List of Materials owned by the Archives
                                            Publications about Robert Lax & his Writings

Emil Antonucci
“A Journey With Robert Lax”
Commonweal.  123:8 (April 19, 1996) 15.
            Location:  box 
           

Emil Antonucci
Journeyman Press 1971-1972 (catalog)
New York: Journeyman Press, 1972.
            Publication catalog, mainly of Lax works.
            4 copies
            Location: box


Artpark
Program in Visual Arts. 
Lewiston, NY: Artpark, 1976.
             Program notes from the summers of 1974 & 1975.  Lax appears under sections
            for Journeyman Press (p. 24-25, 80-81), with short biographical notices on p. 45 & 133.
            Also includes the poem “The man is walking ...”
            Location: shelf


Anthony Bannon (ed.)
Robert Lax and Concrete Poetry: The Chemical Bank Annual Exhibition December 1, 1990
– January 20, 1991. 
Articles by Mary Ellen Solt, Michael Basinski, Robert J. Bertholf. 
            5 copies
            Location: 2 shelf, 3 box


“Books: Briefly Noted – 33 Poems.”
The New Yorker.  64 : 37 (October 31, 1988) 105.    
            Location: box


Jean-François Bory.
“The Last Days of Mr. Lax, A Tribute. ”
Fin 9 (juin 2001) 1-4. 
            Location: box


William Buchanan.
“Transcript of Robert Lax’s Tape on Dr. Brahmachari – 1938”
Dr. Mahanambrato Brahmchari My Impressions. 
Ganges, MN: Vivekananda Monestary and Retreat.  22-32. 
            In white envelope with Lord’s Grace in My Race and Lectures and
             Dissertation both by Dr. Mahanambrata Brahmachari
            Location: box

Irene Bourquin
“meditatives sprachspiel”
Der Landhote  Zeichem und Werte
October 16, 1992. 
            Location: map case


Irene Bourquin
“Robert Lax – eigenwilliger Lyriker und Philosoph”
Der Landhote  Zeichem und Werte
November 25, 1995  25-26.
            Location: map case


Irene Bourquin
“Schreiben und Lesen af Meditation”
Der Landhote  Zeichem und Werte
June 12, 1999.
            Location: map case


Robert E. Daggy (ed.)
The Road To Joy: The Letters of Thomas Merton to New and Old Friends. 
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1989.
            Contains numerous letters to and references to Robert Lax (mainly p.142-187).
            Location: shelf


Rosemary Daley
“Another reviewer faults ‘Hermits’ wrongly for not including women”
The Times Herald
October 8, 1997.  C-1
            Location: map case


Rosemary Daley
“France explores hermits with Lax at helm: Author highlights Olean native in new book”
The Times Herald
October 8, 1997.  C-1
            Location: map case


Rosemary Daley
“‘Journal’ shares writer’s diaries, poems”
The Times Herald
May 14, 1997.  B-1, B-2
            Part of a full-page section called “A poetry break with Robert Lax”
            3 copies
            Location: map case


Rosemary Daley
“Late Poet Welcomes Guests to His Tribute”
The Times Herald
May 7, 2001 A-1, A-5
            2 copies
            Location: map case


Rosemary Daley
“Lax’s circus of talents spans media, education and yes, the Big Top”
The Times Herald
July 31, 1996 C-1
            3 copies
            Location: map case


Rosemary Daley
“More than tradition link Robert Lax and Thomas Merton”
The Times Herald
May 14, 1997.  B-1
            Part of a full-page section called “A poetry break with Robert Lax”
            3 copies
            Location: map case


Rosemary Daley
“Robert Lax: Portrait of a Poet”
The Times Herald
July 31, 1996 C-1
            Review of Love Had a Compass
            3 copies
            Location: map case


Rosemary Daley
“SBU library director compiles book of all-new Lax poetry”
The Times Herald
May 14, 1997.  B-1
            Part of a full-page section called “A poetry break with Robert Lax”
            Location: map case


John Deedy
“News and Views”
Commonweal.  105:5 (March 3, 1978) 130.
            4 copies
            Location: box


5. Bielefelder Colloquium Neue Poesie
Athens, Greece: May 13-16, 1982
            Location: map case


Nancy Flagg.
“The Beats in the Jungle”
The New Lugano Review.  III:3-4 (1977) 56-59.
            4 copies
            Location: shelf


