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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

Fleda Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0800
Abstract

Fleda Brown (born 1944) is an American poet, scholar, and educator, and was poet laureate for the state of Delaware from 2001-2007. The Fleda Brown papers, spanning circa 1950-2014 (bulk 1963-2014), comprise early works, poem drafts and notes, journals, correspondence, and materials related to Brown’s professional life as a poet and professor of English at the University of Delaware.

Dates: 1950-2014; Majority of material found within 1963-2014

Larry Kearney papers

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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author’s typescript and manuscript drafts of poems, playscripts, prose, and autobiographical works, both published and unpublished.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

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

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Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Berkson, Bill 1
Berlin, Lucia 1
Betancourt, Carlos, 1966- 1
Blanco, Richard, 1968- 1