Jeffery Beam Papers (#4888) ca. 1968-2007

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997

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James Laughlin was an American publisher and poet, and founder of the New Directions press. The son of a steel manufacturer, Laughlin attended Choate School in Connecticut and Harvard University (B.A., 1939). In the mid-1930s Laughlin lived in Italy with Ezra Pound, a major influence on his life and work; returning to the United States, he founded New Directions in 1936. Initially he intended to publish writings by ignored yet influential avant-garde writers of the period; Pound’s The Cantos ...

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, 1919-2021

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti was an American poet and publisher, most closely associated with the Beat movement. Born in New York, Ferlinghetti suffered several family-related tragedies in his youth, and was raised in unusual circumstances. Educated at the University of North Carolina, he served in World War II, and continued his education at Columbia and The Sorbonne. He moved to San Francisco, where he co-founded City Lights book store and publishing house, which became integral wi...

Stephenson, Shelby, 1938-

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Shelby Stephenson (1938- ), poet; professor of literature and creative writing at Campbell College (now University), Buies Creek, N.C., 1974-1978, and at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (formerly Pembroke State University) after 1978; and editor of "Pembroke Magazine" beginning in 1979. From the description of Shelby Stephenson papers, 1965-2006. WorldCat record id: 31069855 Shelby Stephenson was born 14 June 1938, near Benson, N.C. The youngest ...

Albright, Alex

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Alex Albright is a native of Graham, NC. He earned a BA in English/journalism from UNC-CH in 1972. In 1981, Albright joined the English faculty at East Carolina University. Albright was the founding editor of the North Carolina Literary Review. Albright lives in Fountain, NC....

Beam, Jeffery, 1953-

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Jeffery Scott Beam (1953- ) is a North Carolina poet. From the description of Jeffery Beam papers, ca. 1968-2007. WorldCat record id: 38149761 Jeffery Beam's lyrical, metaphysical work fuses the physical and spiritual worlds, creating a conversation between the natural world, the body, and the spirit. Beam is the author of nine books of poems, The Golden Legend (Floating Island, 1981), Two Preludes for the Beautiful (Universal, 1981, limited edition), Midwinter ...

National Endowment for the Arts

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Anderson, Sue, 1964-

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Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.)

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Black Mountain College was founded in 1933 by a group of nonconformist faculty and students from Rollins College in Florida. Headed by John Andrew Rice, they established their experimental college and community near Black Mountain, NC. Artists and writers from all over the country were attracted to Black Mountain and the college became a nurturing ground for some of the best talents of the twentieth century. Among its faculty and students were Josef Albers, Robert Rauschenberg, Willem de Kooning...

Nin, Anais

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Jargon Society

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McCoy, Rody

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Ray, Tom

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McGarrell, James and Ann

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North Carolina Arts Council

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The North Carolina Arts Council was created in 1964 by executive order of Governor Terry Stanford to strengthen North Carolina's creativity, invention, and prosperity. In 1967, the North Carolina Arts Council became a statutory state agency. It operates under the aegis of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. The Council makes information, technical assistance, and over 1,000 grants a year available to non-profit organizations and artists in North Carolina. It also oversees the di...

Benz, Maudy

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Rosenberg, Andrea

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Koehnline, Bill

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Garni, Ricky

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Bayes, Ron

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Smith, Duncan

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E. E. Cummings

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Fullilove, Richard (Jack)

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Williams, Jonathan, Dr.

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Jonathan Williams was a merchant and army officer, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1787. From the guide to the Jonathan Williams selected papers, 1771-1813, 1771-1813, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Thorson, Tom

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Fitzpatrick, Richard

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Smith, Leverett T., Jr.

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Fowlie, Wallace, 1908-1998

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Teacher, writer, critic, and translator at Duke University in Durham, N.C. From the description of Wallace Fowlie papers, 1939-1996 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38237517 1908, Nov. 8 Wallace Fowlie born in Brookline, Massachussetts 1936 Received Doctorate from Harvard University ...

Dillard, Annie

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Annie Dillard was born Meta Ann Doak on April 30, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She attended Hollins College near Roanoke, Virginia, and studied creative writing and religion. In her sophomore year, she married her creative writing professor, Richard Dillard, who had a strong influence on her writing. Dillard finished her undergraduate degree in English literature and completed a Masters in Fine Arts from Hollins, in 1968. After graduate school, Dillard spent her tim...

