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From the Book of Do's,
Dog Ear Press,Ed. Mark Melnicove

Bernard Harden Porter (1911 - 2004)
graduated from Colby College in 1932 went on to get an
M.S. Brown University worked as physicist on cathrode ray tube technology before
WWII when war came, Bern was drafted for uranium separation work on Manhattan
Project, a job he quit after the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in Aug. 1945.

1944-1948 Porter and George Leite published the literary magazine "Circle 10" he also
published Henry Miller's anti-war tract, "Murder the Murderers" first U.S. publisher of Miller.
Actively promoted & published other writers under Bern Porter Books at
same time developing his own art including poetry found poetry ("founds") sound poetry
performance art experimental essays surrealistic photographs collages mail art architectural
sketches & found sculpture. Porter also worked again as physicist on NASA's Saturn V
manned space project & working on integration of science and art formally developed
in his Sciart Mainfesto (1950). Also founder of the Institute for Advanced Thinking a
network of non-academic scholars in various arts.

James Schevill wrote 1992 Porter bio - Where to Go, What to Do, When You
are Bern Porter - take-off on one of Porter's own titles. The book has a lengthy bibliography &
numerous photos of Porter and & his work. There's a fairly long description of Porter's
writing (especially his poetry) & biographical background provided by Penn State's physics dept.
An interview with Porter available in the book Bern! Porter! Interview! (1983; conducted by
Margaret Dunbar).

Porter's works include: Being a Map of Physics... (designed by Porter, 1939), Water-Fight (1941), Henry Miller Miscellanea (1945), Formula (1947), Drawings, 1955-1956 (1957), Physics for Tomorrow in Architecture, In Art, In Communication, In Literature, In Music, In Poetry (1959), I've Left: A Manifesto and a Testament of SCIence and ART (SCIART) (1963/1971), What Henry Miller Said and Why It Is Important (1964/1977) Art Productions, 1928-1965 (1965), The First Publications of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1965/1972), Mathematics for Electronics: A Self-Instructional Programmed Manual (1965), H.L. Mencken: A Bibliography (1965), Knox County, Maine: Planning Document (1969), Summary Report of the Knox County Regional Comprehensive Plan: Phase III-1969 (1969), Where to Go, What to Do, When in New York, Week of June 17, 1972 (1972/1974), Found Poems (1972), Waste-Maker, 1926-1961 (1972), The Manhattan Telephone Book 1972 (1975), Run-On (1975), Selected Sounds (1975), Gee-Whizzels (1976), The Book of Do's (1982), Here Comes Everybody's Don't Book (1984), The Last Acts of Saint Fuckyou (1985), Horizontal Hold (1985; with "Todd Transformer"), My My Dear Me (1985), Sweet End (1989), Less Than Overweight(1992; found poems), Sounds That Arouse Me: Selected Writings (1993; ed./intro. Mark Melnicove), Questions About Henry Miller That No One Ever Asked Me - With Answers (1995), Symbols (1995), These 50 Years Gone (1995), Night Thoughts on Henry Miller, Ben Abramson and Claude Houghton (1996), A Sex Oriented, Woman Connected Guy Doing His Own Thing: Bern Porter on Henry Miller, A Manuscript (1996); Questions About Henry Miller That No One Ever Asked Me - With Answers, reprint by Roger Jackson Publishers (1995); Henry Miller's Semblance of a Devoted Past: A Study in Censorship, by Roger Jackson, Afterword by Bern Porter, Roger Jackson Publishers (1995); These 50 Years Gone along with The Sorrow, Roger Jackson Publishers (1996); My Affair with Anais Nin (Part I: Paris-New York Days) Bern Porter with Natasha Bernstein, Roger Jackson Publishers (1996); Bern Porter's Pillow Book, Roger Jackson Publishers (1996);The Best Period of My Life, Roger Jackson Publishers (a996); My Affair with Anais Nin (Part II: San Francisco Days), Roger Jackson Publishers (1997); Crossfire, Bern Porter and Jack Saunders, Roger Jackson Publishers (1997); My Affair with Bern Porter, by Natash Bernstein and Alan Abrams, Roger Jackson Publishers (1997); Rites of Spring, Roger Jackson Publishers (1997); Redundant, Redundant, Roger Jackson Publishers (1997); A Walk on the Wild Side: A Photo Tour of the Sculpture Garden at the Institute of Advanced Thinking, 23-item card and photo set, Roger Jackson Publishers (1997); "I Pursue Her Still": Bern Porter on Anais Nin, Roger Jackson Publishers (1997); Open Letter to O. J. Simpson, Roger Jackson Publishers (1997); My Affair wiuth Anain Nin (Volume III: Berkley Days) Bern Porter and Natasha Bernstein , illustrated by Allen Berlinsky, Roger Jackson Publishers (1997); Lava Love: A Postcard Exchange, Bern Porter and Marilyn "Mo" Monroe, Roger Jackson Publishers (1997); My Affair with Anais Nin (Part IV: Silver Lake Days), Bern Porter and Natasha Bernstein, Roger Jackson Publishers (1998);Bern Porter's Book of Wisdom, Roger Jackson Publishers (1998); As Birds Fly, A Drama in Five Scenes, Bern Porter and Mary Weaver, Roger Jackson Publishers (1998); Monica Lewinsky, We All Want Some of Yours, Roger Jackson Publishers (1998); FROM: Bern Porter TO: The World!, Roger Jackson Publishers (1999) - {Roger Jackson Publishers, 339 Brookside Ann Arbor MI 48105}

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