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Most wanted : a gamble in verse
- Title
- Most wanted : a gamble in verse / Jeffrey Encke.
- Author
- Encke, Jeffrey
- Publication
- Seattle, Wash. : Last Tangos Editions, c2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Permit needed | Berg Coll Encke M67 2004 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
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- Last Tangos Editions (Firm)
- Description
- 55 cards : ill.; 88 x 63 mm. in box (91 x 66 x 18 mm.)
- Alternative Title
- Gamble in verse
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Miniature books.
- Artists' books – Washington (State)
- Playing cards.
- Playing cards – 2000-2009.
- Note
- Title from non-playing, non-Joker card.
- "The verse excerpts quoted in this deck derive from an unpublished manuscript of poems by the author"--Colophon.
- Publication information from colophon on one of the Joker cards.
- "Prior to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, to assist troops in identifying key members of Saddam Hussein's regime, the US Defense Intelligence Agency and Central Command designed a deck of playing cards featuring photographs, when available, and brief descriptions of 52 of the top 55 individuals the US government sought to detain during the early war effort ... Over the summer of 2003 ... I began to compose a book-length series of poems addressed to the seemingly anonymous figures on the Dept. of Defense cards, using a private, idiosyncratic language characteristic of intimacy. Conceived as love letters, each poem addresses one of the war criminals in what has come to be known the Deck of Doom ... I decided that a powerful, if not fitting, presentation of the verse would be in the form of a deck of playing cards"--Artist's Website.
- Offset printed; issued in a paper box.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Call Number
- Berg Coll Encke M67 2004
- ISBN
- 0975857800
- 9780975857809
- OCLC
- 393343651
- Author
- Encke, Jeffrey.
- Title
- Most wanted : a gamble in verse / Jeffrey Encke.
- Imprint
- Seattle, Wash. : Last Tangos Editions, c2004.
- Access
- Restricted access; Request permission from holding division.
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- Last Tangos Editions (Firm)
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll Encke M67 2004