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Léonie Adams letter to Larry Dingman
Léonie Adams letter to Larry Dingman in reply to a request for information concerning any limited signed editions by Adams. Adams discusses the limited signed edition of her first book, Those Not Elect, which was issued in a run of only 10 copies on gray paper and given only to friends and relatives.
George William Russell [AE] letter to Miss Joanna Fortune
George William Russell [AE] wrote to Miss Joanna Fortune to decline a speaking tour in America because of his duties as editor of the Irish Statesman and his responsibilities with the Agricultural Cooperative Movement.
George William Russell [AE] letter to Ogden Heath
One autograph letter from George William Russell [AE] to Ogden Heath.
George William Russell [AE] letters and poems
This collection is a group of letters from Irish writer, poet, and painter George William Russell [AE] to James Wells of Crosby Gaige Publishers along with galleys of ten poems.
Cruelty : poems : galley proofs
One set of galley proofs for Ai's book, "Cruelty: Poems," which is missing the title page, published in 1973.
Thomas B. Aldrich letter to Mr. Hopkins
Autograph letter from Thomas Bailey Aldrich to "Mr. Hopkins," obliging his request of providing him with a photograph of himself, but asking for its return afterwards, dated September 30, 1899.
Thomas B. Aldrich letters
Collection of seven letters written by Thomas Aldrich in his capacity as editor of the Atlantic Monthly, from July 14, 1887, to October 19, 1896.
William Allingham letters
Autograph letter written and signed by William Allingham to an unidentified correspondent, Conway, and another autograph letter written and signed by Allingham offering for sale a U.S. edition of his book of poems, The Music Master, & Day & Night Songs, March 1, 1859.
American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards
This collection of American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards comprises promotional ephemera documenting live poetry events in America and England. The collection contains posters, fliers, postcards, calendars, newsletters, programs and other printed and hand-drawn ephemera documenting the activities of poets, live performance venues, and literary networks largely associated with the California and New York experimental poetry scenes.
W. H. Auden letters to Reed Whittemore
Two letters written by W. H. Auden to Reed Whittemore.
Jill Balcon letter to Rex Beckham
Amiri Baraka papers
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.
Collection of poems by Imamu Amiri Baraka
Two typescripts and one autographed manuscript of poems written by Imamu Amiri Baraka, titled I Love Music, Am/Trak, and The Last Revolution.
Eric Barker letter to Mary Adams Winter
Eric Barker letter to Mary Adams Winter consists of one typed letter signed, written on September 3, 1954, by American poet Eric Barker to American poet Mary Adams Winter. The letter includes comments about the poems in his books, Planetary Heart and Big Sur and Other Poems, his efforts as a writer, and a little detail about Barker's life in Big Sur.
Daniel Berrigan correspondence and Hanoi poems
Daniel Berrigan wrote these letters to Elizabeth Bartelme, his editor at Macmillan Company, to accompany enclosed poems, such as the Hanoi poems found in this collection, or to discuss his books which were in the works.
Paul Blackburn Provençal poets collection
The Paul Blackburn Provençal poets collection documents the publication process of American poet Paul Blackburn's translations of and commentaries on Provençal poets in his first major translated work,Proensa(1953). The collection comprises 30 undated leaves of carbon typescripts and a copy of the 1953 Divers Press edition of the book.
March 1 1847. By the first post : poem
Clipping of a poem by female Irish poet, Eavan Boland, as printed in The Independent (London).
Summer Brenner papers
The Summer Brenner papers offers a comprehensive view of an American poet and novelist's life across four decades beginning in the 1960s. The collection includes extensive personal correspondence and journals, literary manuscripts and drafts documenting all stages of the writing and publishing process, and Brenner's work from magazine contributions, book publications, and community projects.
Alan Brilliant correspondence with Ted Wilentz
This collection contains .7 linear feet of personal letters and postcards from Alan Brilliant of Unicorn Press to his former employer and longtime friend, proprietor of Corinth Books Ted Wilentz. Other materials include press catalogs, newsletters, financial records, clippings, periodicals, poems, and other printed ephemera related to the Unicorn Press.
Fleda Brown papers
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.
Charles Bukowski poems and letter
Poetry poems and letter from American poet Charles Bukowski.
Briggflatts: an autobiography : typescript
This original carbon typescript of Basil Bunting's Briggflatts: an autobiography bears three ink corrections made by the author.
Witter Bynner letter and poem
A typescript letter signed by poet Witter Bynner, to Margaret Dierkes, editor of Living Poetry, a magazine published from La Porte, Indiana, in which Bynner offers the included typescript poem, Mortal Love for publication.
Witter Bynner letter to Helen Bramble
American poet Witter Bynner wrote this letter to Helen Bramble, editor of The Forum, for publication in the periodical. The three-page letter was written in support of Arthur Ficke's lengthy poem, "The Return of Christ," which was published in The Forum in December 1928.
Thomas Campbell letter to Frederick De George
Autograph letter signed from Irish poet Thomas Campbell to Frederick De George.