Office files, of The American Poetry Review, 1972-1998.

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Office files, of The American Poetry Review, 1972-1998.

Comprises 142 items, 142 leaves correspondence plus manuscripts for publication. Contains essays about Anne Sexton, Bashō, and Shinkichi Takahashi. Includes Stryk's essay Conversations with Zennists. Contains translations by Stryk of poetry by Issa Kobayashi and Takahashi. Also includes interview of Stryk by Kent Johnson. Contains letters from Swallow Press, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, Johnson, and Skoob Books Publishing, Ltd. Includes correspondence with Daniel L. Guillory. Oversize galley in folder 5478.

23 folders.

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Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974

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Sexton was a poet and playwright. From the description of Poems, 1961-1962. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78491220 Anne Sexton was one of the most popular and critically acclaimed American poets of the 20th century. Her complex, confessional verse treated such topics as mental illness, sexual liberation, and 1960s Americana with honesty and wit. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Anne Sexton committed suicide in 1974. From the description of Anne Sexton l...

National Endowment for the Arts

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Takahashi, Shinkichi.

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Swallow Press

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The Swallow Press, begun in the early 1940s in Denver by Alan Swallow, was a significant force in the world of small press publishing. By issuing the works of authors such as Frank Waters, Janet Lewis, J.V. Cunningham, and Anais Nin, Swallow built a one-person operation that became known for publishing material that was often ignored or rejected by larger publishing houses, but had literary merit. Following Swallow's death in 1966, the firm ws bought by four business partners and the operation w...

Skoob Books Publishing, Ltd.

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Stryk, Lucien.

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American poet and translator of Chinese and Japanese poetry; exponent of Zen Buddhism; b. 1924. From the description of Lucien Stryk collection, 1950-1977. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969821 ...

Guillory, Dan

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Matsuo, Bashō, 1644-1694

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Kobayashi, Issa, 1763-1827

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Rockefeller Center.

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Johnson, Kent A.

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