Matheson, Elizabeth, 1970-

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Rowan-Cabarrus Community College

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Finch, Stanley

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Shapiro, Alan, 1952-....

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Gurganus, Allan, 1947-....

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Garden Design

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Kapsalis, John

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Bonner, Jay

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Floating Island Publications

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de Jong, Erik

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Bolton, Elizabeth

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Whiteside, Tom

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Przeslawski, Jim

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Athas, Daphne, 1923-....

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Banned Books (Edward-William Publishing Company)

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Sauve, Damon

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Wherry, Fred

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Inman, Will

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Smith, Leverett T., Jr.

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Broughton, James, 1913-1999

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James Richard Broughton was raised in California and graduated from Stanford University in 1936. After studying playwriting and directing in New York, Broughton returned to California and began making experimental films, including The Pleasure Garden, which won a special jury prize at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. During this time, Broughton wrote and published poetry as one of San Francisco's "Renaissance Poets," which included Helen Adam, Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, and Eve Triem. From 1958 t...

Curtis, Tom.

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Giard, Robert

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Whitaker, Caleb

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Finch, Patricia

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Chappel, Fred

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Morley, Hilda

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Killough, Eric

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Beerman, John

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Allen Ginsberg's

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North Carolina Writers' Network

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Boger, Allan

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Cabarrus Rowan Community College

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Patterson, Ippy

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Perkins, David

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Blake, Stacy

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Sykes, Michael

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Biographical Information Michael Sykes awoke one morning in June 1975 with the idea to begin publishing an occasional gathering of material and to call it Floating Island. He had given the idea some consideration before, over the years 1969-1974, while he owned and operated a bookstore in Point Reyes Station, CA. The main inspiration for the name Floating Island comes from the geological fact that the ground on which Sykes stood, the Point Re...

Frambrough, Ben

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Flynn, Keith

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Lessing, Doris

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Hays, Greg

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Chubb., J. M.

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Cory, Jim

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Lembke, Janet

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Fries, Kenny

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Francis, H. E. (Herbert Edward), 1924-

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Leyland, Winston, 1940-

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Cobb, Tunney

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N.C. Wesleyan College

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Wallace, Mary Beth

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Bly, Robert

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For details of Robert Bly's biography, see: Robert Bly papers (Mss 81) . From the guide to the Robert Bly Men's Movement series, 1980-1990s, 2001, 2003-2004, 2006, 2009, undated, 1980-1990s, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts Division. [mss]) From the guide to the Robert Bly Plays manuscripts series, 1950s-1990s, undated, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts Division. [mss]) Fr...

Pope, Deborah

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Holiman, Shauna

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Chambers, Douglas

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Piperato, Sam

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Bread and Board Cafe

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Des Harnais, Gaston

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Giles, David, 1926-2010

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Willis, Julia

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Clerk, Bill

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Gill, Willie Mae

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Miller, Patrick, 1731-1815

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Roberts, Mark

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Russell, Bruce

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McKettner Publishing

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David Vintinner

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N.E.A

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Meyer, Thomas, 1950-....

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Strauss, Ronald

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Rumaker, Michael, 1932-....

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Author and poet, early associate of Beat writers in San Francisco, Calif., and student at Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, N.C. From the description of Michael Rumaker papers, ca. 1957-1990. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28420364 Michael Rumaker was born in South Philadelphia to Michael Joseph and Winifred Marvel Rumaker, the fourth of nine children. He spent his first seven months in the Preston Retreat charity ward, too sickly to be b...

David, Giles

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Bezner, Kevin and Lilly

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Whitehead, Jett

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Brown, Lightening

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Corman, Cid

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American poet and editor of the small magazine Origin. From the description of Letters : Dorchester, Massachusetts, to Mr. & Mrs. Kirgo, 1951 May 8-July 9. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32415686 Highly prolific poet, translator, and prose writer, Cid Corman was born in Boston in 1924. He enrolled as an undergraduate at Tufts University in 1941, graduating in 1945. He completed post-graduate work at the University of Michigan and the Universit...

University of Toronto

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