INVENTORY, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Detailed Listing/ Box and Folder Listing:

Box 1

JMB Emails sent 3.22.99-4.15.99

BOOKS AND SERIALS

VOLOS, A Topographic Philosophic Study, Alexander Josef Hirka, Brooklyn:1985.

VELOCITY, November 1985.

KALDRON, #20, 1986.

INTERSTATE, #17, 1986.

EARTH’S DAUGHTERS: Feminist Arts A Political Issue, #27, 1986.

BOGG, #53, 1985.

THE FIRST DECADE: An Exhibition at the New York Public Library, Center for BookArts, 1984.

THE WEDDING OF THE CENTURY: Deborah Blackwood Chapman and John Palmer Jacob, 1984. (Limited edition mail art documentation including work by KSE, Klaus Groh, John M. Bennett, Cracker Jck Kid, Guy Bleus, David Cole, Blaster Al Ackerman, Ken Friedman, Guillermo Diesler, and others.)

UMBRELLA: Special Exclusive Mailart Edition, Vol 7 No.2, March 1984. (Includes ad for KSE’s Press Me Close concrete poetry shirts.)

KALDRON,#19, 1985. (Includes review of KSE’s SEQUENCES.)

SCORE BROADSIDES: ANTHROPOEMA, A. de Araujo, #5.

MC,#5, September,1983.

MC, #6, January, 1984.

MC,#7, 1984. (KSE)

KALDRON, #17, 1984.

KALDRON, #18, 1984.

KALDRON, #16, 1983.

KALDRON, #10, 1980.

VELOCITY, 1985. (KSE)

CONTACT II: A BIMONHLY POTRY REVIEW, Vol. 3 No.16/17, 1980.

VELOCITY, 1983.

SCORE,# 4. (KO by Kael Kempton and Loris Essary.)

BOGG, #46, 1981.

BILE, 1980.

BILE, 1982.

BILE, 1977

BILE, nd.

BILE, 1981.

BILE, nd>.

ALBATROSS, Summer, 1978.

APPEARANCES, Vol. 1 No.4, ca. 1979.

APPEARANCES, #9, 1983. (Includes ad for KSE’s visual poetry shirts.)

SAPIENS, #1, 1983.

SCORE, #5, nd.Also 6 Score broadsides.

EARTH’S DAUGHTERS,#24, 1985.

Box 2

POSTHYPE, Vol. 3 No.1, July 1984. (KSE)

LIGHTWORKS, #16, Winter 83/84. (Includes review of KSE’s PLACE STAMP HERE.)

BIKINI GIRL, #5, Spring 1980.

BOX 749,Vol. 2No.2/3, 1979.

PASSAGES IN TIME: The Prints of Jiri Anderle, Pratt Institute, NYC, 1985.

PREMIERE FETE DE LA LETTRE, Galerie Paul Facchetti, Paris, 1976. (Visual poetry exhibit.)

FRONTIERES, 1985.

OUT THERE, Postcard issue, #14, NYC, 1979.

CARE, #12, Playcare issue, Archive ofArtistic Works and Projects About the Amazonic World, Milano. (KSE)

NICE, #4, NYC, 1981.

NEWARK PRESS, Vol. 2 No. 3, Adelphi, MD. Winter, 1984. (Includes ad for KSE’s PLACE STAMP HERE.)

NEWARK PRESS, Stamp issue, Vol. 2 No. 5¾, Adelphi, MD., 1984.

IT’S ONLY MONEY!, NYC, 1980.

NEWRITE, #4, NYC, 1981.

NEWRITE, #2, NYC, 1980.

BILE, Chicago, nd. (Includes ad for KSE’s visual poetry shirts laid in.)

BILE, nd.

NETWORKART 43, Forte dei Marmi, Italy, Aug-Sept. 1983. (Includes ad for KSE’s Press Me Close products.)

SHANTH, Vol. 4 No. 3-4, NYC, Winter-Spring 1982.

WOODROSE, V, Madison, WI, 1983.

STARE, #7, Chicago, September 1981.

SCREE, #22 & 23, Reno, 1983.

SPEK, Madison, WI, Xerox Sutra Editions, nd.

SALT LICK, Vol.IIINo.1 & 2, Quincy, IL., 1980.

ASSEMBLING ASSEMBLING, Richard Kostelanetz, editor, Supplement to Eighth Assembling, Brooklyn, 1978.

PRINT REVIEW, #20, NYC.

BOGG, #51, 1983. (KSE)

BOGG, #52, 1984.

BOGG, #48, 1982.

Box 3

A CRITICAL (NINTH) ASSEMBLING, compiled and introduced by Richard Kostelanetz, (PRECISELY: #6,7,8,9) New York, 1979.

Steve Sneyd, DISCOURTEOUS SELF-SERVICE, Bogg Chapbooks, Series 2No. 3, Arlington, VA, 1983.

WOODROSE, #6, Madison, WI, Fall/Winter 1983. (Includes ad for KSE’s concrete poetry t-shirts.)

GEGENSHEIN, #16, 17, 18, NYC, 1979.

LIGHTWORKS, #14, 15, Ann Arbor, Winter 1981/82.

HIGH PERFORMANCE, Vol. 4 No. 4, Los Angeles, Winter 1981 –2.

GARGOYLE, #14, Washington, D.C., 1980.

ENTARTETE KUNST, Vol. 1 No. 1, Adelphi, MD, Spring 1984.

