Box 3
Contains 7 Results:
Journals and periodicals, [1961]-1985
Copies of journals and periodicals in which John Wieners's work appears.
Correspondence, 1962-1965
Majority of correspondence is from Wieners to Robert Wilson. Other correspondents include LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Alan Marlowe, and Marshall Clements.
Correspondence, 1967-1988
Correspondence from Wieners to Wilson. Also includes an undated note in Wieners's hand which appears to be a grocery list.
Reviews and critical writings, 1965, 1982 and undated
Includes a review of Ace of Pentacles by Denise Levertov, a review of Behind the State Capitol by Charles Shively and what appears to be Raymond Foye's entry on Wieners for the special Beats volume of the Dictionary of Literary Biography , The Beats: Literary Bohemians in Postwar America (1983).
Fliers and advertisements, undated
Fliers for Wieners's New York readings and publishers' advertisements; includes a postcard announcing publication of Wieners's The Hotel Wentley Poems with penciled notes in Wieners's hand, the verso of which bears Wieners's inscription of "The Rose of Peace" by W.B. Yeats.
"Autumn in New York" sheet music, undated
Sheet music of "Autumn in New York" by Vernon Duke. Inscribed by Wieners: "To Bob Wilson from John"; sent to Wilson from Wieners as a suggested title for the volume that became Ace of Pentacles .
Photographs, 1965, circa 1982 and undated
Eight photographs, mostly of the author. Locations include the Phoenix Bookshop and Spoleto, Italy. Also included is one photograph of actress Greta Garbo, on which Wieners has inscribed: "Can we use this as a picture of the author?"