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Albert James Young (1939 May 31–2021 April 17) was an African American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and professor.
Young was born in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He spent his early years in the segregated south where he attended the Kingston School for the Colored. The family later moved to Detroit; Young began publishing poems and articles in his teens. From 1957 to 1961, Young attended the University of Michigan, where he co-edited Generation, the campus literary magazine. He dropped out and moved to the West Coast, finally settling in Berkeley (Calif.).
Before returning to school, Young worked a variety of jobs, including as a photographer, warehouseman, clerk-typist, interviewer for the California Department of Employment, and yard clerk for the Southern Pacific Railroad. He also performed as a singer and guitarist of folk songs and blues; he later gave up performing professionally.
Young graduated from UC Berkeley in 1969 and began a lifelong career as an instructor of writing, poetry and American literature. He taught all around the country, including appointments at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis and many other colleges. He was a longtime poetry instructor at the Community of Writers, a summer workshop in what was then known as Squaw Valley (now Olympic Valley) in Lake Tahoe.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California appointed Young the state poet laureate in 2005.
In 1963, Young married Arline Belch, a technical writer. They had a son, Michael, born in 1971. They later separated but remained good friends until her death in 2016.
Frances Dinkelspiel, "Remembering Al Young, a California poet laureate, musician, teacher" in Berkeleyside, 2021 April 21, accessed 2023 April 16
Albert James Young (1939 May 31–2021 April 17) was an African American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and professor.
Young was born in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He spent his early years in the segregated south where he attended the Kingston School for the Colored. The family later moved to Detroit; Young began publishing poems and articles in his teens. From 1957 to 1961, Young attended the University of Michigan, where he co-edited Generation, the campus literary magazine. He dropped out and moved to the West Coast, finally settling in Berkeley (Calif.).
Before returning to school, Young worked a variety of jobs, including as a photographer, warehouseman, clerk-typist, interviewer for the California Department of Employment, and yard clerk for the Southern Pacific Railroad. He also performed as a singer and guitarist of folk songs and blues; he later gave up performing professionally.
Young graduated from UC Berkeley in 1969 and began a lifelong career as an instructor of writing, poetry and American literature. He taught all around the country, including appointments at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis and many other colleges. He was a longtime poetry instructor at the Community of Writers, a summer workshop in what was then known as Squaw Valley (now Olympic Valley) in Lake Tahoe.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California appointed Young the state poet laureate in 2005.
Young was married to technical writer and editor Arline June Young (née Belch) from 1963 until her death in 2016. The couple had one child, a son named Michael. After living in Palo Alto from 1969 to 1999, in 2000 Young returned to Berkeley, where he continued to freelance.
In February 2019, Young suffered a stroke. He died of complications of the stroke on April 17, 2021, in Concord, California, aged 81.
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Gary Snyder Papers, 1910-2003; (1945-2002 bulk)
The Gary Snyder Papers document the personal and professional activities of Gary Snyder (1930- ), poet, essayist, translator, Zen Buddhist, environmentalist, lecturer, and teacher. Snyder is considered one of the most significant environmental writers of the twentieth century and a central figure in environmental activism. He wrote more than twenty books of poetry and prose including his forty-year work and for which he won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The collection spans the years 1910-2003 (1945-2002 bulk) and continues to grow. Drafts as well as final versions of poems and prose pieces are found in the collection along with correspondence, recordings of poetry readings and interviews, subject files, manuscripts and publications by other authors, serials, ephemera, and memorabilia. Mountains and Rivers Without End Turtle Island
News and Information Services (University of Michigan) Faculty and Staff Files: 1944-2005 (bulk 1960-1995)
University of Michigan. News and Information Services. Faculty and Staff Files, 1944-2005 (bulk 1960-1995)
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News and Information Services (University of Michigan) Faculty and Staff Files: 1944-2005 (bulk 1960-1995)
The Faculty and Staff files contain biographical and background information created and collected by the University of Michigan News and Information Services. News and Information Services is the media relations office of the university. The files represent more than 6,000 individual faculty and staff members. Some files contain photographs.
