How authorship is made and named: a meta-aggregator / Jacket2
Jacket2
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The archive's reading. The archive reads Jacket2 as supporting criticism whose byline keeps translators, collective editorial signatures and a collaborative making ('God', Schamberg and von Freytag-Loringhoven) as attributions of their own. No essay in the saved pages bears on how authorship is made or attributed with machine participation, beyond an excerpt presented at 'Poets Confront AI and Surveillance Capitalism'.
| Relation to this census | peripheral comparator |
|---|---|
| Record type | journal |
| The question it answers | byline attribution in criticism: under whose names, singly, jointly or collectively, a piece of commentary on poetry is published |
| Kind | publication: in its own words it 'offers commentary on modern and contemporary poetry and poetics', publishing content 'as it is ready'; it also maintains the complete archive of Jacket magazine |
| Operator | Jacket2, at the Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia (the site footer); the saved sources name no editorial board or institution beyond that address and 'Jacket2 Editors' |
| Evidence | critical commentary; audio recording; primary text; facsimile |
| Unit of record | a piece: an article, feature, review, interview, commentary, reissue, podcast episode (PoemTalk, PennSound podcasts, PennSound Rewind, Sounding Translation), poem or gallery, each under its author's or authors' names |
| What it records | commentary on modern and contemporary poetry and poetics; archival documents; reissues of small-press magazines and presses (Roof 1976 to 79, New Wilderness Letter 1977 to 84, Infolio 1986 to 91, M/E/A/N/I/N/G 1986 to 1996, XCP 1997 to 2010, O Books 1988 to 2009, Aufgabe 2001 to 2014); the complete archive of Jacket magazine (1997 to 2010, 40 issues) |
| Whose authorship it keeps | the authorship of its contributors on each piece, with co-authors, interviewers and translators named in the byline ('Uldis Bērziņš, translated by Kevin M. F. Platt and Sintija Ozoliņa'); some pieces are signed collectively ('Jacket2 Editors'); its media highlight credits the sculpture 'God' as made collaboratively by Morton Schamberg and Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven |
| Under what name | under the byline as published; the saved sources state no policy on pseudonyms, heteronyms or collective names; one piece is signed 'Jacket2 Editors' |
| Who holds it | Jacket2 (© 2026 Jacket2) at the Kelly Writers House; it maintains the complete archive of Jacket magazine, founded and edited by John Tranter; the Terms of Use were not read |
| Authorial function and responsibility | the byline: authors, co-authors, interviewers and translators named on the piece ('translated by'); one piece signed collectively ('Jacket2 Editors'); its media highlight credits a construction as 'Made collaboratively' by two named makers; editorial responsibility beyond 'Jacket2 Editors' is not recorded (the About page returned 404) |
| Method | editorial publication of commissioned and submitted commentary, reviews, interviews and features as they are ready; reissue of small-press magazines; podcast production with PennSound |
| Coverage | geography: not stated; pieces on poetry from the United States, Latvia, Russia, Côte d'Ivoire, Indonesia, Poland and elsewhere on the home page; period: modern and contemporary poetry; reissued magazines from 1976; Jacket 1997 to 2010; Jacket2 for fifteen years by its own anniversary notice (the year of the notice is not given in the saved text) |
| Count | value: Jacket magazine: 40 issues, 1997 to 2010 (the home page's issue list); Jacket2's own count of pieces is not stated; as_of: 2026-11-01 |
| Holdings | sections for Articles, Features, Reviews, Interviews, Commentaries, Reissues, Podcasts, Poems and Galleries; seven reissued magazines and presses, from Roof (1976 to 79) to Aufgabe (2001 to 2014); the complete archive of Jacket magazine, 1997 to 2010; PoemTalk episodes, numbered to #222 on the home page |
| Stated limits | 'Not unlike a daily news forum, we will publish content as it is ready' |
| Data access | free public website; a J2 index of all content; RSS feed |
| Licence | not stated in the saved sources (© 2026 Jacket2; Terms of Use linked, unread) |
| Lifecycle | state: active; detail: the home page carries reviews, podcasts and a commentary excerpt presented on April 7, 2026, and the footer © 2026; an anniversary commentary celebrates fifteen years on April 5th (year not given in the saved text); Jacket magazine (1997 to 2010) is kept as its complete archive |
| Version and time | copyright: 2026; latest_dated_item: 2026-04-07 (the presentation date of an excerpt); jacket_archive: 1997-2010; read: 2026-11-01 |
| Founded | not stated in the saved sources (a fifteenth-birthday notice, April 5th, year not given) |
What its record can settle
- what Jacket2 has published on a named poet, book or small press, and under whose byline
