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levy, d.a. FRAGMENTS OF A SHATTERED MIRROR (Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1963) first edition, stapled printed wrappers, 5.5" x 8.5", 34 pages, 100 numbered copies, signed, d.a. levy’s first book, letterpress, d.a. levy poems: THE ADDICT • THE FLOWER • ICE FLOE • NIGHT LIFE • NIGHT LIFE 2 • TRIBUTE TO HAN SHAN • MOVE OUT • FOOTSTEPS • BROKEN • THOUGHTS INTERCEPTED AT A BUS STOP • FREEDOM • AN EVENING ON TAPE • REQUIEM FOR • SNOFLAKES IN AUTUMN • SAVAGE VOICES • ALONE • REVELATION TOO LATE • HIMEROS • THE AGE OF THE EQUATION • GODS ART GALLERY • REFLECTED WILDERNESS • SILENT SKINS. (T&H P-01)
levy, d.a. MORE WITHDRAWED OR LESS (Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1963) first edition, second printing revised [The poem DIS is added to the collection.], stapled printed wrappers, 5.5" x 8.5", 21 pages, 100 copies, signed, letterpress, 21 pages. d.a. levy poems: BOP FOR KIDDIES • DIS • CHICK • YOU • REMEMBERANCE • AND SAPPHOS KISS • TALK • FOR WHAT SUNSCAPE • EXISTENTIAL NEW YEAR • NUMEROLOGY RUMINATIONS • BETWEEN WINTER AND DAWN • THE SWAN SONG • WORLD WAR III • PHAEDRA • CEREBRAL FAMINE • REFLECTIONS • PATCHEN COUPLE • M • A LA CARTE • ROBERT MOTHERWELL • REFLECTED WILDERNESS • SILENT SKINS. (T&H P-16)
levy, d.a. FAREWELL THE FLOATING CUNT (Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1964) first edition, stapled sheets bound into printed wrappers, 6" x 6.25", 14 pages, 105 copies, letterpress, concrete poems with prints by levy. (T&H P-40)
levy, d.a. (UNTITLED) [“ASTER F...”] / Polluted Lake Series #6 (Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1965) first edition, stapled printed wrappers, 4.25" x 5.5", 8 pages, letterpress, one of approximately 100 copies. (T&H P-48)
Denis, Alan (pseud. d.a. levy). SLEEP, FOR SAINT RONALD JUMP / Polluted Lake Series #11 (Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1965) first edition, stapled printed wrappers, letterpress mimeograph printed, one of approximately 100 copies. (T&H P-53)
levy, d.a. GOT BUTTER ON IT / OHIO CITY SERIES 6 (Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1965) first edition, stapled sheets tipped into printed wrappers, 5.5" x 7", 9 pages, 100 copies, letterpress and mimeograph, concrete poetry. (T&H P-69) (Lowell B3)
levy, d.a. NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, PART 1 & 2 (Cleveland: The Free Lance Press, 1965) first edition, stapled wrappers, 5.5" x 8.5", 16 pages, mimeo. (T&H B-03) (Lowell 12)
levy, d.a. and Kent Taylor. fortuItOns MotHeRFuCer (Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1965, 1995) first edition, stapled wrappers, 9 pages, facsimile edition issued in a run of 30 numbered copies for Letters Bookshop.
