The collection contains a poetry notebook of hand-written poetry by Wright, 1994-1999; proofs and/or setting copy for "Appalachia," "Negative blue selected later poems," "Night rider," and "North American bear"; typescripts for several individual poems; and translations of three poems by Eugenio Montale. Correspondence is chiefly from fellow poets, fans and colleagues and discusses awards; professional engagements; poems submitted to or accepted by magazines and anthologies; and requests for recommendations, evaluations, and judging of contests. The collection also contains greeting cards; post cards; invitations; clippings; printed miscellaney; contracts and publication agreements; reviews; and writings about Wright including a list of interview questions and his comments concerning both Dante and a reading in Wise County, Va. Correspondents with AT LEAST ONE FOLDER OF LETTERS include The American Academy of Poets, Tom Andrews, Marvin Bell, Steve Berg, Robert Bly, Jim Brasfield, Christopher Buckley, David Freed, Jim Galvin, Joe Giannelli, Debra Allbery Gildea, Elton Glaser, Dave Godfrey, Oakley M. Hall, Kevin Hart, Brian Henry, Mark Jarman, Donald Justice, Phil Levine, and James Longenbach. Also J.D. "Sandy" McClatchy, Michael McFee, Lynne McMahon, James McMichael, Lynn Martin, Bill Matthews, Robert Mezey, Carol Muske-Dukes, Eric Pankey, Gaetano Prampolini, David St. John, Mary Ann Samyn, Sherod Santos, Harold Schimmel, Sharles Simic, Maurya Simon, Dean Smith, Peter Stitt, Mark Strand, James Tate, Helen Vendler, and David P. Young. Authors represented by ONLY ONE TO TWO LETTERS include Doug Adams, Ai, Pam Alexander, George Amabile, Jim Amaral, Ralph Angel, John Ashberry, Russell Banks, Phyllis Barber, Jim Barnes, Bruce Beasley, Ann Beattie, Calvin Bedient, Erin Belieu, David Berman, Chana Bloch, Michael Blumenthal, Don Bogen, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Vance Bourjaily, Lucie Brock-Broido, Sharon Bryan, George Butterick, Karen Cangialosi, Fred Chappell, Alan Cheuse, Nicholas Christopher, Amy Clampitt, Killarney Clary, Michael Collier, Alfred Corn, Bonnie Costello, Tony Crunk, and Michael Cuddihy. Also Alan DeNiro, Carl Dennis, Annie Dillard, Chris Forhan, Antonella Francini, Alice Fulton, Jonathan Galassi, George Garrett, Dana Gioia, Michelle Glazer, Louise Glück, Jorie Graham, Loren Graham, Arthur Gregor, Shaun Griffin, Thom Gunn, Donald Hall, Sam Hamill, William Harmon, Henry Hart, William Heyen, Brenda Hillman, George Hitchcock, Hilary Hossaday, Gill Holland, Linda Holtslander, Garrett K. Hongo, and Mary Hussmann. Also Mark irwin, Rachel Jacoff, David Kalstone, Tim Kendall, Hunter Kennedy, Kerry Shawn Keys, John Lang, Deborah Larsen John Latta, Steve Lautermilch, David Lehman, Jon Loomis, Tom Lux, Rich Lyons, Davis McCombs, Cynthia Macdonald, Gerard Malanga, Jacqueline Marchis, Paul Mariani, Bill Matthews, Peter Matthiessen, Bill Merwin, Lenny MIchaels, Robert Morgan, Howard Moss, Peter Nijmeijer, Dennis O'Driscoll, Linda Orr, John Peck, Susan Perry, John Piller, Robert Pinsky, Donald Platt, Stan Plumly, and Reynolds Price.