Nancy Flagg. 
“Reinhardt Revisiting”
Art International.  22:2 (1978) 54-57.
            2 copies
            Location: shelf


Peter France
Hermits: The Insights of Solitude. 
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996.
            Chapter 8 (192-212) devoted to the Lax. 
            Location: shelf


Richard Gilman
Faith, Sex, Mystery: A Memoir. 
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.
            Gilman worked with Lax at Jubilee in New York and talks about him several
             times in relation to his work and interaction with Lax at Jubilee and his conversion to
            Catholicism from Judaism.
            Location: shelf


Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O.
Patmos Journal:  In Search of Thomas Merton with Robert Lax. 
Rhode Island: Ring Tarigh, 1996.
            2 copies
            Location: box


Sigrid Hauff
A Line in Three Circles:  The Inner Biography of Robert Lax.
München: Belleville Verlag, 1999.
            Location: shelf


Sigrid Hauff
Robert Lax. 
Basel: Museum Tinguely, 2004. 
            The Catalog of an exhibition entitled “Three Islands: Richard Stankiewicz,
            June Leaf, Robert Lax” at the Museum Tinguely in Basel, curated by Guido Magnaguagno. 
            Location: shelf


Sigrid Hauff
“Von der Macht einfacher Wöter”
SZ am Wochenende
November 25-26, 1995. 
            Location: map case


Hannes Hintermeir.
“think slow. move slow.”
Kultur. 
Freitag, 6. August 1999. 5.
            Location: map case


Nicholas Humbert and Werner Penzel
Three Windows: Hommage À Robert Lax
Zurich; Munich: Bernhard Moosbrugger; Cine Nomad, 1999.
Guido Magnaguagno (Forward) Laurntia Leon (tr.)
            Book is full of poetry and photos of and by Robert Lax
            Location: shelf


Devon Johnston
“A Thing That Is” (review)
Chicago Review. 43:2 (Spring 1997) 110-14. 
            2 copies
            Location: shelf


Jack Kelly
“Extraordinarily Pure, Extraordinarily Lax”
The Times Herald
Friday May 4, 2001 B-10, B-9
            2 copies
            Location: map case


Marcia & Jack Kelly. 
“Conversation With Robert Lax”
The Merton Seasonal Quarterly Review. 16:3 (Summer 1991) 4-9.
            Location: box


R.C. Kenedy
“Robert Lax”
Art International. 15:1 (January 20, 1971) 62-65, 68.  
            Location: shelf


Moschos Lagouvardos
[Rompert Lax] (Robert Lax) 
[Larisaika grammata] 4:5-6 (September-December 1976) 191-192.
            Location: box


Moschos Lagouvardos
[Rompert Lax: To va erchesai sten ELLADA semainei epistrophe stis pizes]
[Stigmes: to periodiko tes Larisas] 9:150 (June 1987) 38-42.
            Interview with Lax conducted by Moschos Lagouvardos.
            4 copies
            Location: box


Rupert Loydell
Robert Lax:  Speaking into Silence. 
Exeter, England: Stride Publications, 2001. 
Writings by Robert Garlitz, Nicholas Zurbrugg, Robert Lax, and Rupert Loydell
            5 copies
            Location: shelf


Rupert M. Loydell & David Scott
“Robert Lax – Two Poems”
The Merton Journal.  8:2 (Advent 2001) 21-23.
            Location: box


Christian Mayer
“Die Kunst der heiteren Gelassenheit: Wie sich die Autoren Sigrid Hauff und Harmut Geerken
um den Dichter Robert Lax kümmern”
Feuilleton. 
Samstag/Sonntag 14/15 August 1999.  Seite 8.
            Location: map case


Morgan McFinn
Out of the Loop: Scenes from Samui and Other Seascapes. 
Bangkok: Asia Books, 2000. 
            The author meets Lax on Patmos in chapters 19 and 20 and talks with him. 
            2 copies
            Location: shelf


Michael McGregor
“Turning the Jungle Into a Garden: A Visit with Robert Lax”
Poets & Writers.   25:2 (March/April 1997) 78-87. 
            Location: box



David Miller
The End of the Kingdom of Necessity, Servitude and Inertia: An Essay on the Poetry of Robert Lax. 
Edinburgh: Morning Star Publications, 1991. 
            Location: box


