Witz, Bob

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Bob Witz is a painter/sculptor, writer, poet, and editor of Appearances Magazine. Appearances is a small, low-budget magazine which was started in the East Village and has been published from the 1980's to the present. It is devoted mostly to the art scene with a focus on the alternative currents of this scene. Witz also published/produced small chapbooks, including an early book by Keith Haring, and Leaves of Grass II: a book/by Bob Witz (1972). Witz, along other writers represented in the Downtown collection (Ron Kolm and Tom Savage, 1948- ), is also closely associated with the Unbearables literary group.

From the guide to the Bob Witz Papers/Appearances Magazine, ca. 1980-1996, (© 2010 Fales Library and Special Collections)

Bob Witz is a painter/sculptor, writer, poet, and editor of Appearances Magazine. Appearances is a small, low-budget magazine which was started in the East Village and has been published from the 1980's to the present. It is devoted mostly to the art scene with a focus on the alternative currents of this scene. Witz also published/produced small chapbooks, including an early book by Keith Haring, and Leaves of Grass II: a book/by Bob Witz (1972). Witz, along other writers represented in the Downtown ...

From the description of Bob Witz Papers/Appearances Magazine. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 774693130

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United States
New York (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
New York (State)--New York
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Authors, American
Poets, American
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Literature, Experimental
Literature, Modern
Literature, Modern
New York (N.Y.)
Small presses
Small presses
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