National Book Awards collection, 1996.

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National Book Awards collection, 1996.

Collection of nineteen book manuscripts reviewed by Elizabeth Spencer for the 1996 National Book Award. Some of the manuscripts have accompanying letters from the publishers promoting the work for the award.

26 items (2.0 linear ft.)

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Richard Foreman (1937- ), American director, designer and playwright, founded the Ontological-Hysteric Theatre company in New York in 1968 in order to present his avant-garde plays. Beginning in 1979, he co-produced his work with the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Music Theatre Group/Lenox Art Center and the Wooster Group. Foreman's plays include TOTAL RECALL (1970), PANDERING TO THE MASSES (1975), PENGUIN TOUQUET (1981), FILM IS EVIL: RADIO IS GOOD (1987), MY HEAD WAS A SLEDGEHAMMER (1994),...

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Goodman, Allegra

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Crumley, James, 1939-2008

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Petesch, Natalie L.M., 1924-

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Madden, David, 1933-....

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Ziesk, Edra

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National Book Awards.

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McGahan, Jerry, 1943-

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Drake, Robert, 1930-

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Robert Young Drake, Jr., graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1953 and was the author of several volumes of short stories. He was a professor at the University of Tennessee for many years. He was born in 1930 in Ripley, Tenn., and died in 2001. From the description of Robert Young Drake, Jr. Papers, 1957-1998. (Vanderbilt University Library). WorldCat record id: 53970009 ...

Phillips, J. J., 1944-....

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Libby, Lewis

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Spelius, Carol, 1919-

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Spencer, Elizabeth, 1921-....

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Simpson, Mona

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