levy, d.a. WHITE LIGHT (Cleveland: (7 Flowers Press), 1966) first edition, 26 pages, stapled printed wrappers, letterpress, concrete poetry. (Lowell A27, T&H P-75)
levy, d.a. THE CEMENT FUCK (Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1966) first edition, 19 pages, stapled sheet glued in to painted wrappers, 110 copies,signed mimeograph, concrete poetry, cover painted by Mara, introduction by Khu-en-oho, partial mimeograph stencil bound in, poems: UNDER THE SHEETS I TOUCH ME - CONCRETE 1 • BREAD VISIONS • CONCRETE 2 • CHALCHIHUILICUE #3 • UNDER THE SHEETS I TOUCH YOU - CONCRETE 4 • THE BLACK PAPERS - #5 FROM A CLAY TABLET FOUND IN A CLEVELAND SEWER • WE LAY ON THE GRASS UNDER THE VOLCANO #6 • VISUALIZED PRAYERS. (Lowell A24, T&H P-88)
levy, d.a. VISUALIZED PRAYERS & HYMN FOR THE AMERICAN $GOD$ (Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1966) first edition, 12 pages, stapled printed wrappers, 6" x 9", 5 pages, 115 copies, mimeograph, poems: VISUALIZED PRAYER TO THE AMERICAN GOD #1 • _#2 • _#3 • _#4 • HYMN & INVOCATION FOR THE AMERICAN GOD. (Lowell A16, T&H P-89)
levy, d.a. THE GREAT TIBETAN TRAIN ROBBERY MYSTERY PLAY IN COLOR (Swamp Erie, n.p., 1966) first edition, 36 pages, stapled printed wrappers, 5" x 8", 38 pages, 73 copies, mimeograph, concrete poetry, includes multiple sheets laid in with hand-written titling. Distributed by Ganglia Press as Singing Hands Series #3. (Lowell 17, T&H P-96)
levy, d.a. and Mara. BLACK HAT AT THE END OF THE BAR by Khu-en-oho & the Dragon Lady Mara (Cleveland: 400 Rabbit Press, 1966) first edition, 26 pages, stapled painted wrappers, 120 copies, mimeograph. The book is embellished by printed, hand-painted, and collaged elements; the front cover hand-painted. (Lowell A20, T&H P-104)
levy, d.a. CLEVELAND UNDERCOVERS (Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1966) first edition, stapled sheets glued into printed wrappers, 6" x 8.5", 18 pages, 500 copies, dedicated to Jim Lowell, cover block print by dagmar, letterpress and mimeograph, poems: CLEVELAND UNDERCOVERS • ETHNIC FOLK POEM FOR THE BEAT GENERATION IN CLEVELAND & FOR THE NEO AMERICAN CHURCH. (Lowell A15, T&H P-107)
levy, d.a. GREAT MAN SLEEPING IN A CLOSET (Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1966) first edition, signed, 6 pages, stapeld printed wrappers, mimeograph, poem: GREAT MAN SLEEPING IN A CLOSET (FOR RICHARD ALLEN MORRIS). (Lowell A21, T&H P-108)
levy, d.a. THE NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, PARTS 1-5 (Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1966) first edition thus, stated first printing, stapled sheets glued into painted covers, 8.5" x 11", 210 copies, poems: THE NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, PART I: FROM THE BURIAL GROUNDS OF THE CAT NATION (PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN TRYING TO EAT THE SUN) • THE NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PART II: FRONTIERS (BLIND MANS VIEW FROM THE OBSERVATION TOWER) • THE NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PART III: SHADOWS (SOAP OPERA MYSTICISM) • THE NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PART IV: THE SLOW DEATH OF BECOMING OTHER PEOPLE • THE NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PART V: THE LITANY OF THE GREEN LION. (Lowell A23, T&H P-109)
levy, d.a. KIBBUTZ IN THE SKY (Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1967) first edition, stapled sheets, 8.5" x 11", 13 pages, mimeo, 150 copies, poems: ODE TO THE CUYAHOGA • CLEVELAND UBER ALLES • LIENS FOR THE ERIE STREET CEMETERY • JAYWALKING BLUES • ODE TO A NON-UNION TRUCKDRIVER DRIVING ACROSS NORTH-EASTERN OHIO. (Lowell A29, T&H P-132)
levy, d.a. THE BOX LUNCH TRAVEL-OG OF FREMONT GULCH (Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1967) first edition, stapled sheets, 8.5" x 11", 10 pages, ditto, concrete poetry. (T&H P-134)
