How authorship is made and named: a meta-aggregator / Eclipse
Eclipse
infrastructureAvant-garde and experimental archivesCollective and distributed authorshipactive
The archive's reading. The archive reads Eclipse's author index as a case where distributed authorship is held without collapse: every collaborator, editor and translator holds the title under an entry of their own, so no single attribution absorbs the others. Whether any printed name is a chosen name is not shown, and the facsimiles themselves are unread.
| Relation to this census | infrastructure |
|---|---|
| Record type | archive |
| The question it answers | distributed credit in a facsimile index: which authors, co-authors, editors and translators a small-press title is held under |
| Kind | archive: Wikipedia (third party) calls it an online archive of digital facsimiles of radical small-press writing from the last quarter of the 20th century, later also publishing selected new and born-digital works; the saved pages of Eclipse itself carry an author index, a title index and a new-to-the-archive notice |
| Operator | Eclipse: Founding Editor Craig Dworkin, Editor Danny Snelson (the home page); Wikipedia (third party) places Dworkin at the University of Utah and Snelson at UCLA |
| Evidence | facsimile; catalogue; primary text |
| Unit of record | a title (a book, pamphlet, magazine issue or periodical run) listed under its author or authors in the author index, with co-authors, editors and translators marked in brackets |
| What it records | small-press avant-garde writing, books and magazines (L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, Roof, This, Hills, Tottel's, Joglars, Big Allis among the editor-credited titles), mostly from the last quarter of the 20th century per Wikipedia (third party), with 21st-century born-digital publications; the newest item is the first issue of Gnome Baker magazine (October 1976) |
| Whose authorship it keeps | the authors of each title in the author index, with collaborations listed under every collaborator ('LEGEND [with Charles Bernstein, Ray DiPalma, Steve McCaffery, and Ron Silliman]' under Bruce Andrews and under each co-author), editors marked '[Editor]', and translators marked '(trans.)' with the author's works listed under the translator as well (Rosmarie Waldrop, for Helmut Heißenbüttel) |
| Under what name | under the author name in the index as printed (entries include 'P. Inman', 'Sandra and Ben Doller', 'T. R. Uthco'); the saved sources state no policy on pseudonyms, heteronyms or collective names |
| Who holds it | Eclipse and its editors; per Wikipedia (third party), most scans come from Dworkin's personal collection; the rights terms are not stated in the saved sources |
| Authorial function and responsibility | distributed across the index: a co-written title appears under every collaborator, an editor carries '[Editor]', a translator '(trans.)', with the translated work listed under the translator as well as the author; names stand as printed; the archive's own responsibility (selection, rights) is not stated, the About page returning 404 |
| Method | high-resolution scans of every page of each included text, most from the founding editor's personal collection (Wikipedia, third party); indexing by author and by title |
| Coverage | geography: not stated; predominantly North American small presses in the index, with translations (Heißenbüttel, Pasos); period: 20th-century small-press writing (the newest notice is a 1976 magazine issue) and 21st-century born-digital publications; the archive since 2002 (Wikipedia, third party) |
| Count | value: not stated in the saved sources; as_of: 2026-11-01 |
| Holdings | an author index, from Emily Abendroth to Suzanne Zavrian; a title index (unread); the first issue of Gnome Baker magazine, October 1976, new to the archive; per Wikipedia (third party), high-resolution scans of every page of its included texts |
| Stated limits | none stated in the saved sources (the About page returned 404) |
| Data access | free public website; author and title indexes |
| Licence | not stated in the saved sources |
| Lifecycle | state: active; detail: started in 2002 by Craig Dworkin (Wikipedia, third party); the home page announces a new item (Gnome Baker no. 1, 1976) undated; the Editor page and Wikipedia name Dworkin as founding senior editor; the About page returned 404 when saved |
| Version and time | wikipedia_edited: 2026-11-01; about_page: 404 at fetch; read: 2026-11-01 |
| Founded | 2002 (Wikipedia, third party) |
What its record can settle
- whether Eclipse holds a facsimile of a named small-press title, and under which authors, editors and translators it lists it
- which titles a named author co-wrote or edited, as the author index brackets them
What it cannot settle
- Eclipse's own statement of purpose, selection or rights (the About page returned 404)
- whether an index name is a pen name or a group (no naming note in the saved sources)
- how many titles it holds
Kept apart
- NOT a publisher of record for the original presses: it holds facsimiles of their publications
- NOT a rights holder by any statement in the saved sources
- NOT a reading-copy edition: per Wikipedia (third party) it scans every page to conserve the printed object
- NOT the Eclipse of other uses: its name is an homage to Douglas Messerli's Sun & Moon press (Wikipedia, third party)
Relations
- neighbour: UbuWeb (the Editor page lists Dworkin as curator of The UbuWeb Anthology of Conceptual Writing)
- neighbour: PennSound (Danny Snelson, Eclipse's editor, is a PennSound senior editor (PennSound's About page))
- neighbour: Jacket2 (Wikipedia (third party) cites a Jacket2 interview with Dworkin as a source on Eclipse; Jacket2 reissues Roof, which Eclipse also lists under James Sherry)
Evidence
- new_item (the resource's own statement):
NEW TO THE ARCHIVE: The first issue of the fugitive Gnome Baker magazine, from October, 1976. Edited by Madeleine Burnside and Andrew W. Kelly, the inaugural number featured work by Michael Davidson, Rita Myers, and Michael Palmer.
