While
CZ’s involvement in some of LZ’s major projects, particularly Catullus and “A”-24, is
well-known, the full extent and range of her collaborative activities is not
widely appreciated, which no doubt is partially due to her own propensity, as
depicted in Little, to remain in the background. As a preliminary gesture towards a
greater acknowledgement of CZ’s presence in LZ’s work, the following
chronologically lists her more public projects and contributions:
Autobiography with musical settings
by CZ and most probably the selection of poems is hers.
1972
“A”-24 entirely selected and arranged by CZ;
presented to LZ in 1968 as a birthday present.
1978
Index to “A”, which was instigated and compiled by CZ and
pruned by LZ.
1979
American Friends. New York: C.Z. Publications. A juxtaposition
of quotations from LZ’s works with those from various American writers.
1980
A Test of Poetry reprinted by CZ Publications.
Beyond
the Bibliography, CZ did an enormous amount of recording and cataloguing of LZ’s
own and related work, including the preparation of materials for the LZ archive
at the University of Texas, meticulously keeping track of all publications,
readings, commentaries on and mentions of LZ, and cataloguing his personal
library.
In
addition, CZ complied a work entitled “1939-1978,” the years of their marriage,
which selected a brief quotation or two from LZ’s work for each year, which was
published as facsimile in fin 17 (juillet 2003): 50-72, with introduction by
Mark Scroggins. At the time of her death, CZ was working on a selection of LZ’s
Marginalia, intended to be a third Stinehour Press publication along with 80
Flowers
and American Friends.
