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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

Collection of uncorrected poetry proofs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0869
Abstract Originally compiled by bookseller Chloe's Books, this collection contains uncorrected proofs of poetry collections written by various authors between 1984 and 1998, arranged alphabetically by the last name of the author or editor. These advance proofs allowed authors to make corrections to the books before the final versions were printed and released. Publicity materials that were originally laid into the proofs, including newsletters, press releases, publishers’ letters to reviewers, and...
Dates: 1984-1998
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Gloria Frym publicity materials and typescripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0956
Abstract

The Gloria Frym publicity materials and typescripts comprise seven poetry typescripts by award-winning American poet, lecturer, and writer Gloria Frym (1947-), as well as publicity material relating to her receipt of the San Francisco State University Poetry Center's 1982 Book Award for Back to Forth. These items were originally laid into American poet Tom Clark's (1941-) copy of Back to Forth, which was inscribed to him by Frym.

Dates: 1983 and undated
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Lewis Warsh collection of twentieth-century poetry ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0701
Abstract

American poet Lewis Warsh (born 1944) compiled this collection of promotional ephemera primarily documenting what is known as the second generation of the New York School. The collection also includes material relating to Warsh's own readings and performances, writing, and publishing ventures.

Dates: 1962-2012
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Algarín, Miguel 1
Angel Hair Books (New York, N.Y.) 1
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Bullins, Ed 1
Cassian, Nina 1
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Chloe's Books (Firm) 1
Clark, Tom, 1941- --Correspondence 1
Clark, Tom, 1941-2018 1
Digges, Deborah 1
Dorfman, Ariel 1
Frym, Gloria 1
Gregor, Arthur, 1923- 1
Harris, Theodore A. 1
Logan, William, 1950 November 16- 1
Mayer, Bernadette 1
Muske-Dukes, Carol, 1945- 1
Piercy, Marge 1
Ponsot, Marie 1
Ritsos, Giannēs, 1909-1990 1
Rutsala, Vern 1
San Francisco State University. Poetry Center 1
Sandy, Stephen 1
Seidel, Frederick, 1936- 1
Spires, Elizabeth 1
St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.). Poetry Project 1
T︠S︡vetaeva, Marina, 1892-1941 1
United Artists Books 1
Van Duyn, Mona 1
Viereck, Peter, 1916-2006 1
Voigt, Ellen Bryant, 1943- 1
Waldman, Anne, 1945- 1
Warsh, Lewis 1
Whalen, Philip 1
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