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Executive Summary

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Madonna Septet: Volume One
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Barone, Dennis
Forms/Froms

Barone, Dennis & Ganick, Peter
The Art of Practice: 45 Contemporary Poets

Bellen, Martine
Places People Dare Not Enter

Benson, Steve
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Buck, Paul
no title

Cadiot, Olivier & Bernstein, Charles
Red, Green & Black

Child, Abigail
A Motive for Mayhem

Clarke, Adrian & Sheppard, Robert, eds.
Floating Capital: new poets from London

Cole, Norma
Contrafact
Metamorphopsia

Corman, Cid
Rootsong

Dahlen, Beverly
A Reading 11-17

Darragh, Tina
a(gain)2st the odds

Day, Jean
The I And the You

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The Jukebox of Memnon
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Drafts
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Enslin, Theodore
Case Book

Estrin, Jerry
Rome, A Mobile Home

Fischer, Norman
The Devices

Frazer, Vernon
Demolition Fedora

Ganick, Peter
Around A Corner: an epidermis (1-28)
Ox Sutra
Rectangular Morning Poem

Gottlieb, Michael
The River Road

Grim, Jessica
Locale

Harryman, Carla
Vice

Higgins, Mary Rising
oclock

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Diary of the Attending Rays

inman, p
Think of One

Leftwich, Jim
Doubt

Levy, Andrew
Continuous Discontinuous

Mandel, Tom & Davidson, Daniel
Absence Sensorium

Murphy, Sheila E.
Falling in Love Falling In Love With You Syntax: Selected & New Poems
The Indelible Occasion

Nash, Susan Smith
catfishes & jackals

Neilson, Melanie
Natural Facts

Ott, Gil
Public Domain

Ratcliffe, Stephen
Idea's Mirror
spaces in the light said to be where one/ comes from

Robinson, Kit
The Champagne of Concrete

Scalapino, Leslie
Goya's LA
How Phenomena Appear to Unfold

Selby, Spencer
House of Before

Silliman, Ron
Lit
Toner

Ward, Diane
Imaginary Movie

Andrews, Bruce
Ex-Communicate

Argüelles, Ivan
city of angels

Bai, Vyasa & Bahina
Cosmic Karmic Raga

Bernstein, Charles
disfrutes

Berry, Jake
Drafts of the Sorcery

Bookout, Melanie
Complanctus and all

Clippinger, Annabelle
Sky Frame

Cole, Barbara
little wives

Coolidge, Clark
A Geology

Crouse, John
Eventing

Daley, Rachel M. & Ganick, Peter
Today It Starts Into Light

Donovan, Thom
Sudden Miles

Durgin, Patrick
Pundits Scribes Pupils

Etter, Carrie
Subterfuge for the Unrequitable

Featherston, Dan
Anatomies

Frazer, Veronica
free fall

Ganick, Peter
Immanence

Kimball, Jack
Quite Vacation

Lederer, Katy
Music, No Staves

Leftwich, Jim
Improvisations Transformations

Lennon, Brian
Dial Series One

Lune, Allison
Fringist Epiphany

Mangold, Sarah
Blood Substitutes

Marsh, William
Making Flutes

McCarthy, Pattie
Choragus

McCreary, Chris
Sansom Agonistease

McCreary, Jenn
errata stigmata

Mossin, Andrew
The Epochal Body

Murnet, J.S.
Saw Leaking Trees

Murphy, Sheila E.
Three-Part Inventions

Roitman, Judith
Slippage

Russo, Linda V.
o going out

Sawyer, Chris
Mesmeranda

Shiroma, Jerrold
untitled object

Silliman, Ron
Bart

Sondheim, Alan
The Case of the Real Vol. 1
The Case of the Real Vol. 2

Strang, Brian
A Draft of L Cavatinas (Letters to Ez)

Weiner, Hannah
Nijole's House

Weiser, Karen & Maestas, Nadine
Beneath the Bright Discus: An Epistolary Collaboration

Whyte, Ryan
Studio as History

Wiener, Chet
Walk Don't Walk

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1.
Inman, P. Backbite.

