Grand Street Publications, Inc. records, 1981-2004.

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Grand Street Publications, Inc. records, 1981-2004.

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These records contain the editorial, production and correspondence files of a New York literary quarterly founded by Ben Sonnenberg Jr. in 1981 and published through 2004. Throughout its two decades, prided itself on nurturing authors and presenting a smart and eclectic mix of contemporary poetry, fiction, art and journalism. The bulk of this collection consists of annotated manuscripts, proofs and correspondence related to the magazine: featured writers include Anne Carson, Arthur Coleman Danto, Jonathan Franzen, Dennis Hopper, Ted Hughes, Norman Mailer, Susan Minot, Toni Morrison, Alice Munro, Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushide, Edward Said and David Foster Wallace. Production files related to the magazine's operation are also housed within these records and these files include contracts, press and publicity files, design ideas and materials pertaining to attempts to rebrand itself as an online only magazine in the 2000s. Grand Street, Grand Street Grand Street's

53.85 linear feet (47 legal sized document boxes; 18 record cartons, legal sized; 13 record cartons, letter sized).

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Carson, Anne, 1950-....

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Stein, Jean, 1947-

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Minot, Susan

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Grand Street Publications, Inc. Records

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Ben Sonnenberg founded Grand Street in 1981 and edited the magazine through the 1980s, defining its important role in New York's literary landscape. Sonnenberg capitalized upon his affluent New York upbringing and friendships with writers such as Ted Hughes to forge a "little magazine" in the tradition of The Parisian Review and Granta. Devoted to contemporary literature and politics, Grand Street was published quarterly and featured an enticing and eclectic selection of poetry, fic...

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