Collection, 1962-1967.

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Collection, 1962-1967.

Correspondence consists of 107 items, 1962-1967 and is chiefly correspondence between Duncan and American poet, playwright and essayist, Le Roi Jones (Imamu Amiri Baraka), 1962-1964. Also contains correspondence with Andrew Hoyem and James Laughlin. Manuscripts include material for several of Duncan's books as follows: (1) Bending the Bow. Jess Collins's ink drawing, Ts and autograph notes to the printer, Ts of the front matter and notes, Ts with ink corrections, corrected galleys, final page proofs. (2) A Book of Resemblances. Ms and Ts drafts of poems and prose later included in A Book of resemblances; Ts of the book, continuous, without illustration; Ts (carbon) used for final drawing of book; Jess Collins's illustrator's dummy; black cloth sample; photostats of pp.88-89 (for Duncan's approval of smaller format); proof of announcement; unrevised first proofs, masked vandyke proof of entire book, complete unrevised proof, pasteup proofs, proofs of advertisement. (3) Six Prose Pieces. Corrected Tss., corrected proofs, two proofs of the drawing, final proof of one page. (4) Years as Catches. Advance sheets of pp.27-42, accompanied by autograph note.

138 items in 2 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6682259

Washington University in St. Louis, .

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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 ...

Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988

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California poet. From the description of Robert Edward Duncan papers, 1960-1977. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122545242 Robert Duncan (January 7, 1919 -February 3, 1988) was an American poet and a student of H.D. and the Western esoteric tradition who spent most of his career in and around San Francisco. Though associated with any number of literary traditions and schools, Duncan is often identified with the poets of the New American Poetry and B...

Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014

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Amiri Baraka was born LeRoi Jones in Newark, New Jersey, in 1934. He was educated at Rutgers and Howard Universities, graduating from the latter at the age of 19. In 1958 he founded the influential poetry magazine Yugen, which ran until 1962. His writings, including fiction, essays, and poetry, appeared in such publications as The nation, Evergreen review, Downbeat, and The floating bear. From the description of Imamu Amiri Baraka papers, 1958-1982. (University of California, Berkele...

Hoyem, Andrew, 1935-

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