PORTER, Bern

PORTER, Bern. American, b. 1911. Genres: Poetry, Essays. Career: Chairman of the Board, Bern Porter Books Inc., Belfast, Maine, since 1929, and Institute of Advanced Thinking, Belfast, since 1959. Founding Fellow, International Poetry Society, London, 1978. Publications: Map of Houlton High School, 1929; Alpha Particles from Radium, 1933; Art Scrapbook, 1935; Art Reproductions, 1937; Books Book of Physics, 1938; Colloidal Graphite, 1939; Map of Physics, 1939; Map of Ricker, 1940; Map of Chemistry, 1941; Waterfight, 1941; Doldrums, 1941; Me, 1943; Cosmic Sight, 1943; All Over the Place, 1944; Miller Bibliography, 1946; Map of Joyceana, 1946; Art Techniques, 1947; Union of Science and Art, 1948; Elements of Typography, 1948; Schillerhaus, 1949; Drawings, 1954-1955, 1956; Rocket Data Book, 1956; Rocket Terminology, 1956; (with Richard Bowman) Science and Art, 1956; Mencken Bibliography, 1958; Drawings 1955-1956, 1959; Physics for Tomorrow, 1959; F. Scott Fitzgerald Publications, 1960; Aphasia, 1961; Scandinavian Summer, 1961; The Waste-Maker, 1961; Circle: Reproduction of Art Work 1944-47, 1963; Art Assorted, 1963; Reporting and Preventive Maintenance Forms for the 475L Program, 1963; Charcoal Drawings 1935-37, 1963; I've Left, 2nd ed. 1963, 3rd ed. 1971; Applicable 465L Publications, 1963; Day Notes for Mother, 1964; Native Alphabet, 1964; Scigraffiti, 1964; Aloiio, 1964; What Henry Miller Said and Why It's Important, 2nd ed. 1965, 3rd ed. 1978; Dynamic Test Vehicle Instrumentation and Data Sytem Criteria, 1965; Dynamic Test Vehicle Data Reduction and Correlation Requirements, 1965; Mathematics for Electronics, 1965; Art Productions 1928-1965, 1965; 468B, 1965; Captive Firing of Flight Stage Reliability Study, 1966; System Methodologies and Their Utilization, 1966; Moscow, 1966; Founds, 1966; Cut Leaves, 1966; The Box, 1968; The First Publications of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1969; Knox County, Maine, 1969; The 14th of February, 1971; Found Poems, 1972; Hand Coated Chocolates, 1972; Contemporary Italian Painters, 1973; Trattoria Due Forni, 1973; The Manhattan Telephone Book, 1975; Run-On, 1975; Where to Go, What to Do, When in New York, Week of June 17, 1972, 1975; Selected Founds, 1975; Gee- Whizzles, 1976; Bern, 1976; The Last Acts of Saint Fu, 1976; Time, 1979; Il Recordi Di Firenze, 1980; Isle Vista, 1981; Me, 1982; The Book of Dos, 1982; Here Comes Everybody's Don't Book, 1983; Collected Poems, 1983; The Book of Death, 1983; Porter's Book, 1983; My Dear Me, 1985; Horizontal Hold, 1986; Devil's Wishbone, 1986; Never Ends, 1986; Left Leg, 1988; Sweet End, 1989; CRCNCL, 1989; Vocrescends, 1990; Sounds That Arouse Me, 1992; Less Than Overweight, 1993; Mothering Time, 1993. Address: 50 Salmond St., Belfast, ME 04915, U.S.A.