The Poets' Encyclopedia (1979)

New York City: Unmuzzled Ox Editions (book, anthology), 1979.
8.5" x 5.5" x 0.875", 310 pages, softcover, ISBN 0-934450-03-X.

The Poets' Encyclopedia, edited by Michael Andre and Erika Rothenberg and published by Unmuzzled Ox Editions (New York City) in 1979. This was released in periodical, softcover, and hardcover forms – shown is a review copy of the softcover. This is an encyclopedia of a form where the entries are all written by artists and writers.

Burroughs contributes "Junk", pp. 145-147. There is additionally a "ticker-tape likely" by WSB at the top edge of the entry and some subsequent pages, reminiscent of similar devices in Cut Up and Shut Up, or the Am Here Books Catalogue Five.

At page 268 is an image of Christopher Isherwood, Don Bacardy, James Grauerholz, William S. Burroughs, Victor Bockris, and Richard Elovich [misspelled in the credit]. The photographer is not noted in this photo [possibly Gerard Malanga], and it clearly is outside of "The Bunker", New York City, likely in early 1977 when this interview was done.

In the back of the book are a "Calendar" section and an "Oracle" section. In the "Calendar", February 3rd is noted as "Junk (W.S.B.)" day. In the Oracle, Burroughs appears in the lower right quadrant of the second page.

This copy was acquired from Philip Smith, Bookseller (Berkeley, California, US).

Shoaf II. 151 (for the hardcover edition, softcover not noted).

Contents: 