David Miller & Nicholas Zurbrugg (eds.)
The ABCs of Robert Lax. 
England: Stride Publications, 1999.
            2 copies
            Location: shelf


Jeannine N. Mizingou
“‘Bringing the Earth to Flower’: A Tribute to Robert Lax 1915-2000; Poet, Pilgrim, Prophet.”
The Merton Annual. 15 (2002) 23-60. 
            Location: shelf


Werner Morlang
“Der letzte Einsielder auf Patmos” 
Zeitschrift “du” Zurich
February 1998.  5
            Location: map case


Eric Pace
“Robert Lax, 84, Minimalist Poet Known for Experimental Forms” (obituary)
The New York Times
October 24, 2000.  C-23
            Location: map case


Wilfried Petzi
“Photograph of Lax”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Feuilleton. 
Samstag, 7. August 1999.  Seite 44.
            Location: map case


Photograph
Contactblad Mertonvrienden.  2 (Juni 1992).
            Location: box

St. Bonaventure University
“Academic Convocation and Installation of the Very Rev. Neil J. O'Connell, O.F.M.”
St. Bonaventure, NY: St. Bonaventure University, 1990.
            Program of the convocation where Lax received the honorary degree of Doctor of
            Humane Letters. 
            4 copies
            Location: shelf

 
Layle Silbert
The New York Quarterly 17 (1975).
            Picture of Lax on p.90.
            Location: shelf


Geoffrey Soar & David Miller
Interaction & Overlap. 
London: University College London, 1994.
            Lax discussed on p. 6-8 & 10. Inscribed “To Bob…love David”
            Location: shelf


Geoffrey Soar & David Miller (eds.)
Little Magazines and How They Got That Way:  An Exhibition.
Durham, England: Durham University Library, 1991.
            Mentions Lax under section on Concrete Poetry, as editor of Pax.
            Location: box


Paul J. Spaeth
“Biography of a Poet”
The Times Herald
May 4, 2001 B-10, B-9
            2 copies
            Location: map case


Paul J. Spaeth
“The Way of The Dreamcatcher: Spirit Lessons with Robert Lax: Poet Peacemaker Sage.  by
   Steve T. Geourgiou”  (review)
Vallum Contemporary Poetry.  2:1 (2003) 58-60. 
            Location: shelf



Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Archiv Sohm.  
Robert Lax. Archiv Sohm, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart 20.April-26.Mai 1985
            2 copies
            Location: box


Robert E.L. Strider
“Robert Lax 1915-2000”
CC: Connecticut College Magazine.  12:2 (Summer 2003) 48-49. 
            2 copies
            Location: box


Jeannine Thyreen-Mizingou
“Grace and Ethics in Contemporary American Poetry:  Resituating the Other, the World, and the 
   Self”
Religion and Literature. 32:1 (Spring 2000)  67-97. 
            pages 72-77 discuss Lax
            Location: shelf


James Uebbing
“The Poet Who Fell Off the Map: Robert Lax on the Island of Patmos.” 
Commonweal.  123:8 (April 19, 1996) 13-17.
            Basically the introduction to Love Had a Compass (NY: Grove, 1996).
            Location: box


James J. Uebbing
“A Visit With Robert Lax ‘38”
Columbia College: Today. (September 1999) 20-24. 
            Location: box


Jiri Valoch
“Viuální Texty”
1993. 
            Catalog of an exhibition in Brno/ Czechia June 29 – August 15, 1993. 
            Includes “red/ blue...” as loose enclosure. 
            4 copies, one without the enclosure
            Location: box


Mark Van Doren
The Autobiography of Mark Van Doren. 
New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1958. 
            Lax is mentioned many times, as one of the students that Van Doren keeps
            in contact with, and as a perpetual wanderer.
            Location: shelf


Mark Van Doren
The Selected Letters of Mark Van Doren. 
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987. 
            George Hendrick (ed., introduction)
            There are many references to Lax in letters to others, as well as letters to Lax himself. 
            Location: shelf


Nicholas Zurbrugg. 
“Section Thirty-Three: Robert Lax”
Visual Poetics:  Concrete Poetry and its Contexts. 
Brisbane: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1989.  p.33-35.
            Inscribed:  For Bob—with all very best wishes—from Nick.
            Location: shelf

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