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Amiri Baraka papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0699
Abstract

Amiri Baraka (1934-2014), known early in his career as LeRoi Jones, was a widely published African American writer who produced poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. Much of Baraka’s work addressed the subjects of Black liberation and white racism. The Amiri Baraka papers comprise the author’s writings, sketchbooks, and artwork, as well as correspondence and ephemera related to his involvement in theatrical and film productions.

Dates: circa 1965-2006
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Larry Kearney papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0808
Abstract Larry Kearney (born 1943) is an American poet and author who has published numerous poetry collections, prose, and nonfiction works. Kearney is associated with a circle of San Francisco poets and writers he befriended in the 1960s that included Jack Spicer, Robert Duncan, Joanne Kyger, and Richard Brautigan. The Larry Kearney papers comprise the author’s typescript and manuscript drafts of poems, playscripts, prose, and autobiographical works, both published and unpublished. The collection...
Dates: 1962-2012
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Bernard McKenna Richard Blanco papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0669
Abstract

The Bernard McKenna Richard Blanco papers comprises .3 linear feet of typescripts, printed emails, programs, notes, and photographs pertaining to the literary output of Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco (born 1968). The collection was compiled by University of Delaware English professor Bernard McKenna in the course of his longtime friendship with Blanco.

Dates: 2000-circa 2011; Majority of material found within 2002-2005
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

William G. Thompson Briarwood Writers' Alliance correspondence and publicity records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0671
Abstract

William G. Thompson as President of the Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc., represented more than 150 writers, poets, and performers by booking lectures and readings at educational institutions, literary gatherings, and community events.

Dates: 1964-2007
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
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Betancourt, Carlos, 1966- 1
Blanco, Richard, 1968- 1
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Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc. 1
Bullins, Ed 1
Bumbershoot (Festival) (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Clark, Tom, 1941-2018 1
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 1
Duerden, Richard 1
Erdmann, Jack 1
Harris, Theodore A. 1
Kearney, Larry, 1943- 1
Kyger, Joanne 1
Lowe Art Museum 1
McKenna, Bernard, 1966- 1
McNutley, Frank 1
McNutley, Frank--Correspondence 1
Scalapino, Leslie 1
Thompson, William G., 1922-2009 1
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Thorpe, John 1
Walter Otero Gallery (San Juan, P.R.) 1
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