TOTAL ABANDON, #5, Ashland, OR, 1980.

SWIFT KICK, #2, Buffalo, 1982.

STRANGE FAECES, #20, Cambridge, MA, March 1980.

SPEK, #2 ½, nd.

EARTH’S DAUGHTERS, #23, A DELICATE FIRE, #1, Buffalo, 1984.

THE GREEN FUSE: A Memoir, Lita Hornick, NYC, 1989.

CHOUTEAU REVIEW, Vol. 4 No. 1, Kansas City, MO, 1980.

INDUSTRIAL SABATOGE, #22, Toronto, November 1983. (Includes a group of postcards and broadsides published by Curvd H & Z (jwcurry.))

CAB ART, #10, Ann Arbor, Spring 1982.

SO & SO, #8, San Francisco, Summer 1980.

PROP, #9 / 10, Albany, July 1983.

PROP, #4, Albany, May 1980.

NOT GUILTY (!), Vol. 1 No. 4, NYC, 1979.

KONGLOMERATI, Vol. 5 No. 4, Gulfport, FL, 1979.

Box 4

IMPULSE, Vol. 9 No.3 & 4, Spring, Toronto, 1982.

PRAXIS, Vol. 1 No. 3, December, Chicago, 1979.

SCORE, Berkeley, nd.

LITTLE CAESAR, #10, NYC.

DOO DA FLORIDA, Vol. 1 No. 1, Tallahassee, 1983.

DRY,NYC.

DUMB, Vol. 1 No. 1, Spring, 1980, NYC.

Phil Demise, MANINFESTED, #197 of 300 copies, NYC, 1979.

THE FAULT, #13, Union City, CA, 1980.

DRY, #10, NYC.

ARTE POSTALE!, #42, Forte dei Marmi, Italy, 1983.

ART POETRY MELODRAMA, The Alternative Press, Grindstone City, Michigan, 1983. (Poetry postcards.)

BOSS, #4, NYC, 1970.

ZONE # 2, Summer/Fall 1977, Brooklyn.

ZZ, Elmslie, Kenward, editor, NYC, 1974.

INS AND OUTS, Issue 4/5, Amsterdam, 1980.

Lapp Princess Press Collection of Artists’ Books, catalogue and order form, NYC.

ANTI-ISOLATION, #2, Madison, WI, ca. 1985.

BUKOWSKI: Friendship, Fame & Bestial Myth, Jory Sherman, Augusta, GA, 1981.

CHELSEA, #34, NYC, 1975.

ASPHODEL, Vol. 2 No. 1, Pitman, NJ, 1980.

THE GAMUT, #6, Spring/Summer, Cleveland, 1982. (Includes an article on concrete poetry by Leonard Trawick.)

EARTH’S DAUGHTERS, #22, San Francisco, 1984.

HUBRIS, #3, Concord, NH, 1982. (KSE)

MATI, Chicago, ca. 1980.(Postcards issue.)

CUMBERLAND JOURNAL, #10, Harrisburg, PA, Spring 1980.

X, Harrisburg, PA, March, 1979.

THE ALCHEMIST, Vol. 1 No. 4, Montreal, 1980.

BEATNIKS FROM SPACE, #3, Ann Arbor, Autumn, 1981.

UNMUZZLED OX, Vol. 4 No. 1, NYC, 1976.

UROBOROS, Vol. 11 No. 4, San Francisco, Fall, 1978.

SUN & MOON, #9/10, College Park, MD, Summer 1980.

BARTS BOOK OF VALUES, 2d edition, 1981.

SWIFT KICK ,#1, Buffalo, 1982.

POST POEMS, Raw Dog Press, Doylestown, PA, 1982. (Poetry postcards.)

THENEW YORK QUARTERLY, #25, NYC, 1979.

Box 5

THE DUPLEX PLANET, #50, Brookline, MA, July, 1983.

NICE, NYC.

ANTHROPOMORPHOSIS, Vol. 4No. 1, Austin, 1980.

IMAGEMAGAZINE, Spring-Summer, Fenton, MO, 1977.

HOT WATER, #2, Philadelphia, 1977.

HUBRIS, #1, Concord, NH, Summer 1982.

FERRO BOTANICA, South Hoboken, NJ, January, 1982.

GLASSWORKS, Vol.3No. 1, 2, 3, Metuchen, NJ, 1977-1978.

DAVINCI, # 6, Montreal, Autumn 1979.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 37, Brookline, MA, June, 1982.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 38, Brookline, MA, July, 1982.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 39, Brookline, MA, August, 1982.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 40, Brookline, MA, September, 1982.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 41, Brookline, MA, October, 1982.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 42, Brookline, MA, November, 1982.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 43, Brookline, MA, December, 1982.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 44, Brookline, MA, January, 1983.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 45, Brookline, MA, February, 1983.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 46, Brookline, MA, March, 1983.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 47, Brookline, MA, April, 1983.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 48, Brookline, MA, May, 1983.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 49, Brookline, MA, June, 1983.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 50, Brookline, MA, July, 1983.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 51, Brookline, MA, August, 1983.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 52, Brookline, MA, 1983.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 53, Brookline, MA, 1983.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 54, Brookline, MA, 1983.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 55, Brookline, MA, 1984.

THE DUPLEX PLANET, # 56, Brookline, MA, 1984.

LITTLE GIRL GAMES, # 2, Chicago, Summer 1980.

