Len Roberts correspondence, 1983-2006.

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Len Roberts correspondence, 1983-2006.

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Collection consists of correspondence to Len Roberts from poets Hayden Carruth, Philip Levine, and Sharon Olds spanning over two decades from the mid 1980s to shortly before Roberts death in 2007. Letters address writing projects and books, work habits and schedules, publishing, teaching, readings, retreats, grant applications, literary awards, and personal matters such as travel, family, and health. Letters also mention many of their contemporaries, including John Hollander, Mitchell Goodman, George Dennison, Edward Hoagland, Jane Kenyon, Don Hall, Joel Oppenheimer, Raymond Carver, Charles Wright, Galway Kinnell, and Mary Oliver, among others, making the archive a rich resource on American poets born during the 1920s though 1940s. There are approximately 143 letters from Hayden Carruth, dating from 1984 to 2006, which include numerous drafts of poems by Carruth and Roberts. The correspondence files from Sharon Olds and Philip Levine, which contain 46 and 23 letters respectively, are augmented by notes in Roberts' hand.

1.04 linear feet (3 boxes)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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