Mezey, Robert

Scope and Contents Robert Mezey (1935-2020) was a poet, critic, translator, and academic born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Donald Justice (1925-2004) was a poet and teacher who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1980. This collection primarily consists of correspondence between Mezey and Justice, such as letters, emails, cards, postcards, and notes. In their correspondence, Mezey and Justice discussed their personal lives, poetry, literature, and the arts. This collection also includes advertisements for...

Abstract

Letters written to Lewis Turco, including six letters from W. D. Snodgrass, as well as a publication photograph of Snodgrass, four letters from William Dickey, one letter from Barbara Howes, and one letter from Robert Mezey, spanning 1961-1989.