LAUGHING BEAR #6, Vol.2No. 3, Woodinville, WA, 1977.

AUTOMNE, #2, Bruxelles, 1983.

Box 6

K.S. Ernst: Bibliography of Misc. Pubs., 8/2003. (1 sheet ts.)

Program,INSIDE OUT, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Residency 92, 27 May – 16 June 2001. (KSE)

DAVID COLE: Exhibition of Recent Works & An In-Gathering of Paint Stirrers, Montclair State University Art Galleries, May 22 – July 21, 2000. (KSE)

25 YEARS OF FEMINISM – 25 YEARS OF WOMEN’S ART, catalogue, Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, Rutgers University, 1996. (KSE)

25 YEARS OF FEMINISM – 25 YEARS OF WOMEN’S ART, Calendar of Celebratory Events, Rutgers University, 1996. (KSE)

WOMEN ARTISTS SERIES CATALOGUE, 1986/1987, Rutgers University. (KSE)

WORDSEEN, Wordworks by 13 Visual Poets and Authors, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, 7 – 29 March 2003. (KSE)

Press Me Close, K.S. Ernst, editor, T-Shirts catalogue. (KSE)

PAGES AND REVELATIONS: An Exhibition Journal Dedicated to the Spirit in Art, Barbara M .Meise, editor, Warren School and Harriet Tubman School, Newark, NJ, 1986. (KSE)

“Sound Mess &Other Poems”, CD, The BE Blank Consort, Columbus, OH, 2003. (KSE)

SALOME: A Literary Dance Magazine, #32/33, Effie Mihopoulos, editor, Chicago, 1983. (KSE)

EGGS, A Magazine of Young Writers, Vol. 1 No. 1, Princeton University, May 1964.

BROKEN STREETS II, Ron Grossman, editor, 1981. (KSE)

BIKINI GIRL, # 8, New York, 1981. (KSE)

ARTIFACT Number One, Flint, Michigan, Spring 1981.

Envelope with ARTIFACT Number One postcards and artwork, Spring 1981. (KSE – but KSE’s work and that of others missing from this copy of the loose-leaf serial.)

NEW WRITE: Dedicated To Keeping a Literary Foot Beyond the Doors of Perception, 3, New York, 1980. (KSE)

LOST AND FOUND TIMES, # 9, Columbus, Ohio, November 1980. (KSE)

KALDRON, 11, Grover City, CA, 1980.

TENTH ASSEMBLING: A Collection of Otherwise Unpublishable Manuscripts, Brooklyn, 1980. (KSE)

ANTENNA, San Diego, 1980. (KSE)

CO-LINGUA, (ca. 1986?)(KSE)

QUEEN STREET MAGAZINE: A Multi-media Journal of the Arts, Vol. 3 No. 1, Issue 7,8,9, Toronto, 1975.

BLEB # 1, New York, 1970. (KSE)

BLEB #2, New York, 1971. (KSE)

BLEB#3, New York, 1971. (KSE)

BLEB#4, New York, 1972. (KSE)

BLEB#5, New York, 1972. (KSE)

BLEB#7, New York, 1973. (KSE)

BLEB#8, New York, 1974.

PENUMBRA, #10, New York, Fall 1971. (KSE)

BACHAET: A Poetic Experience, Vol. 1 No. 4, Irvington, NJ, Dec. 1969. (KSE)

APHRA, Vol. 1 No. 2, Springtown, PA, 1969. (KSE)

APHRA, Vol. 2 No. 3, New York, Summer 1971. (KSE)

PENUMBRA, # 8, New York, July 1970. (KSE)

THE GRECOURT REVIEW, Vol. 8 No. 1, Smith College, December 1964.

NEWRITE: The Magazine of ImagiNations, Vol. 2, New York, 1981. (Includes work by KSE and Ernie Ernst.)

LOST AND FOUND TIMES, #10, Columbus, Ohio, August 1981. (KSE)

Box 7

WRITING TO BE SEEN: An anthology of later 20^th century visio-textual art, Vol. 1, Bob Grumman and Crag Hill, editors, 2001. (KSE)

AN AMERICAN AVANT GARDE: SECOND WAVE, Featuring work from the AvantWriting Collection, Catalogue of an exhibit at The Ohio State University, John M. Bennett and Geoffrey D. Smith, curators, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, 2002. (KSE) (2 copies)

SCORE, #3, Oakland, CA, nd. (KSE)

NRG, 22, nd. (KSE).

ART ON THE LOOSE, Vol. 1 No. 3, Winter 2003. (KSE)

SCORE, #17,Crag Hill, editor, Moscow, Idaho, Summer 2002. (KSE)

MATI, #23/24, Chicago, 1985. (KSE)

WITHIN THE TURNING, David Cole, 1990. (With an inscription: “for Kathy, whose close press irons out my wrinkles, with much love, david, february 9, 1990”)

THE WINDLESS ORCHARD, #49, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1987.

UNARMED:Adventurous Poetry Journal, #26, St. Paul, March 2002. (KSE)

UNARMED:Adventurous Poetry Journal, #28, St. Paul, May, 2002.

