Papers, 1955-1983.

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Papers, 1955-1983.

Primarily Elkin's literary mss. including plays, film scripts, essays, and stories, with the bulk of the material being mss. and editorial matter relating to his novels, in all stages of drafts from handwritten notes to word processor diskettes; together with extensive general and professional correspondence, mss. by other authors, teaching materials, and his own college literary papers. Correspondents include Doris G. Bargen, John Barth, Raymond Carver, Jerome Charyn, Robert Coover, Daniel Curley, William Gass, Herbert Gold, Daniel Halpern, Lamar Herrin, John Irving, Gordon Lish, Joseph McElroy, Howard Nemerov, Charles Newman, Joyce Carol Oates, Helen Vendler, Geoffrey Wolff, Tobias Wolff, and Hilma Wolitzer.

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Herrin, Lamar

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Curley, Daniel

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Professor of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; b. 1918; d. 1988. From the description of Papers, 1941-1991. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28422222 ...

Elkin, Stanley, 1930-1995

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American author. From the description of Papers. 1955-1983. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 12905758 American author and professor of English, Washington University. From the description of Papers, 1955-1983. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 28419449 ...

Charyn, Jerome

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Jerome Charyn was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1937. He entered the New York literary scene in 1963 upon publishing two of his short stories: 'Faigele,' 'the Idiotke' and 'On Second Avenue' in Commentary. His first novel, Once Upon A Droshky, which draws on his childhood experiences of the Jewish neighborhoods of the Bronx and earned for him a reputation as an emerging and major writer. In his more than twenty novels, Charyn has escaped the confines traditionally imposed on literary genres an...

Newman, Charles, 1938-2006

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Irving, John, 1942-....

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American author. From the description of Introduction to a reading by Donald Justice to the Academy of American Poets at The Pierpont Morgan Library : typescript signed : [n.p.], 1982 Dec. 9 [date delivered]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874945 John Irving, screenwriter and author of source material. From the description of The cider house rules: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517206 ...

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-....

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As the winner of the National Book Award for her 1970 novel Them and the recipient of four O. Henry awards and numerous other literary prizes, Joyce Carol Oates is among the most distinguished writers in the United States. In her considerable body of work, she has created an array of male and female protagonists from a diversity of regional, economic, and occupational backgrounds. In the four decades since her first book, the short-story collection By the North Gate, appeared to critical acclaim...

Halpern, Daniel, 1945-....

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Of Syracuse, New York. Epithet: editor 'Antaeus' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000352.0x000226 ...

Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988

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Raymond Carver May 25, 1938- August 2, 1988. Pacific Northwest writer, author of short stories, novels, poetry, and essays. From the description of Raymond Carver family photographs, 1938-1963 (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 765505805 Author. From the description of Letters, 1969-1970. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 40809247 ...

Lish, Gordon, 1937-

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Gordon Lish was fiction editor at Esquire from 1969 until 1976. From the description of Letter : Esquire, 7 July [1969-1976?]. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 47668796 ...

Gold, Herbert, 1924-

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American novelist & essayist. From the description of Herbert Gold papers, 1951-1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 470399985 American novelist, essayist, and editor. From the description of Papers of Herbert Gold, ca. 1959. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34567158 American author. From the description of Letters, 1969-1979, to Robie Macauley [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Nemerov, Howard

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Howard Nemerov was an American educator and author, most widely known for his poetry. His verse could be poignant, philosophical, or witty, and was awarded numerous honors including a Pulitzer Prize. A long-time professor at Washington University in St. Louis, he also published memorable prose, and contributed editorial work or commentary for numerous publications. From the description of Howard Nemerov letter to Louis Untermeyer, 1963 Sept. 5. (Pennsylvania State University Librarie...

Barth, John Simmons

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Coover, Robert

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Robert Coover was born in Charles City, Iowa, in 1932 and graduated from Herrin Township High School in 1949. He worked at The Southern Illinoisan briefly as a reporter and spent two years attending Southern Illinois University Carbondale before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree at Indiana University in 1953. Mr. Coover later earned a Master of Arts degree at the University of Chicago in 1965. His first novel published in 1966, "The Origin of the Brunists,"was the winner of theWilliam Faulkner A...

Bargen, Doris G.

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Washington university Saint Louis, Mo.

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On October 17, 2000, Washington University hosted the third presidential debate before the 2000 presidential election. This was the second debate held on the University campus: the University had hosted a debate in 1992 and was scheduled to host a 1996 debate which was later cancelled. The debate was held in the Washington University Field House, where Texas governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore debated for ninety minutes over issues such as health care, tax cuts, the death penalty,...

Gass, William H., 1924-

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American essayist and novelist William H. Gass was a professor of philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, when he wrote this letter. In 1979 Gass was named David May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities at Washington University, from which he is now emeritus. He was also the Director of International Writers Center from 1990 to 2000. Born July 30, 1924, in Fargo, North Dakota, William Gass is a ...

Wolff, Geoffrey, 1937-

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Vendler, Helen Hennessy

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