levy, d.a. & D.r. Wagner. THE EGYPTIAN STROBOSCOPE (Cleveland: Grass Coin Publishing Company, 1967) second edition, stapled wrappers, 8.5" x 14", 46 pages, 100 copies, poems: EGYPTIAN STROBOSCOPE #1 • LE STROB EGYPTIANE #2 • EL STROBO EGYPTIANO #3 • THE EGYPTIAN STRAW BOSS COP # FOUR • THE EGYPTIAN STREET ROBBERS TELESCOPE #5A • THE E. STREETWALKERS TELESCOPE 5BEE • SHIT SHIT & STROBE #6 • THE 7 YEAR STROBE • VISUAL EGYPTIAN STROBO/S/GROPE • 8 BALL • STROBE 9 • HIEROGLYPHIC STREET GROPESTROBE. Originally published in 1966 in an edition of 105 copies by 7 Flowers Press. "this is one of the publications seized by the cleveland in the dec. 1966 blitz-bomb". (Lowell A28, T&H P-145)
levy, d.a. POEM FOR JULIE (Cleveland: Grass Coin Publishing Company, 1967) first edition, 2 pages, side-stapled silkscreen cover, mimeograph, 260 copies, levy poem: ONE DEATH IN THE LIFE OF JULIE. (Lowell A31, T&H P-146)
levy, d.a. TANTRIC STROBE (PARTS 1 & 2) (Cleveland: Ghost Press, July 1967) first edition, stapled sheets glued into illustrated wrappers, 8.5" x 11", 12 pages, 150 copies. Published as Persecuted Poet Series #2. Cover art and interal silkscreens by Kryss. (T&H B-08)
levy, d.a. UNMAILED LETTERS TO ED PEDERSON AND (THE MYSTERIOUS) ANN BURGERS (Toronto: Fleye Press, 1967) first edition, stapled sheets laid in to printed wrappers, 8.5" x 11", 14 pages, 250 copies, mimeograph. Published as GRONK #3. (T&H B-09)
levy, d.a. TOMB STONE AS A LONELY CHARM (Sacramento: Runcible Spoon, 1967) first edition, stapled illustrated wrappers, 5.5" x 8.5", 8 pages, 500 copies, poem: TOMB STONE AS A LONELY CHARM (T&H B-10)
levy, d.a. TOMB STONE AS A LONELY CHARM PART 2 (Sacramento: Runcible Spoon, 1968) first edition, stapled wrappers, 5.5" x 8.5", 6 pages, 500 copies, poem: TOMB STONE AS A LONELY CHARM PART 2. (T&H B-11)
levy, d.a. TOMB STONE AS A LONELY CHARM PART 3 (Sacramento: Runcible Spoon, 1968) first edition, stapled wrappers, 5.5" x 8.5", 6 pages, 500 copies, poem: TOMB STONE AS A LONELY CHARM PART 2. (T&H B-12)
levy, d.a. 7 CONCRETE POEMS / CONCRETE POEMS / ELECTRIC GREEK POEMS (for Bob Gabriner) (n.p.: Madison, Wisconsin, 1968) first edition, loose sheets in folio. 5 1/2" X 6". This is a collection of poems under 3 different titles (as noted above): 6 under the 1st title (yes, the title does say "7", but there were only 6); 7 under the 2nd title; and 6 under the 3rd. Poems included are: TB POEM (for Susan) • ODE TO DAVID HUME (for Dave Wagner) • 2 CENSORSHIP POEMS (for the new playwrights) • MOTION POEM (for Benjamin) • ALUMNI TOGETHER (for the assassination of the Regents) • HER SHAPE AND COLOR (for Grace) • VICTORIAN SUITE CRYSTAL DREAM CASINO (for Mara) • LAST O (for Peter Wickham) • LOGIC 21 ( for Morris Edelson) • BLACK PONY (for Elizabeth Edelson) • NIGHT PEOPLE (for Sharky) • SUN POEM (for Steve Snyder) • NAPOLEON SLEPT HERE (celebrating the end of conscription) • ELECTRIC MUSIC (for Bob Gabriner) • FILM VILLAGE (for Bob Gabriner) • RENAISSANCE SPACE-SHIP (for Bob Gabriner) • MAIL ORDER COMPUTER/LOVE MELEE (for Bob Gabriner) • ORIGINAL LIGHT ROCK (for Bob Gabriner) • IMPOSE IT ON YOURSELF (for Bob Gabriner). Each poem is printed on separate card (cards of varying sizes), and the cards are inserted in a blue wraparound pocket that serves as the cover.
levy, d.a. THE BEGINNING OF SUNNY DAWN (Cleveland: Ghostflower Press, 1968) first edition, stapled sheets with illustrated cover by Sandy Webb, 8.5" x 11", 8 pages, 236 copies, signed and dated, mimeograph, short-story: THE BEGINNING OF SUNNY DAWN. (T&H B-13)
levy, d.a. SUBURBAN MONASTERY DEATH POEM (Cleveland: Zero Edition, 1968) first edition, stapled sheets bound into printed wrappers, 8.5" x 11", 14 pages, 500 copies, mimeograph, poem: SUBURBAN MONASTERY DEATH POEM. (T&H B-14)