- whether a small-press magazine it reissues, or an issue of Jacket, is available in its archive
What it cannot settle
- Jacket2's editorial policy and editors (the About page returned 404 when saved)
- how it handles a contributor writing under a pseudonym or heteronym (not stated)
- the rights terms of the reissues and the Jacket archive (the Terms of Use were not read)
Kept apart
- NOT Jacket magazine (1997 to 2010), which it keeps as an archive
- NOT a recordings archive: its podcasts come with PennSound, which holds the recordings
- NOT a peer-reviewed journal by any statement in the saved sources: it publishes 'as it is ready', like a daily news forum
- NOT an author-page archive: its unit is the published piece
Relations
- neighbour: PennSound (the home page carries PennSound podcasts and PennSound Rewind and a list of PennSound's newest additions; PennSound's home page states Rewind is published at Jacket2.org)
- neighbour: Electronic Poetry Center (the EPC home page links obituaries and tributes at Jacket2)
Evidence
- self_description (the resource's own statement):
Jacket2 offers commentary on modern and contemporary poetry and poetics . We publish articles, reviews, interviews, discussions and collaborative responses, archival documents, podcasts, and descriptions of poetry symposia and projects.
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - as_ready (the resource's own statement):
Not unlike a daily news forum, we will publish content as it is ready.
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - index (the resource's own statement):
Visit our index for an ongoing and comprehensive list of all J2 content.
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - jacket_archive (the resource's own statement):
We maintain the complete archive of Jacket magazine, founded and edited by John Tranter.
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - jacket_years (the resource's own statement):
Jacket 1997–2010
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - jacket_issues (the resource's own statement):
36 37 38 39 40 © 2026 Jacket2
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - address (the resource's own statement):
Kelly Writers House 3805 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104-6150
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - translators (the resource's own statement):
Uldis Bērziņš, translated by Kevin M. F. Platt and Sintija Ozoliņa
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - editors_signed (the resource's own statement):
In Memoriam: Alice Notley (1945–2025) Jacket2 Editors
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - reissue_roof (the resource's own statement):
Roof, 1976–79 (ed. James Sherry)
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - reissue_aufgabe (the resource's own statement):
Aufgabe, 2001–2014 (ed. E. Tracy Grinnell et al.)
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - reissue_xcp (the resource's own statement):
XCP: Cross Cultural Poetics, 1997–2010 (ed. Mark Nowak)
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - god_collaborative (the resource's own statement):
Made collaboratively from Philadephia-born artist Morton Schamberg and German baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, this construction of common, incongruous objects exemplifies the Dadaists' interest in machine imagery
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - fifteen (the resource's own statement):
On April 5th, we celebrated Jacket2 ’s fifteenth birthday!
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - poemtalk_222 (the resource's own statement):
Less conversational (PoemTalk #222)
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - ai_event (the resource's own statement):
A short excerpt was presented at “Poets Confront AI and Surveillance Capitalism,” curated by William Lessard, at Poets House, New York, on April 7, 2026
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - rewind (the resource's own statement):
Ashbery week, 2007 (PennSound Rewind #1)
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - pennsound_additions (the resource's own statement):
The editors and curators at PennSound are more or less constantly adding new materials to the archive.
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - sections (the resource's own statement):
Articles Features Reviews Interviews Commentaries Reissues Podcasts Poems Galleries
https://jacket2.org/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f14fba2f4746f0c1… - about_404 (the resource's own statement):
The requested page could not be found.
https://jacket2.org/about · read 2026-11-01 · http 404 · sha256 b4126684ddb41f2e…
Unchecked
the About page (jacket2--about): HTTP 404, 'Page not found'; quoted only for that status; the Terms of Use; the J2 index and the Jacket magazine archive themselves; the editorial masthead and the year Jacket2 began (not in the saved home page)
Cite: Lee Sharks, ed. "Jacket2." How authorship is made and named: a meta-aggregator, leesharks.com, compiled 2026-11-01. https://www.leesharks.com/apparatus/aggregators/jacket2