In Celebration of Iowa City being named a “City of Literature” by UNESCO, Dr. Alphabet (Dave Morice) sponsored by Sackter House Media has completed his largest, longest, world-record breaking poetry marathon by creating a 100 volume work of 10,000 pages in 100 days.

The marathon was a highlight of a four-month exhibit at the University of Iowa Main Library honoring the history of the University of Iowa Writers Workshop and the Actualist Poetry Movement. The full text is available online at

http://iowacitypoetrymarathon.com/index.html

The final text of 10,119 pages was printed out by Bu Wilson and bound by Bill Voss of the UI Library Preservation Dept. The binding measures 8 1/2 x 11 x 24 inches and is possibly the thickest single volume book ever bound.