2.
Richard, Maria. 27 poems from Secondary image : whisper omega.

3.
Raphael, Dan. The matter what is.

4.
Darragh, Tina. Exposed faces.

5.
Bartlett, Lee. Red scare.

6.
And, Miekal. From Argot contents, book 7 : Samsara congeries.

7.
Bernstein, Charles. Amblyopia.

8.
Schneider, Laurie. Pieces of two.

9.
Corman, Cid. Essay on poetry.

10.
Spence, Pete. Elaborate at the outline.

11.
Orr, Janette. The balcony of escape.

12.
Silliman, Ron. From Paradise.

13.
Mac Low, Jackson. Prose and verse from the early eighties.

14.
Baron, Todd. From Dark as a hat.

15.
Hunter, Janet. In the absence of alphabets.

16.
Sherry, James. Lazy sonnets.

17.
Ward, Diane. Being another, locating in the world.

18.
Inman, P. Waver.

19.
Spence, Pete. Almanak.

20.
Raphael, Dan. Oops, gotta go.

21.
Day, Jean. 2 sections from No springs trail.

22.
Andrews, Bruce. 9 sections from
I don't have any paper so shut up (or, Social romanticism).

Hill, Crag. Leap yea.
Published as an "Abacus plus" free to subscribers of Abacus.

