John M. Bennett mail art
name: label: Creator
content: Bennett, John M.
label: Creator
content: Luna Bisonte Prods (Publisher)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Poets -- Ohio -- Columbus
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Ohio -- Columbus
label: Occupation
content: Mail artists -- Ohio -- Columbus
label: Topic
content: Mail art
label: Topic
content: Visual poetry
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: John M. Bennett mail art was donated in 2018 by John M. Bennett.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bennett, John M.
label: Creator
content: Luna Bisonte Prods (Publisher)
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content: John M. Bennett mail art
abstract: label: Summary
content: John M. Bennett mail art measures 0.6 linear feet and dates from circa 1975-2018. This is a very focused collection of Bennett's TLPs, or "Tacky Little Pamphlets," a term devised by mail artist Blaster Al Ackerman and widely among the mail art audience. TLPs feature John M. Bennet's poetry and are largely self-published including on his Columbus, Ohio imprint Luna Bisonte Productions.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John M. Bennett (1942-) is a poet, educator, and mail artist in Columbus, Ohio. Bennett studied English and Spanish at Washington University in St. Louis where he completed a master's degree in 1966, followed by a Latin American Literature PhD in 1970 from UCLA. From 1969 to 1976 Bennett worked as Assistant Professor of Spanish at Ohio State University, and since 1998 has served as curator of the Avant Writing Collection, the William Burroughs Collection, and the Cervantes Collection at the Library of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Bennett served as editor and publisher of Lost and Found Times from 1975 to 2005. 

John M. Bennett has published over 500 books and chapbooks of poetry and other materials and contributed to numerous other publications. He  has also exhibited and performed his works internationally in thousands of venues. In 1993 he began making "Tacky Little Pamphlets" (TLPs), a term devised by mail artist Blaster Al Ackerman and widely among the mail art audience. They are small, cheap publications that are dispersed in random locations and mailed to artists and strangers. Bennett's works, publications, and papers are collected in several major libraries and institutions including Washington University in St. Louis. State University of New York, Buffalo, The Ohio State University, and The Museum of Modern Art Library.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1975-2018
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bennjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size, the collection has been arranged into one series:

Series 1: John M. Bennett Mail Art, circa 1975-2018 (0.6 Linear Feet: Boxes 1-2)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: John M. Bennett mail art was processed by Ryan Evans in 2021.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: John M. Bennett mail art measures 0.6 linear feet and dates from circa 1975-2018. This is a very focused collection of Bennett's TLPs, or "Tacky Little Pamphlets," a term devised by mail artist Blaster Al Ackerman and widely among the mail art audience. TLPs feature John M. Bennet's poetry and are largely self-published including on his Columbus, Ohio imprint Luna Bisonte Productions.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: John M. Bennett Papers, 1956-2014, with an extent of 177 linear feet, is held at the Washington University Libraries in Saint Louis, Department of Special Collections.