levy, d.a. POEMS (Madison: Quixote Press, 1968) first edition, stapled sheets with printed wrappers, 4 " x 14", 15 pages, 150 copies, multilith. (T&H B-15)
levy, d.a. THE TIBETAN STROBOSCOPE (Cleveland: Ayizan Press, 1968) first edition, stapled wrappers, newsprint, concrete poetry. (T&H P-167)
levy, d.a. ZEN CONCRETE: TRANSLATIONS & A NEW INTERPRETATION OF BUDDHIST DOCTRINES (n.p.: Blewointment Press, 1968) first edition, 48 pages, 8.5" x 11", stapled sheets with illustrated cover, 300 copies, mimeograph, concrete poetry: ZEN CONCRETE • ACID YANTRA • A GOOD STIFF WALK ABOUT WITH A VERY FINE PIECE • INTERIOR TRAVEL, poems: TO JIM LOWELLS GOLDFISH • ANOTHER FRAGMENT FROM THE DESTROYED JOURNAL • BOURGEOISIE CHANT • THE SUBREAL NARK DREAM (DEDICATED TO BURT MILLER). (T&H B-16)
levy, d.a. PROSE: ON POETRY IN THE WHOLESALE EDUCATION AND CULTURE SYSTEM (Milwaukee: Gunrunner Press, 1968) first edition, stapled wrappers, 20 pages, 8.5" x 11", 250 copies (there is also a second printing of 300 copies). Includes single-page letter from editor Jim Soric regarding the levy's suicide. Purportedly the last piece written for publication by d.a. levy. (T&H B-17)
levy, d.a. POEM FOR BEVERLY (Cleveland: Cold Mountain Publishing Co., 1968) first edition, stapled wrappers, 5.5" x 8.5", 8 pages, 400 copies, poem: POEM FOR BEVERLY. (T&H B-18)
levy, d.a. THE MADISON AND SUBURBAN MONASTERY DEATH POEMS (Madison: Quixote Press, 1969, 1972) first edition (2 printings), silkscreened manila envelope containing loose collage leaves, concrete poems, a stapled booklet of poems and a reprint of THE TIBETAN STROBOSCOPE. Cover art by Kryss. (T&H B-19)
levy, d.a. SONGS FOR DEAD CHILDREN (San Francisco: Black Rabbit Press, 1969) first edition, 6 pages, 8.5" x 11", stapled sheets gluded into printed wrappers, 100 copies, mimeograph, Covers by Barbara O' Connelly, 100 copies, poem: SONGS FOR DEAD CHILDREN. (T&H B-20)
levy, d.a. STONE SARCOPHAGUS (Madison: Radical America, n.d. (circa 1969)) first edition, stapled wrappers, 5.5" x 8.5", 24 pages, poems: THE BELLS OF THE CHEROKEE PONIES • from RECTAL EYE VISION #2 • from RECTAL EYE VISION #3 • RECTAL EYE VISION #8 / PART I (FOR W.E. WYATT) • BERET (fragment) • KIBBUTZ IN THE SKY - BOOK THREE, PARTS 1 & 2, prose: THE PARA-CONCRETE MANIFESTO, collage: CITY OF CLEVELAND, concrete poetry: VISUALIZED PRAYER TO THE AMERICAN GOD #3 • VISUALIZED PRAYER TO THE AMERICAN GOD #4.
levy, d.a. RED LADY (Cleveland: Para-Shakti Press, 1969) first edition thus, stapled wrappers, 6.25" x 7".5", 22 pages, 500 copies, short story: RED LADY. Originally published in an edition of 500 by Open Skull Press. (T&H B-21)
levy, d.a. POSTCARD (Toronto: Ganglia Press, 1969) first edition, single folded sheet, 4.25" x 5", cover drawing by levy, concrete poem. Published as Ganglia 5 Cent Mini Mimeo, no. 26. (T&H B-22)
levy, d.a. THE BEGINNING OF SUNNY DAWN AND RED LADY (San Francisco: Open Skull Press, 1969) first printing, stapled wrappers, 8" x 9 ", 500 copies, cover art by Blazek, short stories. (T&H B-23)
levy, d.a. TO BE A DISCREPANCY IN CLEVELAND (Cambridge: Radical America, n.d. (circa 1970)) first edition, stapled wrappers 5.25" x 8.5", 46 pages, poems: CLEVELAND UNDERCOVERS PART I • ONE DEATH IN THE LIFE OF JULIE • UNTITLED POEM PROSE • SITTING ON A BENCH NEAR TSQUARE • POEM TO MICHAEL SOLOMON • NEW YEAR • SONGS FOR DEAD CHILDREN • ITS A MATTER OF PRESENTATION • TOMB STONE AS A LONELY CHARM • BLIND MYTH DOING A DEATH DANCE ON GROUND ZERO (FOR WILLIE) • LETTRE TO CLEVELAND.
levy, d.a. RED LADY (Vancouver, Canada: blewointmentpress, 1970) first edition thus, stapled wrappers, 7" x 8.5", 12 pages, 700 copies, short story: RED LADY. Originally published in an edition of 500 by Open Skull Press.