POST POEMS, Raw Dog Press, Doylestown, PA, 1984. (two copies) (KSE)

ERNST CLASS MAIL, Swift Kick,K.S. Ernst, 1983. (KSE)

PLACE STAMP HERE: A Literary Magazine on Postcards-Visual Poetry, Issue # 0, 1982.(KSE)

PLACE STAMP HERE, Issue #1, Spring 1983. (KSE)

PLACE STAMP HERE, Issue #2, Fall, 1983. (KSE)

PLACE STAMP HERE, Issue #3, Summer 1984. (KSE)

PLACE STAMP HERE, Issue #4, 1985. (KSE)

GENERATOR 10,: A Magazine of International Experimental Visual & Language Materials, John Byrum, editor,ClevelandOH, 2000.(KSE)

Box 8

INTERSTATE, Issue 16, Austin, TX, 1984. (Cover photography K.S. Ernst’s sculpture “Writer’s Block.”) (KSE)

LOOSE WATCH: A Lost and Found Times Anthology, Invisible Books, 1998.(KSE)

LOST AND FOUND TIMES, Issue 12, Columbus, OH, October 1982. (KSE)

LOST AND FOUND TIMES, Issue 15, Columbus, OH, October 1983. (KSE)

LOST AND FOUND TIMES, Issue 13/14, Columbus, OH, March 1983. (KSE)

LOST AND FOUND TIMES, Issue 16, Columbus, OH, July 1984. (KSE)

LOST AND FOUND TIMES, Issue 50, Columbus, OH, May 2003. (KSE)

LOST AND FOUND TIMES, Issue 47, Columbus, OH, November 2001. (KSE)

LOST AND FOUND TIMES, Issue 48, Columbus, OH, May 2002. (KSE)

LOST AND FOUND TIMES, Issue 49, Columbus, OH, December 2002. (KSE)

POLARTIS, 2000, August. (KSE)

THIRTEEN, Vol. II No. 2, Portlandville, NY, April 1984. (KSE)

THE EDGAR ALLAN POE MESSENGER, Vol. 20 No. 6, August 1984.

BOGG #50, 1983. (KSE)

BOGG: A Journal of Contemporary Writing, # 71, 2001. (KSE)

SPIDERTANGLE THE BOOK: A Coincidental Miscellany of Now Vispo,Xexoxial Editions, 2002. (KSE)

EARTH’S DAUGHTERS: A Feminist Arts Periodical, # 19,20, “…busting up is hard to do,” 1983. (KSE)

CALLIOPE, Vol. 7 No. 1, Roger Williams College, Bristol, RI, December 1983. (KSE)

THE GAMUT: A Journal of Ideas and Information, # 9, Cleveland State University, Spring/Summer 1983. (Concrete poetry feature.) (KSE)

SALOME: A Literary Dance Magazine, # 30/31, Chicago, IL, 1983.

TRANSLATIONS: Experiments in Reading, Cambridge, MA, 1983.

PAUM ON OCK: Visitors Book, June 1983. (With inscription on inside back cover, “for Kathy, much love, DavidJuly 8, 1983” – compiled by David Cole.) (KSE)

NRG,#20, (cover art David Cole), Portland, OR, 1983.

BLOW FOUR: A Magazine of Modern Writing,Portland, OR, 1983. (KSE)

TRULY FINE, Vol. 6 No. 2, Bemidji, MN.(KSE)

MC:3, Brooklyn, NY, 1982.

LOOK QUICK: Special Beat Section, #10, Spring 1982. (KSE)

CASUAL ABUSE & THE FAULT, The Fault 1971 – 1981. (KSE)

BOGG,#49, 1982.

APPEARANCES, #7, NYC, 1982. (KSE)

IMPULSE, Vol. 9 No. 2, Toronto, Fall 1981. (Includes inserted BIKINI GIRL, 8, 1981 with KSE.)

COHERENCE A Gathering of Experiments in Writing: Towards a New Poetics, Vol. 1,

Cambridge, MA,1981. (KSE)

THIRTEEN, Vol. II No. 1, Portlandville, NY, Oct. 1983. (KSE)

K. S. Ernst, SEQUENCING, Madison, WI, 1984. (loose pages in box) (KSE)

K. S. Ernst, SEQUENCING, Madison, WI, 1984.(bound) (KSE)

POST POEMS, II, Raw Dog Press, Doylestown, PA, 1983. (KSE)

Charles Haseloff, 13 ½ POEMS FOR THE IDEAL WOMAN, NYC, 1984. (Includes photo by Ernie Ernst.)

SACKBUT REVIEW: Humorous Poetry and Poetry for Children, Vol. III #10, Milwaukee, WI, Winter 1981. (KSE)

Box 9

Seymour Krim, editor, THE BEATS,Greenwich, CT 1983.

Kenneth Patchen, COLLECTED POEMS, NYC, 1968.

Gary Snyder, THE BACK COUNTRY, NYC, 1968.

Rainer Maria Rilke, LETTERS TO A YOUNG POET, NYC, 1934.

Robert Vas Dias, editor, INSIDE OUTER SPACE: New Poems of the Space Age, Garden City, NY, 1970.

Anne Waldman, editor, THE WORLD ANTHOLOGY: Poems from St. Mark’s Poetry Project, 1969.

Anne Waldman, editor, ANOTHER WORLD: A Second Anthology of Works from the St. Mark’s Poetry Project, 1971.

Paul Carroll, editor, THE YOUNG AMERICAN POETS, 1968.

