William Styron letters, recording, and periodical, 1960-1968.

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Styron, William, 1925-2006. William Styron letters, recording, and periodical, 1960-1968.

William Styron letters, recording, and periodical, 1960-1968.

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The collection consists of eight items, including: three letters to Robert B. Brown, fiction editor at Esquire, 8 Jan. 1960, about criticism and the role of the critic, 30 March 1964, approving of an essay topic but declining to write it for at least a year, with a compliment for Norman Mailer, and 18 July 1968, asking to look at the galleys for a piece he wrote for Esquire; two letters to James B. Meriwether, 12 Dec. 1962, about a Faulkner collection and the inclusion of possibly something Styron had written, and 26 Dec. 1964, attached to proofs of an essay on Faulkner; to Mr. Geller, 25 July 1964, about his work on Martha's Vineyard and declining the request for an interview, at least for the next several months. Also, Book-of-the-Month Club News, October 1967, featuring The Confessions of Nat Turner, and an essay on Styron by Robert Penn Warren; 33 1/3 rpm vinyl phonograph record of Styron reading from Lie down in Darkness, published by Calliope, c 1963.

8 items.

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