Susan Dalsimer Papers 1969-1970

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Susan Dalsimer Papers 1969-1970

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Famous Long Ago Total Loss Farm Famous Long Ago Total Loss Farm launched the literary career of Raymond Mungo with a splash, but even before the book had reached the shelves, he turned to his next project. In October 1969, Mungo began planning for a memoir of his life at the Packer Corners commune. Soon titled , the book would become a classic in the literature of the 1960s counterculture. Signing a contract in November with E.P. Dutton, he worked with a young and sympathetic editor, Susan Stern (later Susan Dalsimer). This small, but rich collection consists of a series of letters between Raymond Mungo and his editor at E.P. Dutton, Susan Stern, regarding his ideas on writing and life. Beginning in October 1969 with editorial commentary on and Mungo's additions, the Dalsimer Papers offer insight into the development of from concept to printed page.

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Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries

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McLardy, Peter.

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Mungo, Raymond, 1946-....

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American journalist, publisher, and author. From the description of Raymond Mungo collection, 1970-1983. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70968714 Raymond Mungo, 1967 Born in a "howling blizzard" in February 1946, Raymond Mungo became one of the most evocative writers of the 1960s counterculture. Through more than fifteen books and hundreds of articles, Mungo has brought a wry sense of humor and radical sensibility to explorations of the min...

Diamond, Stephen

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Bloom, Marshall, 1944-1969

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Graduate of Amherst College, 1966. Journalist, editor and key agent in the development of the alternative press in the United States in the 1960s. Chairman of The Amherst Student, a newspaper, 1965; participant in Southern civil rights protests; co-founder of The Southern Courier, a progressive newspaper; student at the London School of Economics, 1966-67. Director, United States Student Press Association, 1967; co-founder, 1967, with Ray Mungo, of Liberation News Service, serving alternative "u...

Simon, Peter, 1947-

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Dalsimer, Susan.

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Steve Diamond, Raymond Mungo, Susan Stern (Dalsimer), ca.1969 Famous Long Ago launched the literary career of Raymond Mungo with a splash, but even before the book had reached the shelves, he turned to his next project. In October 1969, Mungo began planning for a memoir that would recount a year in the life of the Packer Corners commune where he then lived, a memoir that would become a classic in the literature of the 1960s counterculture. While talk of a movie based on...