• Book I: The Poets' Encyclopedia: Preface:
• Alcohol
• Dave's Corner
• Unmuzzled Ox Ocarina Orchestra
• Hope
• Theory of Tittlebats
• The Eighties
• Conceptual Art
• Portion of the Hyperbole of the Foot (Ox)
• Conclusion of an Exaggerated Animal (Giant)
• Book II: The Poets' Encyclopedia: A
• "About" by James Sherry
• "Absolute, The" by Michael Brownstein
• "Abyss Structure"
• "Academic" by Les Levine
• "Acne"
• "Action" by Armand Schwerner, Donald M. Kaplan, and Carl Rakosi
• "Active" by Brian Buczak
• "Address" by Erskine Caldwell
• "Aeroplane" by Russell Edson
• "Aesthetic" by Les Levine
• "Aesthetics" by Dick Higgins
• "Alarma!" by Kenneth Gangemi
• "Albertfine, The" by Ray Johnson
• "Alimentary" by Jane DeLynn
• "Amateur Artist" by Dick Higgins
• "Ambiguous" by Les Levine
• "American Art" by Dick Higgins
• "Ampersand" by Hannah Weiner
• "Anal Intercourse" by Charles Henri Ford and Joe Brainard
• "Andy" by Lita Hornick and Jimmy De Sana
• "Anesthetic" by Andrei Codrescu
• "Anomie" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Answer" by Charles Bukowski
• "Ant" by Peter Kostakis
• "Antimatter" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Anti-world" by Michael Brownstein
• "Anxiety" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Anything" by Terry Stokes
• "Apprentice" by Philip Levine
• "Arbutus" by David Wilk
• "Archaeology" by Nathaniel Tarn
• "Armony" by Philip Corner
• "Army" by William Cply and Philip Corner
• "Art" by Michael Horowitz
• "Art Collector (Big)" by Dick Higgins
• "Art Collector (Small)" by Dick Higgins
• "Art Educator" by Dick Higgins
• "Art Museum" by Dick Higgins
• "Artoo-D2" by Ellen Kahaner
• "Art Opening" by Dick Higgins
• "Art World" by Lucy R. Lippard
• "Ashbery" by Joe Brainard, Kenneth Deifik, and Stephen Paul Miller
• "August 13, 1937" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "August 15, 1937" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "August 6, 1945" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Australia" by Michael Wilding, Barron Field, Bob Dylan, Ezra Pound, Henry Miller, Leonard Cohen, R. Cobb, Carlos Castaneda, Frank O'Hara, Christopher Boyce, Randy Newman, and Jack Kerouac
• "Authority" by David Bromige
• "Awkward" by William Matthews
• Book III: The Poets' Encyclopedia: B•C:
• "B-Girls" by Jimmy De Sana and Jackie Curtis
• "Barf" by Kenward Elmslie
• "Baseball" by William Cply and Eugene McCarthy
• "Beat" by Chinese Academy
• "Beauty" by Andre Breton, Arthur Rimbaud, Charles Baudelaire, and Cros
• "Biography" by Frank MacShane
• "Blob" by Tom Veitch
• "Boredom" by Armand Schwerner, Donald M. Kaplan, Novalis, and Paul Eluard
• "Breath" by Charlie Morrow
• "Bronowski" by Christo
• "Brush" by André Breton
• "Cadavre Exquis" by André Breton
• "Cage, John's Song" by Carol Bergé
• "Cape" by Benjamin Péret
• "Capillary" by André Breton
• "Cars" by Joe Brainard
• "Casablanca" by Mimi Gross Grooms and Charles Bernstein
• "Censorship" by David Ignatow
• "Chair" by Violette Nosieres
• "Chance" by Marcel Duchamp, André Breton, and Max Ernst
• "Child" by André Breton and Paul Eluard
• "Church" by Baffo
• "Classical" by Carol Bergé
• "Cleverness" by A. M. Fine
• "Collage" by Max Ernst
• "Color" by T. W. Fretter
• "Colorado" by Tom Clark
• "Comprehension" by Raymond Lulle and Lautreamont
• "Conceptual Art" by Donald Kuspit
• "Consumption" by Paul Eluard and André Breton
• "Cooperative Gallery" by Dick Higgins
• "Corpse" by Benjamin Péret
• "Counterphobia" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Covetousness" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Crutch" by Salvador Dalí
• Book IV: The Poets' Encyclopedia: D•E•F:
• "D" by James Broughton
• "Dance" by Joe Brainard
• "Danger" by Machiavelli and Michael Andre
• "Deadly Sins" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Delusion" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Denby" by Gerard Malanga
• "Denial" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Dipa(r)" by Alison Knowles
• "Drill Art" by Michael Brownstein
• "Dumb, Wyoming" by Joel Oppenheimer
• "Earth Art of Ancient Astronauts" by Erika Rothenberg
• "East Jesus, Indiana" by Joel Oppenheimer
• "Ecstasy" by Salvador Dalí
• "Eel, Sharp-Nosed" by Opal L. Nations
• "Elegance" by Alfred Jarry
• "Elephant" by Paul Eluard and Benjamin Péret
• "Encyclopedia" by Hugh Kenner and A. M. Fine
• "Envy" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Everything" by William Stafford
• "Evolution" by Michael Brownstein
• "Exclusion" by Loo Hcs'Kroy Wen
• "Fabius Maximus Verruscosus Quintus" byT. W. Fretter
• "Faith" by Dotty le Mieux