23.
DiPalma, Ray. New poems.

24.
Forth, Steven. Calls this.

25.
Robinson, Kit. Up early.

26.
Owen, Maureen. Imaginary income.

27.
Bernstein, Charles.
Charles Bernstein & Henry Hills, a conversation : April 5, 1985.

28.
Davies, Alan. Riot now.

29.
Benson, Steve. Two works.

30.
Howe, Susan. Federalist 10.

31.
Scalapino, Leslie. Clarinet part I heard : for Tom White.

32.
Levy, Andrew. Reading places, reading times.

33.
Drucker, Johanna. Excerpts from Bookscape.

34.
Barone, Dennis. The world. The possibility : poems.

35.
Sher, Gail. W.

36.
Ganick, Peter. Met honest stanzas : for Cid Corman.

37.
Grenier, Robert. What I believe.

38.
Byrum, John. Cells.

39.
Bergland, Brita. "Form is bidden" : two poems.

40.
Coolidge, Clark. The symphony.

41.
Roberts, Susan. Cherries in the afternoon.

42.
Harryman, Carla. From The words :
after Carl Sandburg's Rutabaga stories.

43.
Ratcliffe, Stephen. Sonnets.

44.
DuPlessis, Rachel Blau. Draft #8, The ; and, Draft #9, Page.

45.
Blumenreich, Julia. Parallelism.

46.
Retallack, Joan. Western CIV cont'd : for Susan Burt & Alan.

47.
Laura Moriarty, The Goddess

48.
Mac Low, Jackson. Twenties, 8-25 : Order 9, Travesty from Twenties 8-25.

49.
Selby, Spencer. Accident potential.

50.
Ward, Diane. Crossing.

51.
Jena Osman. Ellerby's Observatory

52.
Susan Roberts. dab / a calling in

53.
Price, Larry. Work in progress.

54.
Watten, Barrett. From two recent works.

55.
McCaffery, Steve. From Theory of Sediment.

56.
Ray DiPalma. From Metropolitan Corridor

57.
Melanie Neilson. Civil Noir

58.
Barone, Dennis. The book of discoveries.

59.
Owens, Rochelle. From Luca : discourse on life & death.

60.
Taylor, Thomas Lowe. The one, the same and the other : three sections.

61.
Gevirtz, Susan. Korean and milkhouse.

62.
Kathleen Fraser. Giotto : Arena

63.
Armantrout, Rae. From Made to seem.

64.
Fischer, Norman. From Success.

65.
Grim, Jessica. It/Ohio.

66.
Murphy, Sheila E. Literal ponds.

67.
Perelman, Bob. Two poems.

68.
Equi, Elaine. From Decoy.

69.
Levy, Andrew. From Salvage device plants.

70.
Sloan, Mary Margaret. On method.

71.
Piombino, Nick. From The frozen witness.

72.
Nash, Susan Smith. Scenes from Hollywood Babylon.

73.
Burns, Gerald. Seventeen poems.

74.
Wellik, Matt. Imperial mind.

75.
Watson, Craig. Drum.

76.
Waldner, Liz. The way you may.

77.
Hansen, Jefferson. Three poems.

78.
Bromige, David. Romantic traceries.

79.
Andrews, Bruce. Blue horizon.

80.
Waldrop, Rosmarie. Cornered stone, split infinites.

81.
Adair, Gilbert. Upstate stoic.

82.
Brown, Lee Ann. Velocity city.

83.
Lubeski, Lori. You torture me.

84.
Spahr, Juliana. Identifying.

85.
Harryman, Carla. Rubble : variations : screen play text for Abigail Child.

86.
Bernstein, Charles. The Lenny Paschen show : libretto.

87.
Gottlieb, Michael. From Untitled work.

88.
Beckett, Tom. The nude sentience : poems.

89.
Doris, Stacy. Marie Antoinette.

90.
Cole, Norma. Catching letters and joker lives'.

91.
Moriarty, Laura. From The case : poems.

92.
Taggart, John. Fourteen poems from Crosses.

93.
Hejinian, Lyn. From A border country : for John Zorn.

94.
Murphy, Sheila E. A brotherly unfixed grace-noted stare : poems.

95.
Davidson, Daniel. From Culture.

96.
Lauterbach, Ann. A clown, some colors, doll,
her stories, a song, a moonlit cove : poems.

97.
Bachman, Merle. From Suspect retrievals.

98.
Wallace, Mark. From Buildings from White buildings.

99.
Perelman, Bob. Fake dreams.

100.
Ganick, Peter. Other ... and.

101.
Perlman, John. Preponderance of the pull of paradise.

102.
Armantrout, Rae. From the Pretext.

103.
Higgins, Dick. Stone into stones.

104.
Smith, Rod. The lack : love poems, targes, flags.

105.
Maso, Carole. From Defiance : act two.

106.
Vassilakis, Nico. Orange : a manual.

107.
Weiner, Hannah. From Sonora.

108.
Robinson, Elizabeth. From As betokening.

109.
Sheppard, Robert. History or sleep.

110.
Bennett, John M. Cul lit : poesvis.

111.
Ngai, Sianne. TelepromtpER*.

112.
Czurda, Elfriede. Almost 1 life : a fragment.

113.
Scalapino, Leslie & Hejinian, Lyn. Hearing.

114.
Silliman, Ron. Quindecagon.

Doris, Stacy. Stacy Doris' The love instructions and spirituals.
"An Abacus bonus from The art of love."

115.
Grim, Jessica. Parable of the valley & days.

116.
Wallace, Mark. Refiguring foil : from Summer among the possible.

117.
Hansen, Jefferson. Two poems.

118.
Drucker, Johanna. Romance writer.

119.
Downs, Buck. Selections from The sound of music.

120.
Cole, Norma. Spinoza in her youth.

121.
Magee, Kevin. Homage to Ruth Berleau.

122.
Burket, Cheryl. Behind the white.

123.
Adriani, Lisa. Untitled

124.
Dan Featherston. World News

125.
Barbara Hocker. Pattern Poems

126.
)ohn Lowther. Wreading Six

127.
Alan Sondheim. Truth

128.
Michael Basinski. Nieghttime )Poems

129.
Ivan Arguelles & John M. Bennett. from Chac Prostibulario

130.
Rachel Blau DuPlessis. Two Drafts from the Next Fold

131.
Stacy Doris. Initial and Directive

132.
Laura Moriarty. Malakhov

133.
Tsering Wangmo Dompa. from In Writing the Names

134.
John Olson. Water to Water: Prose Poems

135.
Laynie Browne. from Acts of Levitation

136.
Andrew Joron, Constellations for Theremin

137.
Jen Hofer & Melissa Dyne. Laws

138.
Julie Cox. The Ghost Hour

139.
William Keckler. Hokusai Touches a Meme

140.
Richard Deming. Somewhere Hereabouts

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Murnet, J.S. Saw Leaking Trees Murphy, Sheila E. Three-Part Inventions

1. Inman, P. Backbite.

2. Richard, Maria. 27 poems from Secondary image : whisper omega.

3. Raphael, Dan. The matter what is.

4. Darragh, Tina. Exposed faces.

5. Bartlett, Lee. Red scare.

6. And, Miekal. From Argot contents, book 7 : Samsara congeries.

7. Bernstein, Charles. Amblyopia.

8. Schneider, Laurie. Pieces of two.

9. Corman, Cid. Essay on poetry.

10. Spence, Pete. Elaborate at the outline.

11. Orr, Janette. The balcony of escape.

12. Silliman, Ron. From Paradise.

13. Mac Low, Jackson. Prose and verse from the early eighties.

14. Baron, Todd. From Dark as a hat.

15. Hunter, Janet. In the absence of alphabets.

16. Sherry, James. Lazy sonnets.

17. Ward, Diane. Being another, locating in the world.

18. Inman, P. Waver.

19. Spence, Pete. Almanak.

20. Raphael, Dan. Oops, gotta go.

21. Day, Jean. 2 sections from No springs trail.

22. Andrews, Bruce. 9 sections from I don't have any paper so shut up (or, Social romanticism).

Hill, Crag. Leap yea. Published as an "Abacus plus" free to subscribers of Abacus.

