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4to. Stapled at the top corner. [26pp. on rectos only] + cover sheet. A typescript of this piece which was published, with differences, in 'L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E' Volume Four (eds. Bruce Andrews and Charles Bernstein)/'Open Letter' Fifth Series No. 1 (Winter 1982, ed. Frank Davey). Although the published text generally matches that of the typescript where they correspond, it is in fact an excerpt, indicated by an ellipsis towards the top of p.86. Some seven and a half sides of the typescript are omitted, amounting to over half of the total, including idiosyncratic letters to Alfred de Musset, George Sand, and Gustave Flaubert, and a 'VOODOO MAP WITH PICTURES OF EEYORE LOOKING FOR HIS TAIL'. Perhaps space (and, in the case of the map, technology) limited the amount that could be printed, given that the periodical does use some Winnie-the-Pooh material. That said, some editing between the two versions (whether or not by Acker) can be detected, since the published version is introduced by a passage based on interviews with Pierre Guyotat (as identified by the 'EDITORS' NOTE'), not present in the typescript. It is also striking that the 'The Invisible Universe', as published, no longer has the description 'ESSAY ON WRITING' as part of its title. This is not a ribbon typescript, but it is probably a neat photocopy rather than a carbon, suggested by the splodges of ink on the cover sheet, the proximity of the page numbers (often completely lost) to the top margins, very occasional trivial loss at the right margins, a couple of minor instances of handwritten adjustments made to the original typescript, and of course the map. If a ribbon typescript, or indeed any other typescript or manuscript, is extant, it is not forthcoming although, given the closeness of the typescript text to its published appearance, one can assume that something similar to this item was sent to one or more editors. Regardless, making and revising copies of texts was part of Acker's writing process, and in her case photocopies can be the primary sources of her work. The present example, undated but from around the start of the 1980s, is from the collection of Acker's friend Paul Buck. Folded once horizontally and slightly creased, inevitably quite toned in places, the first and last sheets somewhat chipped peripherally, the latter also a little marked to the verso, and the staple having taken a couple of attempts, but Very Good all things considered. N° de ref. del artículo 006275
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