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Avant Garde Second Wave 2002 Exhibit and Symposium
at University Libraries
The Ohio State University Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, the Friends
of the Library, and the Aldus Society will present "An Avant Garde
Symposium" in conjunction with "An American Avant Garde: Second
Wave Exhibition" in the Main Library at Ohio State, July 26-27.
The keynote address will be given by Marvin Sackner, named by Art and
Antiques magazine as one of the nation's 100 top collectors. Sackner
will speak on "The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete
and Visual Poetry" on July 26 in the OSU Faculty Club.
Avant readings, multi-media presentations, papers and a roundtable discussion
will be conducted during both days. Presenters will include Ivan Argelles,
John M. Bennett, Robert Jackson, Richard Kostelanetz, Jim Leftwich,
Sheila E. Murphy, Marvin Sackner, Thomas L. Taylor, and others, all
of whom are represented by extensive archival collections at Ohio State
and whose publications, manuscripts, correspondence, and artwork are
featured in the exhibition in the Philip Sills Gallery of the Main Library
through August, 2002.
The OSU Libraries have become a major research source for American avant-garde
literatures. The Avant Writing Collection has grown exponentially since
its inception in 1998 and focuses on avant-garde poets and writers born
in the late 1930's through the 1970's. One of the most important of
these resources is the collection of William S. Burroughs materials,
the largest such archive in the world, brought to the Libraries through
the efforts of Geoffrey D. Smith, Head of the Rare Books and Manucripts
Library. The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence and works
by and about Burroughs, with vast amounts of similar materials from
avant-garde writers around the world. During Summer 2001, the Libraries
held a major and much heralded exhibit of these materials, An American
Avant Garde: First Wave. John M. Bennett, curator, Avant Writing Collection,
Rare Books and Manuscript Library, and Special Collections cataloger
at the OSU Libraries curated both the 2001 and 2002 Avant exhibitions.
The Ohio State University Libraries
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