23. DiPalma, Ray. New poems.

24. Forth, Steven. Calls this.

25. Robinson, Kit. Up early.

26. Owen, Maureen. Imaginary income.

27. Bernstein, Charles. Charles Bernstein & Henry Hills, a conversation : April 5, 1985.

28. Davies, Alan. Riot now.

29. Benson, Steve. Two works.

30. Howe, Susan. Federalist 10.

31. Scalapino, Leslie. Clarinet part I heard : for Tom White.

32. Levy, Andrew. Reading places, reading times.

33. Drucker, Johanna. Excerpts from Bookscape.

34. Barone, Dennis. The world. The possibility : poems.

35. Sher, Gail. W.

36. Ganick, Peter. Met honest stanzas : for Cid Corman.

37. Grenier, Robert. What I believe.

38. Byrum, John. Cells.

39. Bergland, Brita. "Form is bidden" : two poems.

40. Coolidge, Clark. The symphony.

41. Roberts, Susan. Cherries in the afternoon.

42. Harryman, Carla. From The words : after Carl Sandburg's Rutabaga stories.

43. Ratcliffe, Stephen. Sonnets.

44. DuPlessis, Rachel Blau. Draft #8, The ; and, Draft #9, Page.

45. Blumenreich, Julia. Parallelism.

46. Retallack, Joan. Western CIV cont'd : for Susan Burt & Alan. 47. Laura Moriarty, The Goddess

48. Mac Low, Jackson. Twenties, 8-25 : Order 9, Travesty from Twenties 8-25.

49. Selby, Spencer. Accident potential.

50. Ward, Diane. Crossing. 51. Jena Osman. Ellerby's Observatory 52. Susan Roberts. dab / a calling in

53. Price, Larry. Work in progress.

54. Watten, Barrett. From two recent works.

55. McCaffery, Steve. From Theory of Sediment. 56. Ray DiPalma. From Metropolitan Corridor 57. Melanie Neilson. Civil Noir