• "Fantasy" by Peter Wehrli
• "Fascination" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Fate" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Fate Worse Than Death" by Laura LeNail
• "Fatham" by Alison Knowles
• "Fire" by Heraclitus and Pierre Mabille
• "Fireball" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Fish" by Walter de Maria
• "Five-and-Ten" by Marvin Bell
• "Flame" by Novalis, Tristan Tzara, and Paul Eluard
• "Flowers" by Kathleen Spivack
• "Football, American Professional" by Mike Tappin and Michael Lally
• "Football, Canadian College" by T. W. Fretter 
• "Fortress" by Jacob Burckhardt, Rudolph Burckhardt, Roberta Bayley, and Simon Schuchat
• "Frame of Reference" by General Idea
• "Freedom" by David Ignatow
• "French" by Ray DiPalma
• "French Girls" by Marcia Resnick
• "French Literature" by David Ball
• "Frequent" by Bern Porter
• "Frontier" by Peter Wehrli
• "Frost" by Barbara Guest
• "Fudge Factor" by Richard Morris
• Book V: The Poets' Encyclopedia: G•H•I:
• "Gala" by Salvador Dalí
• "Gearshift Manifesto" by Charles Plymell
• "General" by André Breton and Benjamin Péret
• "General Idea" by General Idea
• "Genius" by Arthur Rimbaud
• "German" by Peter Wehrli
• "Gimmicks" by Richard Kostelanetz
• "Glasha(r)" by Alison Knowles
• "Goatsucker, Fork-Tailed" by Opal L. Nations
• "Gorilla" by Bob Pelosi
• "Granite" by Peter Wehrli
• "Grants" by Dick Higgins
• "Group" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Guilt" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Habits" by Michael Brownstein
• "Halphabet" by A. M. Fine
• "Hare" by Mei-Mei Bressenbrugge
• "Hat" by Charlie Morrow
• "Head" by Michael Brownstein
• "Heaven" by Dotty le Mieux
• "History" by William Stafford
• "Hockney" by David Hockney and Victor Bockris
• "Hole" by Jeff Goldberg
• "Homerga" by A. M. Fine
• "Hominids" by Rose Drachler
• "Honorable Discharge" by Michael O'Donoghue
• "Hunger" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Hutemhanut" by Annabel Levitt
• "Hymn" by Hugh Seidman
• "Iamb" by George Bowering
• "Imaginary Beings" by Andrei Codrescu
• "Impulse" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Index" by M. Kaspar
• "Individual" by A. M. Fine
• "Inspiration" by Philip Corner
• "Introduction" by Alan Davies
• "Iraqi" by Peter Wehrli
• "Irony" by Joe David Bellamy
• "Isolation" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Israel" by Daniel Berrigan
• Book VI: The Poets' Encyclopedia: J•K•L:
• "Joke" by Erika Rothenberg and Linda Gutstein
• "Judgments" by Rose Lesniak
• "Junk" by William S. Burroughs, William Jay Smith, and Art Linkletter
• "Junk Food" by Irene Dogmatic 
• "Junk Mail" by Allen Ginsberg
• "Junkman" by Peter Payack
• "Junk Sculpture"
• "Justice" by Lautreamont
• "Justine" by Colette
• "Kayak" by George Hitchcock
• "Kennedy" by Henry James Korn
• "Kin" by Ursule Molinaro
• "-Kin" by Ursule Molinaro
• "Kin-dergarden" by Ursule Molinaro
• "Kin-dle" by Ursula Molinaro
• "Kin-dred" by Ursule Molinaro
• "Kin-ematography" by Ursule Molinaro
• "Kin-ship" by Ursule Molinaro
• "Knitting" by Carolee Schneemann
• "Krypton 85" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Latitude" by Stuart Freibert
• "Laugh" by Regina Beck
• "Laughing Hawk" by Opal L. Nations
• "Lechery" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Lettrism" by Carl Solomon and Jean-Isidore Isou
• "Levesque" by Claude Hamel
• "Lie" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Liking" by Rose Lesniak
• "Linoleum" by Carter Ratcliff
• "Little Magazine" by Dick Higgins
• "Los Angeles Artist" by Dick Higgins
• "Lost" by Brian Buczak
• "Love" by Michael Brownstein
• "Lover" by Carolee Schneemann
• Book VII: The Poets' Encyclopedia: M•N•O•P•Q:
• "Madness" by Charles Potts
• "Malay Marble" by Paco Underhill
• "Malnutrition"
• "Materiel" by John Chamberlain
• "Matter" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Melodrama" by Peter Werhli
• "Meter" by Jonathan Williams
• "Mind" by Tom Veitch
• "Minimalism" by Donald Kuspit
• "Money" by Alice Cooper, Princess Diane de Veau Beau, Naomi Sims, Andy Warhol, Mae West, Margaux Hemingway, Errol Weston, Stuart Mott, Muhammed Ali, Joe Brainard, and Chris Burden
• "Moon" by John McAuley
• "Movement" by Dick Higgins
• "Musac" by Rose Lesniak
• "Mushrooms" by John Cage and Sari Dienes
• "Mustache" by Joe Brainard
• "Myth(Irish)" by Peter Finch
• "Narrative" by John Baldessari
• "Negro" by Peter Wehrli
• "Newfoundland" by Nathaniel Tarn
• "Next" by D. S. Hoffman
• "Niggerdeath, Alabama" by Joel Oppenheimer
• "1984 Miss General Idea Pageant" by General Idea
• "1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion" by General Idea
