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Matter.

Title
Matter.
Publication
Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. : Robert Kelly

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no. 1-4TextPermit needed Berg Coll+ Counterculture M38 1963 no. 1-4Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320
2 (July 1964)TextPermit needed Berg Coll+ Matter M28 1963 2 (July 1964)Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
  • Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014.
  • Blackburn, Paul.
  • Brakhage, Stan.
  • Corman, Cid.
  • Di Prima, Diane.
  • Kelly, Robert, 1935-
  • Lansing, Gerrit.
  • Mac Low, Jackson.
  • Saroyan, Aram.
  • Schneeman, Carolee.
  • Wakoski, Diane.
Publication Date
  • [No. 1 (June 6th, 1963)]-
  • Ceased with no. 4, published in 1968?
Description
v.; 28 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • Title from cover.
  • Editor: Robert Kelly.
  • Mimeographed typescript printed on yellow, white, and orange paper. First two issues stapled once at upper left hand corner; issue nos. 3 and 4 stapled along left margin. Orange front wrapper for issue no. 1. Front wrappers of issue nos. 1-3 decorated with Matter logo; no. 4 with drawing by Thomas Meyer, "the Boiling of the Egg," depicting pot of water boiling above flaming match, with spoon containing egg suspended above pot.
  • "MATTER is when it is for the sake of the work, & is the work therein contained, no more; its title (defying being like defining) proposes that see, seem, see in, see through, seem to, see to, are rooted meaningfully in their common verb. [...] The central fact of place where I am is River, running towards the City. [...] So the movements of MATTER are unlikely to be uniform. [...] As from Mr. [Charles] Olson's poem herewith one can learn that How To End A Poem is learning when the poem ends."--From statement of purpose on final page of issue no. 1.
  • A note in issue no. 4 contains an admonishment against unsolicited submissions: "Poets--use yr energies in the work, not in the post office."
  • Numerous references throughout relating to the filmmaker Stan Brakhage, including an early draft of "A Moving Picture Giving and Taking Book" in no. 3; a long poem by Brakhage in no. 4, and additional criticism of Brakhage's films by Kelly.
  • Other contributors include Carolee Schneeman, Cid Corman, Leroi Jones (later, Amiri Baraka), Paul Blackburn, Diane Wakoski, Jackson Mac Low, Aram Saroyan, Gerrit Lansing, and Diane Di Prima.
Access (note)
  • Berg Collection is restricted access;
Provenance (note)
  • Berg Coll. copy 1 of issue 2 addressed to Armand Schwerner with a cancelled postage stamp, postmarked [July] 14 1964--verso of last leaf.
Call Number
Berg Coll+ Matter M28 1963
ISSN
0025-6005
LCCN
sn 89029030
OCLC
2277575
Title
Matter.
Imprint
Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. : Robert Kelly
Current Frequency
Irregular
Access
Berg Collection is restricted access; request permission from holding division.
Provenance
Berg Coll. copy 1 of issue 2 addressed to Armand Schwerner with a cancelled postage stamp, postmarked [July] 14 1964--verso of last leaf. NN-BGC
Local Note
Berg Collection holds issue nos. 1-4.
Berg Collection copy 2 of issue no. 2 with penned emendation to the first line of Robert Kelly's poem "Of Purposes, In This Year."
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Added Author
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014. Contributor
Blackburn, Paul. Contributor
Brakhage, Stan. Contributor
Corman, Cid. Contributor
Di Prima, Diane. Contributor
Kelly, Robert, 1935- Editor
Kelly, Robert, 1935- ctb
Lansing, Gerrit. Contributor
Mac Low, Jackson. Contributor
Saroyan, Aram. Contributor
Schneeman, Carolee. Contributor
Wakoski, Diane. Contributor
Schwerner, Armand. Former owner NN-BGC
Research Call Number
Berg Coll+ Matter M28 1963
Berg Coll+ Counterculture M38 1963
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