Irving Stettner, FOOTLOOSE, NYC, 1981. (Inscribed “For Kathy in friendshipIrving Stettner, May ’83”)

Irving Stettner, HURRAH! Selected Poems, Brooklyn, N, 1980. (Inscribed and crossed out “For Hilda Milden” then inscribed below “For Kathy in friendship Irving Stettner, May ’83”)

Pierre Louys, THE SONGS OF BILITIS: The Most Famous Erotic Evocations of Saphic Love, Translated by Mitchell S. Buck, NYC, 1966.

Kenneth Koch, THANK YOU AND OTHER POEMS, NYC, 1962.

Box 10

THE LETTERS OF EZRA POUND 1907 – 1941, D.D. Paige, editor, New York, 1950.

John Elsberg, THE PRICE OF REINDEER, WEB Poetry Series No. 2, Adelphi, MD, 1979.

John Elsberg, HOMESTYLE COOKING ON THIRD AVENUE, Adelphi, MD, 1982.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND, Norfolk, CT, 1958.

R. Gerry Fabian, A FALLEN WOMAN, SAMISDAT, Richford, VT, 1981. (Inscribed to Kathy)

Richard C. Esler, EXITS AND ENTRANCES, U. of Pittsburgh, 1961.

Langston Hughes, editor, NEW NEGRO POETS: USA, Indiana U., 1964.

Michael Brownstein, HIGHWAY TO THE SKY, Columbia U. Press, 1969.

Crag Hill, I THAN, Xerox Sutra, Madison, WI, 1983.

David Zimmer, EINSTEIN’S RELATIVES, PHIL DEMISE+ FIGURING OUT NEWTON, 1982. (Inserts: GEE SLASH OH – DASH DEE and MONSTER IN THE CLOSET BOOK CATALOGUE)

Jeffrey C. Wright, EMPLOYMENT OF THE APES, NYC, 1981.

William Carlos Williams, PATERSON, NYC, 1963.

Elie Wiesel, NIGHT, translated from the French by Stella Rodway, NYC, 1958.

Clark Coolidge, SPACE, NYC, 1970.

Charles Olson, THE MAXIMUS POEMS, NYC, 1960.

Glauco Cambon, RECENT AMERICAN POETRY, University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers No. 16, 1962.

William Van O’Connor, EZRA POUND, University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers No. 26, 1963.

Ezra Pound, TRANSLATIONS, Norfolk, CT. 1963.

Mark Strand, editor, THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETS: AMERICAN POETRY SINCE 1940, NYC, 1969.

Sylvia Plath, CROSSING THE WATER, NYC, 1971.

FOR REXROTH, Geoffrey Gardner, editor, The Ark 14, NYC, 1980.

Dan Raphael, Karl Kempton, Loris Essary, TO TASTE, San Jose, CA, 1983.

Mel Waldman, FESTINA LENTE, NYC, 1982.(Inscribed to Kathy).

Box 11

Donald M. Allen, editor, THE NEW AMERICAN POETRY 1945 –1960, NYC, 1960.

Andre Breton, YOUNG CHERRY TREES SECURED AGAINST HARES, (translated by Edouard Roditi), U Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1969.

Allen De Loach, editor, THE EAST SIDE SCENE, University Press, Buffalo, 1968.

F. Keith Wahle, THE PART-TIME ARSONIST, Madison, WI, 1971.

James Thorpe, LITERARY SCHOLARSHIP: A Handbook for Advanced Students of English and American Literature, Boston, 1964.

Dylan Thomas, COLLECTED POEMS, NYC, 1957.

R. Gerry Fabian, MURMURINGS AND PALPITATIONS, Doylestown, PA, 1982.

R. Gerry Fabian, ELEMENTAL WOMEN; Elysabeth Nancy Faslund, THE CITY OF THE DEAD, Doylestown, PA, 1983.

R. Gerry Fabian, LONG DISTANCES, Doylestown, PA, 1981. (Inscribed)

Rick Murphy, TREADING THE I OF THE STORM, Doylestown, PA, 1982.

Sharlene E. Gilman, ANYONE CAN BE A TARGET, EVEN MARGARET ,

1978. (Inscribed)

Tim Hildebrand, David Hilton, James Stephens, Warren Woessner,MR. AND MRS. BIG MONEY, ABRAXAS 11,Madison, WI.

The Firesign Theater, BOZOBOOK OR, CLAM CALENDAR & BOOK OF OURS, Isla Vista, CA, 1981.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, STARTING FROM SAN FRANCISCO: New Poems, NYC, 1961.

Opal Louis Nations, THE NATIONS OF ROCK N’ ROLL VOL I, New York: Gegenschine, 1981.

Opal Louis Nations, DIVINATIONS, 1981. (Inscribed)

Jerry Madson, XEBEC, Bemidji, MN, 1981.

Jerry Madson, A SUMMER OF BLUES: An Experimental Novel, 1975.

Ernest M. Robson, Marion Robson, I ONLY WORK HERE: Five Decades of Poetry in Four Styles, Chester Springs, PA. 1975.

Bill Berkson, editor, BEST & COMPANY, NYC, 1969.

TALK TALK CHEW CHEESE, Drawings by Laurie Wechter, Ann Arbor, MI, 1982.

WORDS, Vol. 1 No. 2, Ann Arbor, MI, 1982.

M. Kasper, BILLY! TURN DOWN THAT TV! , Providence 1983.

Box 12

Charles Olson, MAXIMUS POEMS IV, V, VI, London, 1968.

Clark Coolidge, ING, NYC, 1968.

Clark Coolidge, THE SO, NYC, 1966.