• "Not" by Michael Brownstein
• "Nothing" by James Sherry
• "Of" by Nathaniel Tarn
• "Outland" by Thomas Shannon
• "Owl" by Opal L. Nations
• "Pain" by André Breton & Paul Eluard, Neal Abramson, Bulent Ecevit, and Peter Wehrli
• "Painting" by Carter Ratcliff
• "Pape(r)" by Alison Knowles
• "Pascism" by A. M. Fine
• "Penal Colony" by André Breton and Georges Limbour
• "Penguins" by Erika Rothenberg, Harry Greenberg, and Alan Ziegler
• "Permanence" by Les Levine
• "Photo" by Peter Wehrli
• "Poem" by Tom Marshall and Joel Oppenheimer
• "Poet" by Dick Higgins
• "Porcelain" by Barbara Guest
• "Post-Minimalism" by Donald Kuspit
• "Praise" by Alan Ziegler
• "Prayer" by Mimi Gross Grooms and David Rosenberg
• "Preferences" by Kenneth Gangemi
• "Pride" by Michael Brownstein
• "Professional Artist" by Dick Higgins
• "Profit" by Gerald Cable
• "Prophecy" by David Rosenberg
• "Psychopath" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan 
• Book VIII: The Poets' Encyclopedia: R:
• "Race Johnson" by Carol Bergé
• "Radio" by Michael Brownstein
• "Reality" by John Brockman and Pier Paolo Pasolini
• "Regional Art" by Dick Higgins
• "Repetition" by Peter Wehrli
• "Representation" by Russell Edson
• "Review" by Dick Higgins
• "River" by Michael Brownstein
• "Roaches" by Joe Brainard
• "Rocket" by Peter Wehrli
• "Rush" by Peter Wehrli 
• Book IX: The Poets' Encyclopedia: S•T:
• "S" by Frances Whyatt
• "Sacred" by Alan Ziegler
• "San Francisco Artist" by Dick Higgins
• "Sauteing" by Russell Edson
• "Self-Allergic" by Tom Ahern
• "Self-Organization" by John Brockman
• "Self-Reflexivity"
• "Selling" by Russell Edson
• "September 27, 1943" by Samuel Pepys, Gilbert White, Edward Taylor, John James Audubon, Charles Darwin, Ford Madox Brown, Francis Kilvert, Lou Andreas Salomé. Harry Kessler, and Ray DiPalma
• "Sex" by Jim Quinn, Joe Brainard, and Anne Waldman
• "Sherry" by Gary Snyder
• "Shit" by Russell Edson
• "Sickness" by Philip Corner
• "Silence" by Philip Graham
• "Singularity" by David Lenson
• "Skelat'n" by Alison Knowles
• "Skin" by Regina Beck
• "Slavery" by Kathy Acker
• "Sleep" by Rose Lesniak
• "Sloth" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Smoke" by Paul William Simons
• "Sneakers" by Russell Edson
• "Solicitude" by Michael Brownstein
• "Space" by William Stafford and Rose Lesniak
• "Sparrow" by Nathaniel Tarn
• "Sports" by Russell Edson
• "Stillbirth" by Derek Pell
• "Stodge" by Jonathan Williams
• "Stubble" by Robert Creeley
• "Surrealism" by Eric Mottram
• "Suspicion" by Daniel Berrigan
• "Synagogue" by Harvey Shapiro
• "Synch" by Carol Bergé
• "Talking" by John Brockman
• "Television" by Peter Wehrli, Michael Brownstein, and John Brockman
• "Temple" by Peter Wehrli
• "Tension" by Rochelle Owens
• "Terrorism" by Michael Baumann
• "Thanksgiving Day" by Joe Brainard
• "Theater" by Russell Edson
• "Thunder Basin National Grasslands" by Len Fulton
• "Time" by Suzanne Zavrian
• "Tomorrow" by Bulent Ecevit
• "Tongue" by Warren Woessner
• "Torch" by Gerard Malanga
• "Transit" by Hugh Seidman
• "Transparency" by Judith Johnson Sherwin
• "Travel" by Romare Bearden and Timothy Baum
• "Truth" by William Stafford and Carl Rakosi
• "Turkish-Greek Poem" by Bulent Ecevit
• "Tweezing" by Russell Edson
• Book X: The Poets' Encyclopedia: U•V•W•X•Y:
• "Undoing" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Utriceatelle" by Ursule Molinaro
• "Utricle" by Ursule Molinaro
• "Utricle Balm" by Ursule Molinaro
• "Utricledad" by Ursule Molinaro
• "Utricle Lady" by Ursule Molinaro
• "Utricle Pipe" by Ursule Molinaro
• "Utricular Pants" by Ursule Molinaro
• "Vanity" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Voice" by Charlie Morrow"
• "Wakoski" by Carol Bergé
• "War" by Arakawa
• "Wayback, Ohio" by Joel Oppenheimer and Steve Fitch
• "Western Front Mythology" by Western Front
• "Whole" by Peter Wehrli, Romaine Murphy, and G. E. Moore
• "Whore" by Mike Miller
• "Window" by Arthur Rimbaud, André Breton & Philippe Soupault, Paul Eluard, Benjamin Péret, Georges Hughet, and Pablo Picasso
• "Winning" by Rose Lesniak
• "Wittgenstein" by Dick Higgins
• "Woman" by Walter de Maria
• "Work" by Rose Lesniak
• "Wrath" by Armand Schwerner and Donald M. Kaplan
• "Writing" by Carl Rakosi
• "You" by Michael Brownstein
• Book XI: The Poets' Encyclopedia: Z:
• "Z" by Bill Zavatsky
• "Zable, Betty"
• "Zealousness" by Peter Wehrli
• "Zebra" by Michael Benedikt
• "Zero or Seven" by Madeline H. Gins
• "Ziablov" by Komar & Melamid
• "Zyxt" by Ron Silliman
• Book XII: The Poets' Encyclopedia: Appendices:
• Calendar
• Oracle
• Index to Authors