58. Barone, Dennis. The book of discoveries.

59. Owens, Rochelle. From Luca : discourse on life & death.

60. Taylor, Thomas Lowe. The one, the same and the other : three sections.

61. Gevirtz, Susan. Korean and milkhouse. 62. Kathleen Fraser. Giotto : Arena

63. Armantrout, Rae. From Made to seem.

64. Fischer, Norman. From Success.

65. Grim, Jessica. It/Ohio.

66. Murphy, Sheila E. Literal ponds.

67. Perelman, Bob. Two poems.

68. Equi, Elaine. From Decoy.

69. Levy, Andrew. From Salvage device plants.

70. Sloan, Mary Margaret. On method.

71. Piombino, Nick. From The frozen witness.

72. Nash, Susan Smith. Scenes from Hollywood Babylon.

73. Burns, Gerald. Seventeen poems.

74. Wellik, Matt. Imperial mind.

75. Watson, Craig. Drum.

76. Waldner, Liz. The way you may.

77. Hansen, Jefferson. Three poems.

78. Bromige, David. Romantic traceries. 79. Andrews, Bruce. Blue horizon.

80. Waldrop, Rosmarie. Cornered stone, split infinites.

81. Adair, Gilbert. Upstate stoic.

82. Brown, Lee Ann. Velocity city.

83. Lubeski, Lori. You torture me.

84. Spahr, Juliana. Identifying.

85. Harryman, Carla. Rubble : variations : screen play text for Abigail Child.

Murnet, J.S.
Saw Leaking Trees

Murphy, Sheila E.
Three-Part Inventions

1.
Inman, P. Backbite.

2.
Richard, Maria. 27 poems from Secondary image : whisper omega.

3.
Raphael, Dan. The matter what is.

4.
Darragh, Tina. Exposed faces.

5.
Bartlett, Lee. Red scare.

6.
And, Miekal. From Argot contents, book 7 : Samsara congeries.

7.
Bernstein, Charles. Amblyopia.

8.
Schneider, Laurie. Pieces of two.

9.
Corman, Cid. Essay on poetry.

10.
Spence, Pete. Elaborate at the outline.

11.
Orr, Janette. The balcony of escape.

12.
Silliman, Ron. From Paradise.

13.
Mac Low, Jackson. Prose and verse from the early eighties.

14.
Baron, Todd. From Dark as a hat.

15.
Hunter, Janet. In the absence of alphabets.

16.
Sherry, James. Lazy sonnets.

17.
Ward, Diane. Being another, locating in the world.

18.
Inman, P. Waver.

19.
Spence, Pete. Almanak.

20.
Raphael, Dan. Oops, gotta go.

21.
Day, Jean. 2 sections from No springs trail.

22.
Andrews, Bruce. 9 sections from
I don't have any paper so shut up (or, Social romanticism).

Hill, Crag. Leap yea.
Published as an "Abacus plus" free to subscribers of Abacus.

23.
DiPalma, Ray. New poems.

24.
Forth, Steven. Calls this.

25.
Robinson, Kit. Up early.

26.
Owen, Maureen. Imaginary income.

27.
Bernstein, Charles.
Charles Bernstein & Henry Hills, a conversation : April 5, 1985.

28.
Davies, Alan. Riot now.

29.
Benson, Steve. Two works.

30.
Howe, Susan. Federalist 10.

31.
Scalapino, Leslie. Clarinet part I heard : for Tom White.

32.
Levy, Andrew. Reading places, reading times.

33.
Drucker, Johanna. Excerpts from Bookscape.

34.
Barone, Dennis. The world. The possibility : poems.

35.
Sher, Gail. W.

36.
Ganick, Peter. Met honest stanzas : for Cid Corman.

37.
Grenier, Robert. What I believe.

38.
Byrum, John. Cells.

39.
Bergland, Brita. "Form is bidden" : two poems.

40.
Coolidge, Clark. The symphony.

41.
Roberts, Susan. Cherries in the afternoon.

42.
Harryman, Carla. From The words :
after Carl Sandburg's Rutabaga stories.

43.
Ratcliffe, Stephen. Sonnets.

44.
DuPlessis, Rachel Blau. Draft #8, The ; and, Draft #9, Page.

45.
Blumenreich, Julia. Parallelism.

46.
Retallack, Joan. Western CIV cont'd : for Susan Burt & Alan.

47.
Laura Moriarty, The Goddess

48.
Mac Low, Jackson. Twenties, 8-25 : Order 9, Travesty from Twenties 8-25.

49.
Selby, Spencer. Accident potential.

50.
Ward, Diane. Crossing.

51.
Jena Osman. Ellerby's Observatory

52.
Susan Roberts. dab / a calling in

53.
Price, Larry. Work in progress.

54.
Watten, Barrett. From two recent works.

55.
McCaffery, Steve. From Theory of Sediment.

56.
Ray DiPalma. From Metropolitan Corridor

57.
Melanie Neilson. Civil Noir

58.
Barone, Dennis. The book of discoveries.

59.
Owens, Rochelle. From Luca : discourse on life & death.

60.
Taylor, Thomas Lowe. The one, the same and the other : three sections.

61.
Gevirtz, Susan. Korean and milkhouse.

62.
Kathleen Fraser. Giotto : Arena

63.
Armantrout, Rae. From Made to seem.

64.
Fischer, Norman. From Success.

65.
Grim, Jessica. It/Ohio.

66.
Murphy, Sheila E. Literal ponds.

67.
Perelman, Bob. Two poems.

68.
Equi, Elaine. From Decoy.

69.
Levy, Andrew. From Salvage device plants.

70.
Sloan, Mary Margaret. On method.

71.
Piombino, Nick. From The frozen witness.

72.
Nash, Susan Smith. Scenes from Hollywood Babylon.

73.
Burns, Gerald. Seventeen poems.

74.
Wellik, Matt. Imperial mind.

75.
Watson, Craig. Drum.

76.
Waldner, Liz. The way you may.

77.
Hansen, Jefferson. Three poems.

78.
Bromige, David. Romantic traceries.

79.
Andrews, Bruce. Blue horizon.

80.
Waldrop, Rosmarie. Cornered stone, split infinites.

81.
Adair, Gilbert. Upstate stoic.

82.
Brown, Lee Ann. Velocity city.

83.
Lubeski, Lori. You torture me.

84.
Spahr, Juliana. Identifying.

85.
Harryman, Carla. Rubble : variations : screen play text for Abigail Child.