https://eclipsearchive.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 7d94181406518795… - editors (the resource's own statement):
Founding Editor: Craig Dworkin Editor: Danny Snelson
https://eclipsearchive.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 7d94181406518795… - editor_page (the resource's own statement):
Founding Senior Editor: Eclipse
https://eclipsearchive.org/Editor · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 6ace431d4ff045bc… - index (the resource's own statement):
Eclipse: Author Index
https://eclipsearchive.org/authors.html · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 52a8b02ac16b6665… - index_first (the resource's own statement):
Emily Abendroth Exclosures 1 - 8
https://eclipsearchive.org/authors.html · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 52a8b02ac16b6665… - collab_legend (the resource's own statement):
LEGEND [with Charles Bernstein, Ray DiPalma, Steve McCaffery, and Ron Silliman]
https://eclipsearchive.org/authors.html · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 52a8b02ac16b6665… - collab_legend_dipalma (the resource's own statement):
Ray DiPalma LEGEND [with Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein, Steve McCaffery, and Ron Silliman]
https://eclipsearchive.org/authors.html · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 52a8b02ac16b6665… - collab_exla (the resource's own statement):
eXcLa [with Maggie O'Sullivan]
https://eclipsearchive.org/authors.html · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 52a8b02ac16b6665… - editor_language (the resource's own statement):
L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E [Editor, with Charles Bernstein]
https://eclipsearchive.org/authors.html · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 52a8b02ac16b6665… - translator (the resource's own statement):
Rosmarie Waldrop (trans.) The Dilemma of Being High and Dry
https://eclipsearchive.org/authors.html · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 52a8b02ac16b6665… - heissenbuttel (the resource's own statement):
Helmut Heißenbüttel The Dilemma of Being High and Dry
https://eclipsearchive.org/authors.html · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 52a8b02ac16b6665… - name_inman (the resource's own statement):
P. Inman Ocker
https://eclipsearchive.org/authors.html · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 52a8b02ac16b6665… - name_doller (the resource's own statement):
Sandra and Ben Doller Sonneteers
https://eclipsearchive.org/authors.html · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 52a8b02ac16b6665… - name_uthco (the resource's own statement):
T. R. Uthco Beyond the Edge
https://eclipsearchive.org/authors.html · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 52a8b02ac16b6665… - index_last (the resource's own statement):
Suzanne Zavrian EXTENSIONS [Editor]
https://eclipsearchive.org/authors.html · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 52a8b02ac16b6665… - about_404 (the resource's own statement):
The requested URL was not found on this server.
https://eclipsearchive.org/about.html · read 2026-11-01 · http 404 · sha256 cc0b4e42510d49c6… - wp_description (a third-party account):
He is the founding senior editor of Eclipse, an online archive of 20th-century small-press writing and 21st-century born-digital publications.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Dworkin · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 60ddc0168723cab3… - wp_facsimiles (a third-party account):
Dworkin is the founding senior editor of Eclipse, an online archive focusing on digital facsimiles of radical small-press writing from the last quarter of the 20th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Dworkin · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 60ddc0168723cab3… - wp_founded (a third-party account):
Dworkin started the archive in 2002 to provide readers and scholars with access to avant-garde works that were no longer available in print from their original publishers; Eclipse later expanded to publish selected new works and born-digital publications in the spirit of those earlier presses.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Dworkin · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 60ddc0168723cab3… - wp_name (a third-party account):
The archive's name is an homage to Douglas Messerli ’s Sun & Moon press.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Dworkin · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 60ddc0168723cab3… - wp_scans (a third-party account):
Eclipse includes high-resolution scans of every page of its included texts, most from Dworkin's personal collection,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Dworkin · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 60ddc0168723cab3… - wp_facture (a third-party account):
in an attempt to "conserve ... the facture and material specificity of the book or printed document as an object."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Dworkin · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 60ddc0168723cab3… - wp_snelson (a third-party account):
Dworkin co-manages the archive with Danny Snelson, assistant professor of English at UCLA .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Dworkin · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 60ddc0168723cab3… - wp_utah (a third-party account):
Craig Dworkin is an American poet, critic, editor, and Professor of English at the University of Utah .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Dworkin · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 60ddc0168723cab3… - wp_edited (a third-party account):
This page was last edited on 1 November 2026, at 00:58 (UTC) .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Dworkin · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 60ddc0168723cab3…
Unchecked
the About page (eclipse--about): HTTP 404, 190 characters; quoted only for that status; the title index and the facsimiles themselves; any statement of selection, permissions or rights on Eclipse's own pages; the Wikipedia source is the article on Craig Dworkin; there is no Wikipedia article on Eclipse among the saved sources
Cite: Lee Sharks, ed. "Eclipse." How authorship is made and named: a meta-aggregator, leesharks.com, compiled 2026-11-01. https://www.leesharks.com/apparatus/aggregators/eclipse