George Cairncross, John Elsberg, THE LIMEY AND THE YANK, BOGG, 1972.

Karl Kempton, LOST ALFABET FOUND, Reno, NV, 1979.

Jeff Clevenger, “HERE, TAKE IT.I WROTE IT.IT’S POETRY.” 1982. (Two copies)

Miekal And, THE, Madison, WI.

Miekal and, ESSAY ON WIND, 1980. (Inscribed.)

INEVITABILITY OF DIFFERENCE, Xerox Sutra Editions.

Mark Melnicove, ADVANCED MEMORIES, Harpswell, ME.

Bob Tramonte, SCREWGE: A Christmas Story, Brooklyn, 1982. (Inscribed “Keep pressing each other close!!”)

T.S. Eliot, THE WASTELAND AND OTHER POEMS, NYC, 1962.

Ezra Pound, ABC OF READING, NYC, 1960.

Geof Hewitt, editor, QUICKLY AGING HERE: Some Poets of the 1970s, NYC, 1969.

Carlo Pittore, MUSICA UNIVERSALE ARMONICO PRATICA: Composed in the Italian Tongue,NYC, 1980.

H(ilda) D(oolittle), SELECTED POEMS OF H.D., NYC, 1957.

Dennis Maloney, PINE HUT POEMS, Swift Kick No. 4, Buffalo, 1984.

Frederick Nicklaus, THE MAN WHO BIT THE SUN: Poems, NYC, 1964.

Kenneth Patchen, POEMS OF HUMOR AND PROTEST, The Pocket Poets Series No. 3, San Francisco, 1962.

Allen Ginsberg, REALITY SANDWICHES, The Pocket Poets Series No. 18, San Francisco, 1963.

Allen Ginsberg, PLANET NEWS: 1961 – 1967, The Pocket Poets Series No. 23, San Francisco, 1968.

Jacques Prevert, PAROLES: Selections, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, translator, The Pocket Poets Series No. 9, San Francisco, 1968.

Aldous Huxley, TEXTS AND PRETEXTS: An Anthology of Poetry with Commentaries, NYC, 1960.

Judith Seeger, ANYTHING IN PARENTHESES CAN BE IGNORED: Or (The Jury will Disregard That Last Remark), San Francisco, 1980.

J. Kathleen White, THE KOMODO DRAGON, NYC, 1982.

Edgar Lee Masters, SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY, NYC, 1962.

Karl Kempton, RUNE 2: 26 Voices/January Interlude, Iowa City, IA, 1980.

Ernest Hemingway, COLLECTED POEMS, Pirated Edition, San Francisco, 1960.

Bern Porter, ISLA VISTA, 1981. (Inscribed; 1 of 49 copies.)

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND, NYC, 1958.

Miekal And, CONCRETRIALING ENGERIOGH: Auxiliary Views and Revolution.

John Matthias, editor, 23 MODERN BRITISH POETS, Chicago, 1971.

Box 13

Denise Levertov, O TASTE andSEE, Norfolk, CT, 1964.

Denise Levertov, THE SORROW DANCE, NYC, 1966.

Richard Kostelanetz, MORE SHORT FICTION, Brooklyn, 1980.

Bern Porter, RUN-ON, 1975. (inscribed ‘for Kathy at N.Y. May 83’)

Lawrence Ferlinghetti,THE SECRET MEANING OF THINGS, NYC, 1968.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, ROUTINES, NYC, 1964.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, HER, NYC, 1960.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, UNFAIR ARGUMENTS WITH EXISTENCE, NYC, 1963.

Ron Padgett, GREAT BALLS OF FIRE, NYC, 1969.

Ron Padgett and David Shapiro, editors, AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW YORK POETS, NYC, 1970.

Gary Snyder, EARTH HOUSE HOLD, NYC, 1969.

William Carlos Williams, PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL and Other Poems, Norfolk, CT, 1962.

Alan Ginsberg, EMPTY MIRROR, NYC, 1961.

Robert Bly, SILENCE IN THE SNOWY FIELDS, Middletown, CT, 1962.

John Ashbery, THE TENNIS COURT OATH, Middletown, CT, 1967.

John Ashbery, RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS, NYC, 1966.

M. Kasper, ODDS ‘N’ ENDS FROM THE LOST ‘N’ FOUND DEPARTMENT, 1980.

Carl Larsen, 1934 AMALGAMATED LUGWART CO. SPARE PARTS CATALOGUE, St. Louis, 1977.

Michael Horowitz, editor, POETRY OF THE ‘UNDERGROUND’ IN BRITAIN, Baltimore, 1969.

John Rothfork, MESSAGES FROM A TYPEWRITER, Lawrence, KS, 1980. (Inscribed.)

Jerry Madson, THE PAPERBAG NOVEL, Bemidji, MN, 1979.

Jerry Madson, AMERICA WOLF STANDING BEFORE THE VIRGIN MOON HOWLS GROWLS SCOWLS, CRIES, Bemidji, MN.

Ernest M. Robson, THOMAS ONETWO, Something Else Press, NYC, 1971.

Stephen C. Foster, LETTRISME: Into the Present, (catalogue for U of Iowa exhibition), VISIBLE LANGUAGE, Vol. XVIINo. 3, Cleveland, 1983.

MANUSCRIPTS AND FILES

Box 14

Folder Number #1-42

Poem originals, 1969-1980.
Eleven sheets orig. ts poems, dated 1969; 3 sheets dated 1980 (these are revisions of 3 of the 1969 poems).