levy, d.a. NOTES: VARIATIONS ON A SHORT POEM (Sacramento: Runcible Spoon, 1970) first edition, stapled sheets with printed cover, 4.25" x 5.5", 12 pages, mimeograph, 300 copies, poem in three parts: HE STANDS LIKE THE SUN EMANATING WHITE RAYS ON EVERYONE • STANDING BY A COFFEEHOUSE PRETENDING HE IS THE SUN SOMEONE CURSES HIM • THINKING HE IS THE SUN SOMEONE HITS HIM HE FALLS WITHOUT A SOUND. (T&H B-24)
levy, d.a. PRIVATE NO PARKING (Madison: RPM Printing, 1972) first edition, stapled illustrated wrappers, 5.5" x 8.5", 52 pages, poems: I FOUND IT AT THE MOVIES (OR) HUMMED-OFF IN A LAUNDRO-MAT (FOR FRANKLIN ROSEMONT) • LINES FOR LADY JANE • THE NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, PART IV • ELSON VS. THE MIME TROUPE • NEW YEAR • NUS PLAY • PRAPS (I) • SONGS FOR DEAD CHILDREN (DEDICATED TO DON THOMAS) • PRAPS I (THREE) • TOMB STONE AS A LONELY CHARM (FOR YESHEY TSHOGYAL) • PERHAPS (#5) • ITS A MATTER OF PRESENTATION • LETTER FROM AN INVISIBLE GREEK, concrete poems: CENSORSHIP POEM • IDOL OF DEATH • OLYMPIGS • THE RESULT IS ALWAYS CIRCULAR, 2. (T&H CO-02)
levy, d.a. PROSE: ON POETRY IN THE WHOLESALE EDUCATION AND CULTURE SYSTEM (Cleveland: Offense Fund, 1974) first edition, stapled wrappers, 5.5" x 8.5", 10 pages, 380 copies. Previously published by Gunrunner Press in Milwaukee. Silkscreen insert by T.L. Kryss. Purported to be the last writing for publication by d.a. levy.
levy, d.a. THE MADISON COLLAGES (Cleveland: Offense Fund, 1975) first edition thus, stapled wrappers with library tape binding, 24 pages, 350 copies, cover silkscreen by T.L. Kryss. (T&H B-25)
levy, d.a. COLLECTED POEMS (Ephraim, WI: Druid Books, 1976) first edition, perfect bound illustrated wrappers, paperback, 5.5" x 8.5", 232 pages, collects among other poems: SONGS FOR DEAD CHILDREN • TOMBSTONE AS A LONELY CHARM • SUBURBAN MONASTERY DEATH POEM • POEM FOR LAMA GINSBERG • CLEVELAND UNDERCOVERS • PROSE: ON POETRY IN THE WHOLESALE EDUCATION & CULTURE SYSTEM • PRAPS • MADISON POEMS • NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD. (T&H CO-05)
levy, d.a. SUBURBAN MONASTERY DEATH POEM (Cleveland: Offense Fund, 1976) second Zero edition, stapled wrappers, poem: SUBURBAN MONASTERY DEATH POEM.
levy, d.a. THE PRAPS I SERIES (n.p.: Mostly Broken Scabs Press, 1977) first edition, stapled wrappers, 125 copies, poems: PRAPS (I) • PRAPS (I) TWO • PRAPS I (THREE) • PRAPS EYE FOUR • PERHAPS (#5) • P’ER APS 6 • PRAPS I/7 (FOR J.S.) • PRAPS I/ ATE. "This series is reprinted from ukanhavyrfuckincitibak".
levy, d.a. SCARAB POEMS (n.p.: Writersforum, 1978) second edition, stapled wrappers, 14 pages, 6" x 8", concrete poems: WHY DID GOD ETC (FOR MJW) • VARIATION ON A POEM BY KENT TAYLOR • VARIATION ON A POEM BY E.R. BAXTER • BOHDISATTVA DOES MAKE A PERSON (FOR BILL WYATT) • INTHISWORLD • NOTICE. (T&H B-26)
levy, d.a. KIBBUTZ IN THE SKY (Brigham, Quebec: Samisdat, n.d.(circa 1978)) first edition thus, stapled wrappers, 5.5" x 8.5", 16 pages, apparent excepts/selections from KIBBUTZ IN THE SKY.
levy, d.a. BERET: A CONCRETE POEM FOR THE WAR MONUMENTS (Detroit: Planet Detroit Poems, 1984) first edition thus, stapled wrappers, 5.5" x 8.5", 16 pages.
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References are from Jim Lowell's Preliminary Checklist (Kent State: Serif, 1971)
and Kent Taylor and Alan Horvath's Bibliographies (Kirpan Press, 2006, 2008).
Further information can be found at the d.a. levy homepage.
