Ted Berrigan and Alice Notley collection, 1954-1980.

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Ted Berrigan and Alice Notley collection, 1954-1980.

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The collection contains material related to Ted Berrigan from 1954-1980. This artificially created collection includes collages, correspondence, photographs, printed material and writings. The majority of the collection is related to Ted Berrigan; Alice Notley materials have been grouped together under her name. Collages include photographs that have been altered and pieced together by Ted Berrigan, Anne Waldman, and others. Correspondents include Ron Padgett, Alice Notley, Harris Schiff, and others. Notable content in the Berrigan correspondence includes unpublished poetry in the body of the text. Notebooks contain drawings, photographs and poems, as well as lists, newspaper clippings and general notes. Berrigan's 1982-1983 notebook was his final notebook and contains his last poem. Photographs include images of Ted Berrigan, Alice Notley, Joe Brainerd, Ron Padgett, Anne Waldman, and others. Of note is an image of Berrigan in Korea in 1954 while serving in the military, in addition to various images documenting literary events during the last years of his life. Printed material includes a volume of C: A JOURNAL OF POETRY edited by Berrigan, and other literary journals, as well as posters and flyers for St. Mark's poetry readings. Much of the collection consists of material relating to the publication of TRAIN RIDE, which was published in 1978. The book was dedicated to Joe Brainard, who also designed the cover. In addition to manuscript and typescript copies of various drafts of the work, the collection also contains correspondence, notes, and financial records related to the printing of the work, which was published by Annabel Levitt, the owner of Vehicle Editions. Also included is a transcript of an interview of Ted Berrigan by Clark Coolidge, a transcript of an oral history entitled, "The Reminiscences of Ted Berrigan," and Berrigan's manuscript response to poet Scott Cohen's "Jimi Hendrix Questionnaire." Alice Notley materials include handmade books of poems and birthday cards dedicated to Ted Berrigan.

1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes, 3 oversized papers (OP), and 1 bound volume (BV))

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Notley Alice (1945- ).

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Alice Notley, born in Bisbee, Arizona, in 1945, is a recognized American poet, author, and editor. Among the numerous collections of verse that she has published are Incidentals in the Day World (Angel Hair Books, 1973), When I Was Alive, (Vehicle Edition, 1980), Waltzing Matilda, (Kulchur Foundation, 1981), Margaret and Dusty (Coffee House Press, 1985), and How Spring Comes (Toothpaste Press, 1981). In addition to her poetry, Notley wrote a short autobiography entitled Tell Me Again (Am Here Bo...

Coolidge, Clark, 1939-....

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Coolidge was born Feb. 26, 1939 in Providence, RI; attended Brown Univ., 1956-58; drummer with Serpent Power, a San Francisco rock group; producer of Words (weekly hour of new poetry) at KPFA-FM in Berkeley, CA, 1969-70; author of various books of poetry, including Flag flutter and U.S. Electric (1966), Clark Coolidge (1967), Space (1970), The so (1971), Suite V. (1973), The maintains (1974), and Polaroid (1975); co-editor of Joglars, 1964-66. From the description of Correspondence, ...

Lee, Annabel, 1952-

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Schiff, Harris

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Harris Schiff, New York City poet, was part of the so-called second generation of New York School poets that arose during the 1960s and included Ted Berrigan, Ron Padgett, Anne Waldman, and Joe Brainard. Schiff was associated with The Poetry Project, a poetry organization established in 1966, operating out of St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery in New York City. The New York Poets of this period were influenced by art and their work contained much of the same humor and collaborative spirit as their ...

Berrigan, Ted

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Born in 1934 in Providence, Rhode Island, poet Ted Berrigan attended the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma. He was a second-generation member of the New York school of poets, and along with Ron Padgett, published a small literary magazine, C, during 1963 and 1964. He taught at Yale University, the Iowa Writers Workshop, the University of Michigan, and Essex University in England, and also served as poet-in-residence at the City College of New York. Among his published volumes of poetry are The Son...

Waldman, Anne, 1945-

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Poet, performer, editor, publisher, and teacher; director of the St. Mark's Poetry Project (New York); co-founder, with Allen Ginsberg, of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa University. From the description of Anne Waldman papers, 1945-<2002> (bulk 1958-1998). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68914842 American poet associated with the New York School of Poetry. From the description of 100 memories, 1970. (University of Calif...

Brainard, Joe, 1942-1994

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Joe Brainard, author and artist. Exhibited widely in New York and Chicago, Brainard harmonized linguistic and visual materials in extraordinary ways. His graphic work is notably literary, often incorporating works and sentences into non-literary designs. Both the art work and writing is full of information and frequently takes erotic and semiotic risks. From the description of Joe Brainard letters, 1957-1994. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 440865506 ...

Padgett, Ron, 1942-....

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Padgett was born on June 17, 1942, in Tulsa, OK; A.B., Columbia Univ., 1964; poetry workshop instructor, St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery, New York City, 1968-69; poet in various NYC Poets in the Schools programs, 1969-76; cofounded Full Court Press publishers in 1973; writer in the community, South Carolina Arts Commission, 1976-78; director, St. Mark's Poetry Project, NYC, 1978-81; director of publications, Teachers and Writers Collaborative, beginning in 1982; published works include: Seventeen : col...