Newsletters
Bern Porter International, alternately titled Bern Porter Cosmographical, was issued from 1997 - 2004.
In 2008 editor Sheila Holtz revived the newsletter as Gazette Le Duc.
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Bern Porter Cosmographic: Volume 1 Number 5 (May, 2000)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
Featuring poetry by Daniel Russell and found art by Nick Herbert.
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Bern Porter Cosmographic: Volume 1 Number 6 (June, 2000)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
Featuring art and prose by Sheila Holtz.
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Bern Porter Cosmographic: Volume 1 Number 7 (July, 2000)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
Featuring "The Travels of Black Bear Bob" (Beltane) and written work by Daniel Russell and Nguyen Ducmanh.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 4 Number 10 (October, 2000)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
Featuring found works by Bern Porter and other artists.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 4 Number 11 (November, 2000)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
Featuring collage art by Sheila Holtz.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 4 Number 12 (December, 2000)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
Featuring works by D.A. Russell and C.A. Conrad.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 4 Number 7 (July, 2000)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
Bulletin of the Scholars of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.
Featuring an excerpt from William Faulkner's Nobel Prize speech and part 2 of "The Travels of Black Bear Bob."
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Bern Porter International: Volume 4 Number 8 (August, 2000)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
Bulletin of the Scholars of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.
Featuring art by Sheila Holtz and written work by Roger Coleman and Brendan Connell.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 4 Number 9 (September, 2000)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
Featuring art by Nguyen Ducmanh and "The Continuing Travels of Black Bear Bob."
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Bern Porter International: Volume 3 Number 1 (February ,1999)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.
Featuring "The Year 2000 (Y2K) Computer Problem (IV): Capitalism's Culpability" by George Shand and poems by Maureen Neville and Anne Welsh.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 3 Number 2 (April, 1999)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.
Featuring found works by Bern Porter and Natasha Bernstein's "Return to Belfast, Part II."
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Bern Porter International: Volume 3 Number 3 (June, 1999)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.
Featuring an reprinted article on Bern Porter and poems by D. Russel and Nguyen Ducmanh.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 3 Number 4 (August 1999)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking
Featuring 1991 Porter Preview interview and "Return to Belfast, Part II: the Long-Suppressed Bootleg Version" (installment 3 of 3).
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Bern Porter International: Volume 3 Number 5 (October, 1999)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.
Featuring a poem by Bob Holman and a review of the art of Andrezej Dudek-Durer.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 3 Number 6 (December, 1999)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.
Featuring a newspaper article on Bern Porter's predictions for the new millenium, and a "fond farewell" from editor Sheila Holtz -- followed by a retraction.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 2 Number 1 (February, 1998)
Bern Porter, Natasha Bernstein, and Sheila Holtz
A bimonthly literary newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.
Featuring Nick Herbert on Quantum Tantra and statements from Institute scholars.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 2 Number 2 (April, 1998)
Bern Porter, Natasha Bernstein, and Sheila Holtz
A bimonthly literary newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.
Featuring Bern Porter on the Human Genome Initiative and "Omaha" by Dan Russell.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 2 Number 3 (June, 1998)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.
Featuring an overview of poet Sam Silva and a page from Bern Porter's Book of Wisdom.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 2 Number 4 (August, 1998)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.
Featuring found art by Bern Porter and "To Whom Returns To Naas" by Nugyen Ducmanh.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 2 Number 5 (October, 1998)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.
Featuring an excerpt from Arundhati Roy on nuclear war and art by Dan Russell.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 2 Number 6 (December, 1998)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.
Featuring "Science and Writing, or, Physics is Language: A manifesto or something" by Andrew Russ and an excerpt from Bern Porter's book, Monica Lewinsky: All of Us Want Yours.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 1 Number 1 (Summer, 1997)
Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, and Natasha Bernstein
A Literary Newspaper
Featuring the Bern Porter International mission statement with an introduction to the Institute of Advanced Thinking and Porter's literary philosophy.
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Bern Porter International: Volume 1 Number 2 (Autumn, 1997)
Bern Porter, Natasha Bernstein, and Sheila Holtz
Featuring a list of works by Bern Porter and a list of "scholars" of the Institute of Advanced Thinking.