The collection contains letters to Cheuse chiefly from other writers about their work and his, other authors, and mutual friends. With these are manuscripts of articles, short stories and reviews by Cheuse, the manuscript of his novel "Rabbi Guatemala" later published as "The grandmothers' club", and the page proofs of "Fall out of heaven." There are also some financial papers, research notes, photographs, reviews of three of Cheuse's books, correspondence from publishers concerning his work, and printed miscellany. Manuscripts sent to Cheuse by other authors include "An introduction to Alan Cheuse" by George Garrett. Tapes of Alan Cheuse reading from his works and appearing on a public radio show complete the collection.
Camels Coming Camels Coming Camels Coming was a small avant garde poetry magazine in operation from the mid-1960's through the early 1970's. The Archive is a collection of correspondence written to the editor, Richard Morris, and includes manuscripts of material submitted for publication in .
Gifford, Barry, 1946-. Barry Gifford papers, circa 1970-2005.
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Barry Gifford papers, circa 1970-2005.
Manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks, publications, and ephemera. The majority of the papers is related to the publication process of Gifford's many books, and spans the period 1970 to the present. The largest subseries is composed of manuscript material, including correspondence with publishers and editors, typewritten and handwritten drafts of books, and research materials. As well, there are fifteen boxes of Gifford's notebooks, which contain partial drafts of books as well as individual poems, journal entries, and memoranda. There is also a significant file of correspondence, notable primarily for the six boxes of letters Gifford wrote to his longtime friend and associate, bookseller Marshall Clements. Finally, the collection contains approximately one hundred first editions of Gifford's own books, as well as copies of other books he used in his research.
New Directions Publishing Corp. records, ca. 1933-1997.
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Young, Al, 1939–2021
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Love Magazine Archive 1965-1968
Love Magazine Archive, 1965-1968
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Love Magazine Archive 1965-1968
The Love Magazine Archive consists of correspondence with and manuscripts sent to Love's editor, Al Young. The collection includes original poetry, fiction and plays from noted underground writers of the time.
This addition to the papers of Alan Cheuse consists of 945 items (10 Hollinger boxes; 3 linear shelf feet), 1961-1988, and includes correspondence; drafts of his novels, The Bohemians , Fall Out of Heaven , and The Grandmothers' Club , and various other short stories, reviews, and articles; newsclippings and printed material; photographs; cassette tape recordings; and topical files.
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945 items (10 Hollinger boxes; 3 linear shelf feet)
Cheuse, Alan. Papers of Alan Cheuse [manuscript], 1961-1988.
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Young, Al, 1939–2021
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Al Young letters : to Ted Wilentz : TLS, 1969-1978.
Young, Al, 1939-. Al Young letters : to Ted Wilentz : TLS, 1969-1978.
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Al Young letters : to Ted Wilentz : TLS, 1969-1978.
Concerns publishing matters, teaching, reading tours and domestic news. Also includes comments about current events occurring around him including the People's Park confrontation in 1969.
Young, Al, 1939-. Al Young letters : to Ted Wilentz : TLS, 1969-1978.
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Young, Al, 1939–2021
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Papers of Alan Cheuse [manuscript], 1992-1996.
Cheuse, Alan. Papers of Alan Cheuse [manuscript], 1992-1996.
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Papers of Alan Cheuse [manuscript], 1992-1996.
Additional papers of Alan Cheuse include personal and professional correspondence, post cards, and cards; biographical summaries; invitations to literary events and conferences; photographs; course evaluations from The Johns Hopkins University; book reviews; and an appointment book. Tape recordings include Cheuse, Mary Lee Settle and George Garrett reading from their work, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Gala, 1995, The Diane Rehm Show Readers' Review, and the Talk of the Nation Bookclub of the air. The papers also contain a typescript of the screenplay for "Rabbi Guatemala"; short stories, essays, and introductions by Cheuse; manuscript, proof, and other material pertaining to "Talking horse," by Cheuse and Nicholas Delbanco; short stories included in "The sound of writing"; and manuscripts of stories by other authors.