Poem originals, 1969-1980.
Ten sheets orig. ts poems dated, 1969; 9 sheets dated 1980 (these are revisions of 9 of the 1969 poems).

Poem originals, 1965-1980.
24 sheets orig. ts poems.Earlier versions dated 1965-1969; later versions 1980.

Poem originals, 1965-1980.
14 sheets orig. ts poems.Earlier versions dated 1965-1969; later versions 1980.

Poem originals, 1969-1981.
19 sheets orig. ts poems.Earlier versions dated 1969; later versions 1980-1981.

Poem originals, 1969-1980.
21 sheets orig. ts poems.Some of the ones dated 1979-1980 are revisions of the 1969 poems.

Poem originals, 1969-1980.
10 sheets orig. ts poems dated 1969 (one is 1979); 4 sheets dated 1980 (these are revisions ofsome of the 1969 poems).

Poem originals, 1969-1980.
10 sheets orig. ts poems dated 1969 (one is 1979); one sheet dated 1980 (a revision of one of the 1969 poems).

Poem originals, 1969-1980.
12 sheets orig. ts poems dated 1969 or 1979, including some revisions dated 1980.

Poem originals, 1970-1980.
14 sheets orig. ts poems dated 1970 or 1971, including some revisions dated 1980.

Poem originals, 1970-1980.
11 sheets orig. ts dated 1970, 1971, or 1979, including some revisions dated 1980.

Poem originals, [ca. 1969?]-1980.
10 sheets orig. ts poems, undated [ca. 1969-1980?]; plus 8 sheets orig. ts revisions, dated 1979-1980.

Poem originals, [ca. 1969?]-1981.
10 sheets orig. ts poems, undated [ca. 1969-1980?]; plus 9 sheets orig. ts revisions, dated 1980-1981.

Poem originals, [ca. 1969?]-1980.
10 sheets orig. ts poems, undated [ca. 1969-1980?]; plus 12 sheets orig. ts revisions, dated 1980.

Poem originals, [ca. 1969?]-1981.
10 sheets orig. ts poems, undated [ca. 1969-1980?]; plus 15 sheets orig. ts revisions, dated 1980-1981.

Poem originals, [ca. 1969?]-1980.
10 sheets orig. ts poems, undated [ca. 1969-1980?]; plus 13 sheets orig. ts revisions, dated 1980.

Poem originals, 1980.
11 sheets orig. ts poems, (one dated 1980); plus 6 sheets orig. ts revisions, dated 1980.

Poem originals, [ca. 1969?]-1980.
10 sheets orig. ts poems, undated [ca. 1969-1980?]; plus 12 sheets orig. ts revisions, dated 1980.

Poem originals, 1980.
9 sheets orig. ts poems, (one dated 1980); plus 10 sheets orig. ts revisions, dated 1980.

Poem originals, 1980.
10 sheets orig. ts poems, dated 1980; plus 14 sheets orig. ts revisions, dated 1980.

Poem originals, 1979-1980.
10 sheets orig. ts poems, dated 1979; plus 2 sheets orig. ts revisions, dated 1980

Poem originals, 1979-1980.
10 sheets orig. ts poems, dated 1979-1980, plus 4 sheets orig. ts revisions, dated 1980.

Poem originals, 1980-1981.
11 sheets orig. ts poems and revisions, dated 1980-1981.

Poem originals, 1980.
10 sheets orig. ts poems, dated 1980.

Poem originals, 1979-1982.
10 sheets orig. ts poems, dated 1979-1982.

Poem originals, 1982.
10 sheets orig. ts poems, dated 1982.

Poem originals, 1983.
5 sheets orig. ts poems, dated 1983, and attributed to “Di Laughing & Katz” with KSE’s 13 Yard Ave. address.

Poem copies, [ca. 1969-1980]
14 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1969-1980].Pc copies of material in folder 1.

Poem copies, [ca. 1969-1980]
19 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1969-1980].Pc copies of material in folder 2.

Poem copies, [ca. 1965-1980]
19 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1965-1980].Pc copies of material in folder 3.

Poem copies, [ca. 1965-1980]
11 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1965-1980.Pc copies of material in folder 4.

Poem copies, [ca. 1969-1981]
18 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1969-1981].Pc copies of material in folder 5.

Poem copies, [ca. 1969-1980]
17 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1969-1980]. Pc copies of material in folder 6.

Poem copies, [ca. 1969-1980]
12 sheets pc ts poems [ca. 1969-1980].Pc copies of material in folder 7.

Poem copies, [ca. 1969-1980]
7 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1969-1980].Pc copies of poems in folder 8.

Poem copies, [ca. 1969-1980]
10 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1969-1980].Pc copies of material in folder 9.

Poem copies, [ca. 1970-1980]
10 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1970-1980].Pc copies of material in folder 10.

Poem copies, [ca. 1970-1980]
10 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1970-1980].Pc copies of material in folder 11.

Poem copies, [ca. 1969-1980]
17 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1969-1980].Pc copies of material in folder 12.

Poem copies, [ca. 1969-1980]
13 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1969-1981].Pc copies of material in folder 13.

Poem copies, [ca. 1969-1980]
19 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1969-1980].Pc copies of material in folder 14.

Poem copies, [ca. 1969-1981]
21 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1969-1981].Pc copies of material in folder 15.