Cheuse, Alan. Papers of Alan Cheuse [manuscript], 1992-1996.
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Young, Al, 1939–2021
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"Kenneth Patchen: Hurrah for Anything" film production records 1982
"Kenneth Patchen: Hurrah for Anything" film production records, 1982
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"Kenneth Patchen: Hurrah for Anything" film production records 1982
Contains transcripts, outtake reels and video tapes to "Kenneth Patchen: Hurrah for anything", a documentary on poet and novelist Kenneth Patchen produced by KQED Event & Presentation Unit in 1982.
"Kenneth Patchen: Hurrah for Anything" film production records, 1982
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Young, Al, 1939–2021
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Additional Papers Of Alan Cheuse 1991-1992
Additional Papers Of Alan Cheuse 1991-1992
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Additional Papers Of Alan Cheuse 1991-1992
This addition to the papers of Alan Cheuse, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, contains ca. 515 items (3 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1 linear shelf foot), 1991-1992, and consists of personal, literary, and professional correspondence, typescripts of book reviews by and about him, a typescript of a short story "The Plan" by Alan Cheuse, an appointment book, printed material, articles such as "The Situation of Reviewing" and the review of the year in literature for The Encyclopedia Britannica (1991), his forward to The Kidnapped Saint by B. Traven, a cassette tape recording of a review of Robert Stone's novel, Outerbridge Reach , and an interview with Robert Stone, and miscellaneous articles and short stories not by Alan Cheuse, including Richard Elman, Ron Carlson, and Edward Hirsch.
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ca. 515 items (3 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1 linear shelf foot).
Guérard, Albert J. (Albert Joseph), 1914-. Albert J. Guérard papers, 1932-1998.
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Young, Al, 1939–2021
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"Kenneth Patchen : hurrah for anything" film production records, 1982.
Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972. "Kenneth Patchen : hurrah for anything" film production records, 1982.
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"Kenneth Patchen : hurrah for anything" film production records, 1982.
Contains transcripts, out-take reels and video tapes of "Kenneth Patchen: Hurrah for anything", a documentary on poet-novelist Kenneth Patchen, produced by KQED Event & Presentation Unit in 1982.
Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972. "Kenneth Patchen : hurrah for anything" film production records, 1982.
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Young, Al, 1939–2021
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Duke Ellington recordings collection
Duke Ellington recordings collection
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Duke Ellington recordings collection
Recordings of Duke Ellington, American pianist, band leader, andcomposer, collected by Joseph Jeffers Dodge, jazz aficionado, artist, museum director, andHarvard University Class of 1940.
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Sound recordings (33 linear feet) and accompanying materials (1 box).
Wallace Earle Stegner Creative Writing Program : correspondence and manuscripts, 1949-1992
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Young, Al, 1939–2021
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The Love magazine archive, 1965-1968 (bulk 1966-1967).
The Love magazine archive, 1965-1968 (bulk 1966-1967).
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The Love magazine archive, 1965-1968 (bulk 1966-1967).
The Love Magazine Archive is a part of the Avant-Garde Collection at the Fales Library, New York University. The Love collection contains correspondence and manuscripts submitted to the magazine by notable art, music and literature figures of the period. Series 1 contains correspondence, most of which is from 1966 and 1967, with contributors (actual and potential), as well as a few typed manuscripts of material submitted to the magazine (see Levertov, box 1, folder 14). A portion of the correspondence refers to a simultaneously published poetry magazine that Young also edited called: Loveletter. Items are authored by: Philip Whalen, Jim Harrison, Robert Kelly, Denise Levertov, John Sinclair and Gary Snyder, among others of note. It also contains solicitations for material sent to John Coltrane, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac. Series 2 contains typed and some handwritten manuscripts submitted to the magazine.
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