Box 15

Folder Number #43-55

Poem copies, [ca. 1969-1980]
19 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1969-1980].Pc copies of material in folder 16.

Poem copies, [ca. 1980]
16 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1980].Pc copies of material in folder 17.

Poem copies, [ca. 1969-1980]
18 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1969-1980].Pc copies of material in folder 18.

Poem copies, [ca. 1980]
19 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1980].Pc ts copies of material in folder 19.

Poem copies, [ca. 1980]
20 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1980].Pc copies of material in folder 20.

Poem copies, [ca. 1979]
11 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1979].Pc copies of material in folder 21.

Poem copies, [ca. 1979-1980]
13 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1979-1980].Pc copies of material in folder 22.

Poem copies, [ca. 1980-1981]
12 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1980-1981].Pc copies of material in folder 23.

Poem copies, [ca. 1980]
8 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1980].Pc copies of material in folder 24.

Poem copies, [ca. 1979-1982]
20 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1979-1980].Pc copies of material in folder 25 and other pc poems, some from folder 26.

Poem copies, [ca. 1983]
3 sheets pc ts poems, [ca. 1983]. Pc copies of material in folder 27.

Traditional Poetry, 1965-1992.
Approx. 180+ pp. computer printout of KSE’s textual poetry, much of it from material in folders 1-53.Includes a 4-p. index with titles, dates, and whether or not a poem was published; also a second version of the index, arranged alphabetically by title.

Publication and submissions record, ca. 1969-1985.

Blank book with holog. entries by KSE of her textual poems submitted for publication and where, with notes as to when a poem was accepted and/or published.

Box 16

Folder Number #56-62

Publication and submissions record, ca. 1969-1984.
Blank book with holog. Entries by KSE of her [textual?] and visual poems (including her “Sequencing” poems) submitted for publication and where, with notes as to when a poem was accepted and/or published.Note on p. [1]: “on the computer version, all entries in this record are entered as 1001-1200”.

56A.
Bibliography of poems in print media
4-pp. chronological bibliography of published poetry by KSE, 1964-2003.

CD, Visual Poetry 1969-1991.
CD labeled “K. S. Ernst, Visual Poetry 1969-1991, #1001-1199, © K. S. Ernst 2003”.CD contains images of her visual poetry, mostly as PSD files.

Visual Poetry Catalog and Index.
5-pp. “Visual Poetry Index, 1999-Present” [2003] with titles, dates, and whether or not published.Also a 72-pp. comb-bound book, Visual Poetry Catalog, KSE, 2003.Includes index, and small color illustrations of each piece along with date, size, and technical data for each.Covers work from 1999 to 2003.

CDs, Visual Poetry, no. 1301-1560.
4 CDs, dated 3/20/03, of KSE’s visual poetry.No. 1, no. 1301-1411; no. 2, 1412-1482; no. 3, 1483-1524; no. 4, 1525a-1560.CDs contain images of KSE’s visual poetry, in a variety of file types.

Catalog of Early Visual Poetry, 1969-1991.
49-pp. comb-bound book of visual poems by KSE.Includes index, and small color or black-and-white images of each poem, with dates, size, and technical data for each.Catalog produced in 2003.

Original Visual Poems, nos. 1-80.
Approx. 80 sheets orig. visual poems by KSE using typewriter, rubberstamps, ink, collage, and other media, 1969-1991.In a comb-bound pocket folder; some pieces numbered on verso.Includes 2 versions of an index to folders 61 and 62; one version in numeric, the other in alphabetic order.Folder 61 and 62 containKSE’s orig. “Sequencing” poems, and many others.Cf. also folder 66.

Original Visual Poems, nos. 810160.
Approx 80 sheets orig, visual poems by KSE using typewriter, rubberstamps, ink, collage, and other media, 1969-1991.In a comb-bound pocket folder; some pieces numbered and/or dated on verso.Cf. folder 61 for index.Folder 61 and 62 contain KSE’s orig. “Sequencing” poems, and many others.Cf. also folder 66.

Box 17

Folder Number #63-67

Visual Poetry Catalog.
Earlier and shorter version of the catalog in folder 58, lacking the works from 2003, (except for one).

Visual Poetry Catalog.
23-pp. comb-bound catalog of selected visual poetry works by KSE, including works from 1969-2002.Includes a small color or black-and-white image of each work, and date, size, and technical information for each.

Works of Art, Catalog, 2003.
39-pp. comb-bound catalog of word art, and visual and concrete poetry by KSE, including many three-dimensional works, and collaborations with John M. Bennett, Scott Helmes, and others (including works by “Jeb Acá”, a name used for collaborations done by a group including KSE).Works dated 1971-2003. Includes a small color or black-and-white image of each work, and date, size, and technical information for each.

Catalog of Early Visual Poetry, 1969-1991.
Approx. 210 visual poems by KSE, 8 ½ X 11 color or black-and-white pc of the originals in folders 61 and 62.Catalog dated 2003.Sheets in clear plastic sleeves bound into a notebook, with index.

Press Me Close T-Shirt Designs.
Catalog for visual poetry t-shirts produced by KSE (4 copies) 1982-1983 which included designs by KSE, Miekal And, John M. Bennett, David Cole, Karl Kempton, Richard Kostelanetz, Bern Porter, Dan Raphael, Marilyn R. Rosenberg, and others.Includes 20 of the designs full-size on clear plastic sheets for use in production of the shirts.

Content last revised: October, 2004

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